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Dominique Soguel

Switzerland

Multimedia Journalist at Freelance

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Articles

  • Why a $4 bicycle repair signals hope for Syria’s postwar economy

    1 week ago | csmonitor.com | Dominique Soguel

    Fawziya Saad and her nine-year-old son Ibrahim push a rickety bike along a road flanked by debris on the outskirts of Damascus. Some breeze-block homes – like theirs – are in poor shape but habitable, their rusty satellite dishes gazing at hazy blue skies. Others in this Damascus suburb, Qaboun, are flattened reminders of Syria’s 14-year war, which has yet to give way to true peace or prosperity. It’s a long walk to the repair shop, but Ibrahim doesn’t mind.

  • Madagascar vanilla - the hidden costs and price volatility of a premium spice - SWI swissinfo.ch

    2 weeks ago | swissinfo.ch | Dominique Soguel |Carlo Pisani |Gianluigi Guercia

    A worker at a vanilla company based in Sambava, Madagascar, shows a bundle of brown pods. Gianluigi Guercia / Swissinfo.ch Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector English (US) English (British) Generated with artificial intelligence. Share Why is vanilla so expensive?

  • Facing internal and external foes, Syria rebuilds and rethinks its army

    2 weeks ago | csmonitor.com | Dominique Soguel

    In the tattered remains of an air defense base near Damascus, the scale of the physical challenges to rebuilding the Syrian army is clear. Rows of young men in camouflage report for roll call in the shadow of dilapidated, battle-scarred buildings. The sprawling complex fell into disrepair under ousted President Bashar al-Assad and has since been targeted by Syria’s archfoe Israel.

  • In Syria’s terrorized Alawite region, competing narratives, mutual suspicions

    3 weeks ago | csmonitor.com | Dominique Soguel

    The woman played dead as gunmen terrorized, robbed, and killed her Alawite kin in their village in western Syria. Lying with a gunshot wound to her face, Lama looked dead; she says she even heard one fighter tell that to another. But then she felt fingers on her neck, checking for a pulse. “Kill her,” a voice said, followed by the crack of a single shot fired at her chest.

  • In post-Assad Syria, a Ramadan embrace of freedom and solidarity

    4 weeks ago | csmonitor.com | Dominique Soguel

    Alaa al-Saadi, like many Syrian men of his generation, once fought to overthrow longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad. Now Mr. Saadi is savoring his first “free” Ramadan in his hometown of Qaboun, a low-income neighborhood and former rebel stronghold on the outskirts of Damascus. At sunset, when Muslims rush home to break the fast with the iftar meal, the business owner stands on a street corner pouring out licorice juice from a giant metal pot.

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