Article originally published by Just World Educational on September 18, 2018. Until recent years, Syria’s Idleb governorate was largely unknown even to most individuals familiar with the Middle East — let alone to Western policymakers and political commentators. The mostly rural province had several towns of moderate size, but the provincial capital (which was bypassed…
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Article originally published by Just World Educational on July 9, 2018. Eleven years ago, I took part in a wonderful trek between the two Syrian towns of al-Qaraya and Bosra, in the southwest of the country. Hiking for pleasure was not an activity that had been well established in Syria, but a committed group organized…
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Article originally published by Just World Educational on October 17, 2016. For over five years, horrific stories and images from war-torn Syria have redefined the country as a place of senseless destruction, brutal violence, sectarian hatred, and religious extremism. This is the primary context through which most Americans have been exposed to Syria, a country…
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