Emaj Magazine

Remnant of images; you barely see them through heavy tears. You wonder if you ever had a memory, if you ever had lived in your country though you only left some months ago. You try to see through different lenses, but each one gives you the same black spot. While watching, you keep changing the lenses and you get more exhausted, to be accurate, you get more scared.

Dear National Coalition, Syrian National Council and main political opposition groups: This is a simple letter from a Syrian, without political terms and complicated language.

“Syrian elites deal with their stay in Lebanon as a temporary status and they have their own plans of the day they return to their homes” writes EMAJ Author Jasmine Roman. A few years ago, a Lebanese friend said: “A Syrian person is equal to a bag of bread, to 25 Syrian Pound.” That statement

Beyond the romanticisation of the uprising and beyond the blame game, some simple questions must be asked: what awaits the Syrian children? What can we tell them when they grow up?

“Islamist movements have failed to respond to the objectives of the people” writes EMAJ Author Jasmine Roman. However, she doesn’t believe this necessarily paves the way to the movement of secularism.

What is the magic behind that desperate loyalty of Assad’s supporters? Why is it that every time the power, support or control of Assad is expected to fade, he seems to be strengthened within Syria? How can they continue their devotion? Can supporters of Assad really be a myth?

‘I am not a refugee and will never be.” This is what I told myself, forcefully, every time I left Syria for a short trip during the last 16 months. But life is always uncertain. You never know what will happen next. On the recent day that I was supposed to return to Syria after

The pain of grieving mothers who have lost their children is unbearable to watch. The mother of one young student, Anas, was still waiting to see her son’s marks in the baccalaureate exams’ results.

While international diplomatic attempts cannot solve the situation in Syria yet, it gets tougher for aid volunteers. EMAJ writer Jasmine Roman reports from Damascus. On a flimsy table surrounded by plastic chairs, a group of women unpacked their coffee and snacks for a small picnic on the outskirts of Damascus. Despite their giggles and their

One of the propaganda campaigns of the Assad government tries to convince Syrians that they don’t need the rest of the world, and they can survive with the austerity policies that are engulfing the country. People are left trapped, a constant reminder that they are the ones who suffer because of the strengthening sanctions. As