Riad al-Asaad and the revolution he refused to shoot
Fifteen years after schoolboys’ graffiti in Daraa sparked one of the century’s most brutal wars, Syrians are still arguing over what remains of their revolution. Some say it was hijacked by extremists; others insist it was smothered by a regime and a world that preferred “stability” to justice. But there is one figure whose life […]
Qur’an in Tadmor: A tale of redemption from Syrian Prison
A Syrian doctor, Eyad Al-As’ad, narrated story of his long captivity in the terrible Syrian prison of Tadmor – which is an icon of contemporary Arab prisons. Arab prisons are the clearest and best witness to this dark era of Arab world. Eyad Al-As’ad’s story was presented to readers in a recent novel titled “Yasma’una […]
Reflections on Syria storm and the future of the Ummah
This is a transcript of the author’s original speech I would call the recent developments as “Levant storm” after the blessed operation that preceded it, viz. “Aqsa storm”. These good tidings come to Ummah with this second great stride after the Palestine one. Levant storm brings us to the hadith in which Mohammed SAAWS says: […]
