Aya Mansour

Oct 10, 2024 | worldcrunch.com | Aya Mansour |Patrick de Jacquelot

-Essay-BEIRUT — We don't see our own country as others do. Our cities get tired and forget their citizens, but they continue to give to their guests. For example, my sister describes Beirut's sky as illuminating and embracing hearts. But my Lebanese friend does not see that same light in the sky. I wish I could see it, he says. For the latest news & views from every corner of the world, Worldcrunch Today is the only truly international newsletter. Sign up here.

Sep 5, 2024 | kometarevue.com | Aya Mansour

Quel est le goût du chocolat? Un éclat d’obus est-il un jouet pour enfants? Où aller avec l’un des pires passeports au monde, quand votre pays ressemble à une prison? L’écrivaine irakienne Aya Mansour raconte la guerre, ses atrocités, ses stigmates, son ombre toujours menaçante. La guerre est arrivée par surprise; elle me faisait penser à une créature étrange, dans une ample robe blanche, venue chercher ceux qui se trouvaient là.

Oct 9, 2023 | thenewregion.com | Alfadhel Ahmad |Paul Davis |Zhelwan Z. Wali |Chenar Chalak |Suadad al-Salhy |Alannah Travers | +59 more

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) warned on Wednesday that Turkey’s intensifying bombings may cause “a catastrophic collapse” of the Tishrin Dam in northern Syria. "Turkish warplanes have conducted multiple airstrikes on the Tishrin Dam and its surrounding areas,” the US-backed, Kurdish-led SDF said in a statement.