Tag: Syria

  • New Syrian Poetry Relies on Literal Images

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    Reposted from Melville House website: New Syrian poetry emerging amid violence by Nick Davies With the news in Syria centered around the chemical attacks andPresident Obama’s plan for military intervention, Leigh Cuen reported this week forAl Jazeera about another, perhaps unexpected, result of the ongoing civil war in the Middle Eastern country: an invigorated poetry scene unlike anything Syria has…

  • President Obama’s Address to Nation on Syria

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    In case you missed it, the President made his case for a targeted strike on Syria if diplomacy fails.   Obama’s speech comes after news that Syria has agreed to surrender its chemical weapons stockpiles to international control for eventual destruction, which Obama has indicated could avert a U.S. strike.