There is a story in the Qur’an about King Solomon, well, a story about his death to be specific. He is said to have died while standing on a hill leaning on his wooden staff. Watching from afar, the Djinn continued to do his bidding thinking that he was still alive. The Djinn only knew that Solomon was dead when earthworms ate through his staff and his body collapsed. Continue reading “The Meaning of the End!”
Author: Ammar
A Syrian dreamer & dissident, not necessarily in that order.
Secularists, Islamists unite against Baathists in Syria
“The secularists and Islamists are talking to each other,” says Ammar Abdulhamid, a Syrian analyst. “The whole discourse is about organizing ourselves and putting on more pressure.”
Syria to ease state of emergency
“Most opposition groups have been calling for much more,” analyst Ammar Abdulhamid told the Associated Press news agency.
“For instance, we want the emergency law to be completely removed.”
Mr Abdulhamid, who used to work for the Brookings Institution, a Washington-based think-tank, added that the Baath party, which has been in power in Syria since 1963, would not introduce changes that might jeopardise its supremacy.
M’enfin Oui, C’est Fini!
While mice were busy pretending they were lions in Damascus, Arabs and Kurds were at each other’s throats in Qamishly, and kidnappings of businessmen continued in Aleppo, where Islamists have made sure that alcohol is effectively banned.
Is there any doubt left that something is indeed boiling in the country? Continue reading “M’enfin Oui, C’est Fini!”
