Blog & Articles by Siwar Al Assad

26 Aug

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One Person’s Story of Storytelling: How War Affects Storytelling in Syria and Beyond

December 2, 2025
By Siwar Al Assad
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Sometimes, I receive messages from readers asking me why my stories no longer feel like they used to, why the shadows are darker, the s...

18 Jul

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Why I Write: Cultural Memory, Literary Resistance, and Syria’s Survival

December 2, 2025
By Siwar Al Assad
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If there’s one question I return to often, both in life and in literature, it’s this: What happens to a culture when the world stops se...

18 Jul

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Writing, War, and the Will to Rebuild: A Conversation with Siwar Al Assad

February 23, 2026
By Siwar Al Assad
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Over the years, I’ve received countless messages, some sent quietly by email, others left as public comments on social media. Readers f...

18 Jul

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Why Stories Survive When Cities Don’t: The Psychology of Post-War Syria

December 2, 2025
By Siwar Al Assad
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When a city crumbles, you don’t just lose buildings, you lose the echoes. The morning calls to prayer. The chatter in the cafés. The my...

18 Jul

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Can We Really Save Our Ruins? How to Protect Culture When Bombs Are Falling

February 23, 2026
By Siwar Al Assad
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When I first stood in the shadow of Palmyra’s ancient columns as a child, I didn’t yet understand what they meant. They were grand, yes...

18 Jul

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Justice or Memory? What Post-War Syria Can’t Afford to Forget

December 2, 2025
By Siwar Al Assad
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In the aftermath of war, there’s always a question: what comes first, accountability or healing? For Syria, a nation carrying both anci...

18 Jul

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Why Art Helped Me Heal, And Why It Still Matters for Syrian Refugees

December 2, 2025
By Siwar Al Assad
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I grew up surrounded by color, Damascene courtyards painted with jasmine, old books stacked in my father’s study, calligraphy that danc...

24 Jun

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Writing Refugee Experiences with Truth, Not Pity

December 2, 2025
By Siwar Al Assad
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There’s a dangerous temptation when writing about refugees: to reduce them to victims. It happens even with the best intentions. You wa...

24 Jun

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What War and Displacement Taught Me About the Power of Storytelling

December 2, 2025
By Siwar Al Assad
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There are wounds that don’t bleed. They appear in silence, in hesitation, in the way someone pauses before answering a simple question ...

24 Jun

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Books That Help You Understand Syrian Culture, Beyond the Headlines

December 2, 2025
By Siwar Al Assad
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Syria is often spoken about in the past tense. In news cycles and political debates, it’s reduced to ruins and warzones, to ceasefires ...

Blog

One Person’s Story of Storytelling: How War Affects Storytelling in Syria and Beyond

Why I Write: Cultural Memory, Literary Resistance, and Syria’s Survival

Writing, War, and the Will to Rebuild: A Conversation with Siwar Al Assad

Why Stories Survive When Cities Don’t: The Psychology of Post-War Syria

Can We Really Save Our Ruins? How to Protect Culture When Bombs Are Falling

Justice or Memory? What Post-War Syria Can’t Afford to Forget

Why Art Helped Me Heal, And Why It Still Matters for Syrian Refugees

Writing Refugee Experiences with Truth, Not Pity

What War and Displacement Taught Me About the Power of Storytelling

Books That Help You Understand Syrian Culture, Beyond the Headlines

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