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Dec 19, 2024 | 
thebaffler.com | Wendy Pearlman
The collapse of the regime of Bashar al-Assad on December 8 was met with not only jubilant demonstrations across Syria and the Syrian diaspora but also bumper-to-bumper traffic as hundreds of Syrian refugees began streaming home. They belong to the approximately fourteen million—out of Syria’s prewar population of twenty-one million—who were displaced after the 2011 Syrian uprising evolved into merciless war.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
thewire.in | Wendy Pearlman
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
goskagit.com | Wendy Pearlman
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
idahopress.com | Wendy Pearlman
Syrians, in a triumph of hope, turn the page on the horrors of Assad
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
idahopress.com | Wendy Pearlman
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
theconversation.com | Wendy Pearlman
Millions of Syrians are feeling hope for the first time in years. The authoritarian regime of Bashar al-Assad fell on Dec. 8, 2024, after a 12-day rebel offensive. Most commentaries on this stunning reversal of a conflict seemingly frozen since 2020 emphasize shifts in geopolitics and balance of power. Some analysts trace how Assad’s main backers – Iran, Hezbollah and Russia – became too weakened or preoccupied to come to his aid as in the past.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
caledonianrecord.com | Wendy Pearlman
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
tolerance.ca | Wendy Pearlman
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
borderlessmag.org | Wendy Pearlman
When I think about home, I immediately go to the river. I think anybody from Deir ez-Zor would do that. Everything is built around the home I worked to make the river, and it was basically the highlight of the city. I used to go sit by the river when I escaped from high school. My friends and I would play cards the whole day. In summer, we swam every day. We’d grill and camp. At night, there is a bird that makes this noise. I remember that sound in my ear, even now. All of these details.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
borderlessmag.org | Wendy Pearlman
Cuando pienso en mi hogar, inmediatamente voy al río. Creo que cualquiera de Deir ez-Zor lo haría. Todo está construido alrededor del hogar para el que trabajé, el río, que era básicamente el punto culminante de la ciudad. Solía ir a sentarme junto al río cuando me escapaba del instituto. Mis amigos y yo jugábamos a las cartas todo el día. En verano, nadábamos todos los días. Hacíamos barbacoas y acampábamos. Por la noche, hay un pájaro que hace este ruido. Recuerdo ese sonido en mi oído, incluso ahora.
