16 children freeze to death as Syrians fight for survival Anadolu Agency.
“Nearly 50,000 children are in danger of dying in tent cities near Turkish border.” 16 FROZE to death. What more needs be said?
Category: Facebook & Twitter
Selections of Status Updates, Notes, Comments and Tweets made since 2009, a year which coincided with the gradual discovery by Arab and Middle Eastern activists of the potential of Facebook and Twitter as tools for social and political activism.
Secret detention part of Syria ‘campaign of terror:’ U.N.
Secret detention part of Syria ‘campaign of terror:’ U.N. | Reuters.
The regime is still the worst offender. But ISIL and others (as we have seen in the case of Razan, Samira and their colleagues) are committing similar abuses now making the lives of people in liberate areas even worse. We have to fight demons and fiends as well as our own battered sense of humanity for a long time before we get to the “promised land.” But we can never get there living in a cage. WE need to find our colleagues and secure their release.
11,420 Children Dead In Syria’s Civil War, So Far
11,420 Children Dead In Syria’s Civil War, So Far : NPR.
And the really heart-wrenching story is that millions of Syrian children will now grow without access to education. MILLIONS.
The Islamic Reformation Unfolds!
The subject of Islamic Reformation is one that I have breached on several occasions during my years as an activist and a blogger. Below is a few highlights of what I have argued, coupled with a few new thoughts on this critical development in our human experience.
The Ammar Abdulhamid Archive 