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The editors of 'Beloved Syria - Considering Syrian Perspectives' include Syrian Australians. We have a natural female bias.

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Teachers in #Syria - mostly women - are 'responsible for the children who will build the country'
#education #GirlsSchool #CelebratingWomen
@BehindTheNews #BTN
Interview with a #teacher at Dar Al Salam School, Damascus:
https://t.co/hIIvodWZ04

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A narrow street in #Shaalan, #Damascus, was recently a venue for an arts forum. Young artists who participated are interviewed in this SANA video.

#art #ArtInSyria #Syria #Sculpture #MustafaAli #paintings
@BenQuilty #WomenArtists

https://t.co/X8GOdQBDIu

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.@Beloved_Syria looks forward to introducing 'Gardenia Choir' to Australians. #CORONA

Ref: https://t.co/oTD7ZPndWT

https://t.co/ywQwcFq3nR

@pulseonapath @gordonkerry @Fordwritesmusic @EnsOffspring @jeremyharman @inveniosingers @louisa_rankin @catahope

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Interview with Tima Kurdi, author of 'the little boy on the beach' and advocate for refugees and people in Syria, now enduring extremely difficult times due to US sanctions.

“..helping the people right now is so urgent”

https://t.co/BA0DVpIWiH

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Interview with #Students in Damascus, excited to meet a 'journalist' from Melb.
@albericie @zdaniel @murpharoo @annabelcrabb @boneybrooke @sahouraxo @Tiddapage @AnneABarker @kirstinferguson @MaryKostakidis @LindaMottram @LindaBurneyMP @MsLindaLopresti

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Year 12 Syrian students chat to a 'real' Aussie journalist about their dreams - studies, career, and travel.
They'd love an Australian university to offer them a scholarship. (That's an idea!)
@heyspan #education #Syria

https://t.co/2dE5a8nM3A

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Part 2 of interview with Tima Kurdi, aunt of Alan Kurdi, the little 'boy on the beach'.
Tima speaks about
- Women in #Syria
- US #Sanctions on Syria (and the hardships caused by them)
- Syria – Our Good-Hearted Mother

https://t.co/BA0DVpIWiH

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#refugees #BoyOnTheBeach #AlanKurdi

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On 2 Sept, it will be 5 years since the image of Alan Kurdi went viral -since he, his brother and mother drowned.

This is Part 1 of an interview with Alan's aunt @TimaKurdi

'The Boy on the Beach' - The Beginning
#refugees #Damascus
https://t.co/0rUTxafix3

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Old Damascus, Modernity and Cubby Houses

'Whenever I had the chance to walk under archways of the souqs in Damascus, I floated. My spirit would soar and my body lighten...'

#Awe #Wonder #Humanity

https://t.co/EfC9uhX5PX
@bairdjulia @GreenJ

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'Damascus is a city where women walk with a jauntier step - but it is also a city all about women, and full of women.'

https://t.co/AuDML4H6h6

#CelebratingWomen @bairdjulia @kirstinferguson @sammostyn @WomenWithWit @boneybrooke @zdaniel @albericie

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'Lady Damascus'

By Brigid Keenan

https://t.co/AuDML4H6h6
@GreenJ

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#Damascus
When people asked (Isobel Burton) if she had liked Damascus, her response was: 'Like it! My eyes fill and my heart throbs even at the question..'

From 'Lady Damascus', by Brigid Keenan
@GreenJ

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#Damascus A city that lives in you.
@GreenJ

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'A Child in Damascus'

by Josceline Dimbleby

…YEARS LATER I UNDERSTOOD THE SAYING THAT ONCE YOU HAVE LIVED IN DAMASCUS, IT LIVES IN YOU

https://t.co/Rr7r1bgDz8

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#backgammon #Syria

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A Game of Backgammon in Beit Jabri, Old Damascus https://t.co/Gpl6FloFsN via @Beloved Syria

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Karla – Student, Realist and Footy Tragic https://t.co/2Vqrm7RGe8 via @Beloved Syria

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#SyrianWomen #music #dance

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'Three women in Damascus. In a traffic jam....and I'm loving it!'
#CelebratingWomen

Short video.

https://t.co/tnoVz7ePHD

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#music #Damascus #quartet

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'White and Black Quartet', #Damascus #Syria 2019

From 'Beloved Syria Considering Syrian Perspectives'.

#music #quartet #Andalus

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Maha, What does #Syria mean to you? #music #art #culture

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#journalist #Syria #women #SANA

Q: What does Syria mean to you?

Maha al Atrash: Syria means music to me. It is like a melody that I can hear. It’s the art, the culture, the civilisation… It is beauty in general. ..

https://t.co/YUwTAUsvB7

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Petite #WarCorrespondent in Damascus

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Aussie in Damascus interviews a petite, softly spoken war correspondent, Sept 2019
https://t.co/70LTdUNQux

@HebaKassoua @EricTlozek @davidlipson @jamesglenday @billbirtles @samanthahawley @bridgeyb @lb_online @Nat_Whiting @JakeSturmer @AnneABarker @zdaniel

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#COVID_19 #Syria #sanctions #humanity

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@sev_agp @heyspan @sev_soc @DrDanWoodman @AcadSocSci @HASSUQ @DanBrayIR @HawAshleigh

COVID-19 and US-led sanctions. Giving thought to the people of Syria.

#edchat #Students #sanctions #war #poverty #COVID19 #Syria

REf: https://t.co/TGEFIRxbKL

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#EdwardSaid #CommunityofCivilisations

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Edward W. Said - A #Community of Civilizations

#EdwardWSaid #myth #ClashofCivilisations #Orientalism #Huntington #AcademicTwitter #chauvinism #culture #Orient #West #cooperation #HumanKind

https://t.co/UQCxtdj6hF…

Images: To Damascus, in Damascus, 2019

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On 2 Sept, it will be 5 years since the image of Alan Kurdi went viral -since he, his brother and mother drowned.

This is Part 1 of an interview with Alan's aunt @TimaKurdi

'The Boy on the Beach' - The Beginning
#refugees #Damascus
https://t.co/0rUTxafix3