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Melbourne’s Raqwa Cafe and Beer Garden

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Our new series features Syrian cafés and restaurants in Melbourne and the Syrian Australians who have established them. We recently had the pleasure of interviewing Safi Ayoush, the Syrian Australian owner of Raqwa...
Mustafa Ali's Gallery, Damascus

THROUGH LOVE AND LEARNING, WORKING FOR A UNITED AND PEACEFUL WORLD

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Beloved Syria 'Beloved Syria - Considering Syrian Perspectives' Since 2016, Syrians and non-Syrians have contributed to 'Beloved Syria - Considering Syrian Perspectives'. What unites our contributors is their love for Syria. In the...

German Tourist in Damascus, June 2019

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This account of a young German tourist's recent visit to Damascus can be found on this Youtube site. A comment on the YouTube page captures the impressions one gets from...

Petition: An Opportunity for Parliamentarians to Work for Peace

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This article, slightly abridged, was first published by 'Pearls and Irritations' on 9 February under the title: An Opportunity for Parliamentarians to Work for Peace. Petition EN5846 to the House...

Petition to the House of Representatives – Suspend Sanctions; Set up Friends of Syria...

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Petition Reason The people of Syria are not our enemies. Yet Australia has lacked the commitment to seek the truth about the war in Syria while Syrians have become...

Call on Federal Parliament to investigate Australia’s role in the war in Syria

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To The Hon Anthony Albanese, MP, Prime Minister, and The Hon Peter Dutton MP, Leader of the Opposition Ten years ago, US-led military strikes against Syria were threatened. Fearing such...

Seeking the truth about the alleged sarin gas attack in Ghouta, Damascus, 21 August...

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This article was first published by Pearls and Irritations on 13 Nov 2013 under the title ‘What prevents Australia from showing empathy for Syrians?‘ Australian foreign policy makers seem not to realise...

The Warmth and Spirit of Syrians 2

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This gallery of images brings together photographs already presented on other pages of Beloved Syria. When I took these pictures, I was given permission to present them online -to...

It is time to seek the human story of Syria and so work for...

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The article below was first published by Pearls and Irritations, 15 December 2022   In September 2003, I started teaching English at the British Council in Damascus. Over eighty years before...