Blog & Articles by Siwar Al Assad

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 ...

24 Jun

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Why Syrian History Lives in My Stories, Even When It’s Unspoken

February 23, 2026
By Siwar Al Assad
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I don’t always write about Syria directly. But Syria is always in what I write. You can feel it in the silence between my characters. I...

24 Jun

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What Writing Diverse Characters Taught Me About Listening and Responsibility

December 2, 2025
By Siwar Al Assad
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There’s a moment every writer dreads when you stare at a character on the page and realize you might be getting them wrong. Not just in...

24 Jun

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How Novels Capture the Quiet Storm of Personal Transformation

December 2, 2025
By Siwar Al Assad
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There’s something about watching a character fall apart and slowly rebuild themselves. That always gets to me. Perhaps it’s because per...

26 May

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Western Media Through an Eastern Lens

December 2, 2025
By Siwar Al Assad
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Growing up in Syria, I was immersed in stories—those told by my family, whispered in the streets, and broadcasted over the airwaves. Bu...

Blog

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

Why Syrian History Lives in My Stories, Even When It’s Unspoken

What Writing Diverse Characters Taught Me About Listening and Responsibility

How Novels Capture the Quiet Storm of Personal Transformation

Western Media Through an Eastern Lens

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