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6 days ago |
today.lorientlejour.com | Clara Hage
Walking up the residential streets of Mazzeh, central Damascus, Bader Shasheet greets General Security forces, still struggling to grasp what’s ahead: that night, the rising electronic music star would perform in the city for the first time — on the rooftop of a luxury hotel in Sarouja, a central neighborhood.“I always thought I could perform anywhere. But I never imagined it would happen in Syria,” said the 30-something DJ, who lives in Belgium.
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2 weeks ago |
today.lorientlejour.com | Clara Hage
In the Mezzeh university city, Qais* waits under the scorching sun for his practical medicine lesson to begin. Nearby, construction workers labor on a new building in the heart of campus. A mosque is rising across from an empty pedestal where a statue of Hafez al-Assad stood until just a few months ago. Students toppled it on the day the regime fell — Dec. 8.Under the former president, Mezzeh — a branch of Damascus University — had only a small prayer room.
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2 weeks ago |
lorientlejour.com | Clara Hage
Dans la cité universitaire de Mezzeh, Qais* attend sous un soleil de plomb que commence sa leçon pratique de médecine. Au milieu du campus, des ouvriers s’activent sur un chantier. Une mosquée est en construction en face d’un socle vide où trônait il y a quelques mois encore la statue de Hafez el-Assad. Les étudiants l’ont déboulonnée dès le premier jour de la chute du régime, le 8 décembre dernier.
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2 weeks ago |
today.lorientlejour.com | Clara Hage
"The dead are truly dead only when the living have forgotten them," declares Sana Yazigi at the opening of the "Detainees and Disappeared" exhibition on Sunday, May 18th at Damascus National Museum.In the gardens of the majestic stone-carved building, that reopened a month after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime on December 8th, the director of "Creative Memory of the Syrian Revolution," the association behind this exhibit, reflects on the journey taken."This exhibition is a victory for...
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3 weeks ago |
today.lorientlejour.com | Clara Hage
The imminent end of the U.S. embargo on Syria’s economy has been met with relief in Damascus, boosting public support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa. OLJ / Clara HAGE & Gabriel BLONDEL, 15 May 2025 15:14 Abou Hassan spread his palms as if embracing news that had fallen from the sky.
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