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Ukraine in Syria, Syria in Ukraine

Yassin Swehat 4 March 2022

By Yassin Swehat, translated from the Spanish by Joey Ayoub, itself a translation from the original Arabic by Naomí Ramírez Díaz.  What is

The Danish limbo

Yassin Swehat 6 July 2021

[Editor’s note: This article was published on Al-Jumhuriya Arabic on 6 July. It is also available in Arabic.] A Danish court issued a ruling to

In Gaza’s rubble, Syrians see their own

Yassin Swehat 19 May 2021

The sight of Syrian revolution supporters demonstrating in solidarity with the Palestinians in various cities across the diaspora, and voicing this solidarity in

Approaches to Syrian civil society

Yassin Swehat 15 October 2020

Since the revolution broke out in 2011, Syrian civil society and its many groups and organizations have emerged as a novel phenomenon. Ever

Fighting for graves we can visit

Yassin Swehat 2 July 2020

[Editor’s note: This interview was translated from Arabic in partnership with The Syria Campaign.] Syrians have been reeling from the so-called “Caesar photos”—images of

The temporary lives of Syrians

Yassin Swehat 3 March 2020

To comment on the recent events at the Greek-Turkish border requires conjuring sentiments that go beyond mere, but necessary, disgust. A new low

The waiting game: Life as a Syrian refugee student in Germany

Yassin Swehat 2 May 2019

Survivors of the events in Syria are today trying to regain control of their lives in their countries of asylum. For many, it’s

Syria and Palestine: Eternity, exceptions, and massacres

Yassin Swehat 15 May 2018

[Editor’s note: This article was originally published in Arabic on 15 May, 2018] On the day commemorating the founding of Israel and the

A climate change for Assad

Yassin Swehat 19 November 2017

[Editor’s note: This article was originally published in Arabic on 20 November, 2017] Earlier this month, on the sidelines of the UN Climate

Let’s help the UNHCR find Syria

Yassin Swehat 7 June 2017

In early 2016, during a ceremony by the National Commission for the Syrian Science Olympiad at the Opera House in Damascus, Mrs. Asma

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Yassin Swehat
Joey Ayoub

Joey Ayoub is a Lebanese writer and researcher currently completing a PhD at the University of Zurich. He was editor for the MENA region at IFEX and Global Voices, and he runs the Hummus for Thought blog. He tweets @joeyayoub.

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