Idlib Calling | Published on 24 juni 2019 | by Evert-Jan Grit
In Saraqeb, after “Black Tuesday,” the street is quiet. For three days, residents have been mourning ten young fighters from the Free Syrian Army who were killed during skirmishes in the countryside outside Hama. The shops ... Read More →
Bellen met Idlib | Published on 24 juni 2019 | by Evert-Jan Grit
In Saraqeb is het na “zwarte dinsdag” doodstil op straat. Drie dagen lang rouwen de bewoners om tien gesneuvelde jonge strijders van het Vrije Syrische Leger. Ze kwamen om bij gevechten op het platteland van Hama. ... Read More →
Afrika | Published on 11 juni 2019 | by Jelena Sporin
Het lukt niet meer, niet nu… we bellen wekelijks met bekenden in Soedan om te horen hoe het gaat en wat er gebeurt. Maar bellen met Soedan is bijna onmogelijk, ook WhatsApp is een enorme uitdaging. Gisteren, ... Read More →
Idlib Calling | Published on 6 juni 2019 | by Evert-Jan Grit
I wanted to talk to Ahmed today about how he celebrated the Eid al-Fitr, the festival ending the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. I had seen that his theater group had organized a party for the ... Read More →
Bellen met Idlib | Published on 6 juni 2019 | by Evert-Jan Grit
Eigenlijk wilde ik het vandaag met Ahmed hebben over hoe hij het Suikerfeest vierde. Ik zag namelijk dat zijn groep een feest voor de kinderen in Saraqeb had georganiseerd. Met muziek, poppentheater en veel confetti. Maar ... Read More →
Bellen met Idlib | Published on 28 mei 2019 | by Evert-Jan Grit
Omdat ik al een week niets van Ahmed gehoord had appte ik hem om te vragen hoe het met hem was. Ik had wel gezien dat Saraqeb weer was aangevallen, maar ik hoopte maar dat geen ... Read More →
Syria | Published on 28 mei 2019 | by Evert-Jan Grit
I hadn’t heard from Ahmed in the past week, so I texted him to see how he was doing. I had seen that Saraqeb had been attacked again, but I hoped that no news was good ... Read More →
Ukraine | Published on 21 mei 2019 | by Cinta Depondt
On a sunny day in Kyiv, I happen to witness how thousands of people gather in the Mariyinskyi park for an unusual, well-guarded, press-covered meeting around the blue baroque palace. Some come with placards, some dressed ... Read More →
Middle East | Published on 21 mei 2019 | by guest blogger
Last November, I had the opportunity to visit northeast Syria for the first time since 2011. This was the first visit since Kurdish political parties took control of the Al Jazeera region in 2013. Across northeast ... Read More →
Idlib Calling | Published on 21 mei 2019 | by Evert-Jan Grit
It feels like the script for the war in Idlib was written a long time ago and is being executed exactly as planned. No one can do anything about it. That’s at least how people in ... Read More →
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