Return to a Bare Land
“Al-‘ard haafya. La terra è nuda [the land is bare].” Abdu concluded one of our discussions with this sentence in […]
Abd Elrahim Hsyan
Abd Elrahim Hsyan is a Syrian activist, cultural and linguistic mediator. Since the 2011 revolution in Syria, he has worked extensively in the medical field, education, and journalism—continuing these efforts in Lebanon. In Syria, Lebanon, and more recently Italy, he has participated in numerous local, national, and international initiatives fostering inter-religious dialogue. He is a founding member of the Syrian-Lebanese NGO Shining in Peace and the informal network of Syrian activists Fariq al-Hysan. Currently, he is working on a memoir about life in rural Syria before and during the 2011 revolution.