Even while he was in prison—jailed in Damascus and Aleppo for a total 11 years during former President Hafez al-Assad’s regime— Omar al-Isso had hope for Syria. Today, he has none. “I just sometimes cry because everything is like this black hole,” the co-founder of Justice and Freedom for Syria, and current Halifax resident, says. […]
Mackenzie Scrimshaw
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Syrian civil war echoes in Halifax
“Silence is what’s killing our people,” says Hadel Hafez, a member of Halifax’s Syrian community. The 21-year-old Saint Mary’s University student shouted over the heavy wind on Sackville Street as she and many others rallied last month for a free Syria. They met at Victoria Park to commemorate the second anniversary of the conflict, which […]