The Aleppo Project
read moreA tale of two cities in Aleppo: Rubble on one side, packed restaurants on the other. Five years of conflict have torn Syria apart. And nowhere is that more stark than in its most populous city, Aleppo, where front lines carve through neighborhoods and slice it in two. Loveday Morris, The Washington Post
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The Syrian conflict: Aleppo’s volunteers
by The Aleppo Project on March 17, 2016
Syria’s frontlines have become the world’s most dangerous areas, forcing millions to leave their homes. But some people in the city of Aleppo refuse to go. They’ve taken up voluntary relief work, to help the casualties of war.
AlJazeera, March 16, 2016
Aleppo Weekly- March 7-16
by The Aleppo Project on March 17, 2016LIFE IN THE CITY
Photo: Aleppo General Management of Services
With electricity returning to many main electrical plants, residents reported that up to 140 district-level electricity posts were looted by pro-government militias in government-controlled western Aleppo. Pro-government Zahraa News Network called on residents in western Aleppo not to pay newly announced electricity connection fees because the provincial director of electricity said his directorate would pay these costs.
Municipal water returned to several districts in western Aleppo, including Seif ad-Dauleh and New Aleppo. Water, which had been cut off for several months has still not reached Izaa, Sirian and Ashrafiyeh.
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“I know firsthand what it’s like to lose a home…”
by The Aleppo Project on March 11, 2016CARE initiative connects Refugees from WWII and the Syrian War through pen-friendship
“I know firsthand what it’s like to lose a home and become a refugee.” Carefully penned in tight script on a piece of ivory stationary, this was the opening of 87-year-old Helga Kissell’s handwritten letter. It was addressed to Sajeda, a 16-year-old Syrian refugee in Jordan who Kissell has never met.
Aleppo Street Symphony, 1935
by Rebecca Decherd on March 10, 2016In Aleppo one is not awakened early in the morning by the cheerful chirp of a robin or a wren, nor by the clear call of a cardinal, but rather by a penetrating voice crying in Arabic under the window, “Hellu Haleeb”. This syncopated wail persevering on the interval of a minor third defies all sleep. Eventually it lures one to come outside and buy “nice sweet milk” direct from cow to consumer, for the gentle jersey waits at the door bedecked in her blue glass beads.
read moreCocktail St.
by Armenak Tokmajyan on March 9, 2016
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Now when I hear the word cocktail what comes to my mind is a drink in which the bartender skilfully brings different components together to create a new concoction. The word had a different meaning in Aleppo. You could get a normal cocktail, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, in fancy bars in the city but they were not as good as what we thought of as real cocktails.
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Aleppo Weekly February 29-March 6
by The Aleppo Project on March 7, 2016
Amnesty International
“Syrian and Russian forces have been deliberately attacking health facilities in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law. But what is truly egregious is that wiping out hospitals appears to have become part of their military strategy.” Tirana Hassan, Crisis Response Director at Amnesty International.
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ALEPPO WEEKLY FEBRUARY 22-28
by The Aleppo Project on March 3, 2016A ceasefire deal in Syria based on the UN Security Council 2254 took effect on Saturday, February 27. Despite a significant decrease in the number of aerial attacks in Aleppo, violence continued.
read moreA CELTIC QUEEN AND HER SYRIAN HUSBAND
by The Aleppo Project on February 29, 2016
Amid all the rising anxieties in Europe about refugees, it is worth remembering that people from Syria have been moving far and wide for thousands of years. Many centuries ago people from what is now Syria had spread as far as the distant edges of the Roman Empire, where they married locals and lived their lives among strangers.
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Higher Education for Syria
by John Shattuck and Robert Templer on February 29, 2016BUDAPEST – Educating refugee children was high on the agenda when donors met in London in early February for a record-setting day of fundraising for Syria. As Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai explained, “Losing this generation is a cost the world cannot [afford].”
It is important to remember, however, that Syria’s school-age children are not the only generation at risk of being lost. The Institute of International Education (IIE) estimates that as many as 450,000 of the more than four million Syrian refugees in the Middle East and North Africa are 18-22 years old, and that approximately 100,000 of them are qualified for university. They, too, are in desperate need of opportunities to further their studies.
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