For a bit of balance: "My phone is blowing up with Syrians celebrating, congratulating one another, crying, rejoicing, fearful - hoping this won’t be short lived. But everyone is celebrating. I was just in Fatih in Istanbul, the Syrian places have Sarout blaring from their speakers, people are smiling in each other’s faces, greeting - asking each other where they’re from - and either praying for their city to be liberated next or congratulating them on liberation. This is the Syria we want. This is the Syria we’re fighting for. This is our Syria."
"Then on a corner of the internet I’m getting comments from non-Syrians; most of them not even Arab or Kurd, or indigenous to our region - calling us ISIS. Calling us dumb shit that doesn’t even warrant being repeated. We’re rejoicing at the release of political prisoner languishing in Assad’s dungeons for decades. We’re celebrating families reuniting after years. Whilst these fools who don’t even know where Hama is on the map are attempting to sully our joy. No formalities today - fuck you from the bottom of my heart for even thinking you get a say about our liberation. Fuck you and your inhumanity. Fuck you to the deepest pits of hell." — Razan Saffour https://www.facebook.com/frozendilemma/posts/pfbid02jR6qQcX2qwyCvZ3k6MC7EBzT7irgTaaHMsADLb1YdpNE6b1Fc6DFCHofmtgAyyg2l -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#33910): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/33910 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/109951688/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
