Today in Aleppo

The Headlines, the Photos Speak for Themselves

So much hope.......just look at these fabulous people!
From today's New York Times:

Syria Allows Opposition to Meet in Damascus

Meeting of 190 opposition leaders

Charges of War Crimes Brought Against Qaddafi

Celebration in Benghazi

 

This dress!

If only I had somewhere to wear this:

                                                                 Jean-Paul Gaultier 2011

Comments & articles on Syria at FT

There is a list of articles published by the FT on Syria at this link

Glimpses into children's lives filled with horror

Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


A most depressing set of short stories.  Unlike Rohinton Mistry's A Fine Balance, where there is an arc of misery to possibly less misery back to more misery, Say You're One of Them goes from misery to horror to awfulness.  Most of the stories are well written, but in several of them, the author has a most annoying habit of having the narrator refer to him/herself in the second person.

For real-time info on Syria...

Join the Facebook page We Are All Hamza Alkhateeb, in honour of the 12 year old boy who was tortured and murdered by Bashar the Butcher

Bashar the Butcher Part 2

There are no words.....