About Siwar Al Assad
Siwar Al Assad is a multilingual Syrian-born author who has carved a distinctive literary path, writing in both French and English. Educated in Switzerland, Great Britain, and at the prestigious Panthéon-Sorbonne University in Paris, Siwar’s novels explore themes of love, identity, justice, and cultural preservation. His published works include the romantic thriller A Coeur Perdu, its English counterpart Guard Thy Heart, the historical epic Le temps d’une saison, and the homage Palmyre pour toujours. Beyond fiction, he contributed the preface to Pourquoi ils font le Djihad. Now based in London, he also leads the Arab News Network and the Aramea Foundation. His writing reflects his deeply held belief in dialogue, heritage, and the transformative power of storytelling.
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People often ask me, What are the conflicts in Syria? It sounds like a simple question, but it never is. Syria’s tragedy cannot be redu...
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People often ask me, How many people died in the Syrian civil war? They want a number, something solid they can hold onto. Hundreds of ...
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When people talk about Syria, they often speak in headlines. Numbers. Maps. Statements by officials. What gets lost are the stories of ...
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One of the questions I am asked most often is simple, almost disarming: How do Syrian people survive during war? People expect an answe...
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Many readers ask me why fiction matters when reality itself has been so brutal. Why write novels when facts already overwhelm us? My an...
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Before Syria, I thought resilience was something people discovered in moments of crisis. After Syria, I understand it differently. Huma...
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Whenever I speak with Syrians, whether inside the country or across the diaspora, one truth repeats itself: war does not end when the f...
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There are moments in life when prose feels too heavy, and the heart searches for something smaller, something that doesn’t try to expla...
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When people speak about the impact of the conflict in Syria, they often speak in numbers: the millions displaced, the children out of s...
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People often imagine war as something distant, a headline, an image on a screen, a tragedy happening "somewhere else." But those who ha...
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