If you’re looking to catch up on scholarly work on Syria, I’ve posted a number of reading lists over the years. Here’s one, featuring Ora Szekely’s Syria Divided and Dipali Mukhopadhyay & Kimberly Howe’s Good Rebel Governance plus another ten for background.

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Etymology of the day: before a tapering piece of hanging ice was called an ‘icicle’ it was an ‘ickle’. In the Middle Ages people decided to add ‘ice’ for extra oomph and (tautologically) called it an ‘ice ickle’, until the two words eventually blended together.

“Some of our people call this Thankstaking Day. There’s no give-and-take. There’s no reciprocity... if this country ever could face its own misdeeds, take responsibility for its bad history here or all over the world now, that’s the first step...“

- Wanbli Máyašleča

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A little story about the history of the organization of Thanksgiving

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Some memories are more important than others. The day a group of Arab and Israeli students went to the UN with their American classmate. I loved learning from them all 🥰 #peaceexistedintheroom

Bridal dress from Jerusalem 1910. Taken at the dress museum in Amman Jordan.

Taking a dive into the story of Afghanistan post 1989. Writing Three papers about one country. 1. The Talibans influence on state development. 2. Forever war 3. Atrocities and is it possible to mitigate them.