Syria contributor: Maysaloon Maysaloon is the pseudonym of a Syrian writer and blogger. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/maysaloon/rss en A Story Just For Me Displacement Fri, 20 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Maysaloon https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/12/20/a-story-just-for-me https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/12/20/a-story-just-for-me On Sunday I sat down in Hatay airport feeling tired. The weather conditions were abysmal and I wasn’t looking forward to the next forty eight hours of travel before I got home. Why Syria’s Opposition Needs to Agree to Geneva Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Wed, 30 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Maysaloon https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/10/30/why-syrias-opposition-needs-to-agree-to-geneva https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/10/30/why-syrias-opposition-needs-to-agree-to-geneva The hawks in the Syrian opposition believe that by going to Geneva II while Bashar al-Assad remains in power, they will betray the sacrifices of the Syrian people. Syria’s Role Among the New ‘Arab Culture Centers’ Civil Society Mon, 14 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Maysaloon https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/10/14/syrias-role-among-the-new-arab-culture-centers https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/10/14/syrias-role-among-the-new-arab-culture-centers A very interesting piece was recently published on Al Monitor by Sultan Saood al-Qassemi. In it he makes the claim that Gulf cities are the new “centers of the Arab world,” and according to him they have usurped the position traditionally held by cities like Cairo, Damascus and Baghdad. Where do Damascus, and Syria, now fit? Syria’s Denied Revolution Civil Society Human Rights Tue, 09 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Maysaloon https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/07/09/syrias-denied-revolution https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/07/09/syrias-denied-revolution Maysaloon is a renowned Syrian Arab blogger and commentator. He writes at www.maysaloon.org. Narrative Around Foreign Intervention ‘veers more towards the hysterical than the rational.’ Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Maysaloon https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/04/10/narrative-around-foreign-intervention-veers-more-towards-the-hysterical-than-the-rational https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2013/04/10/narrative-around-foreign-intervention-veers-more-towards-the-hysterical-than-the-rational Maysaloon is a renowned Syrian Arab blogger and commentator. He writes at www.maysaloon.org.