A lot of young Syrian guys cross through the Turkish border to either pass through or stay in Bulgaria. I love hanging out with them. It's some skinny kid that looks like he plays video games all day and trolls on 4chan or whatever Superior Western young men do these days and then he'll be like, "I work 17 hour days in construction to support my whole family even though the shrapnel in my body still hurts." They don't know English or Bulgarian (because the fucking EU spends its money bribing Bulgaria to push them back at the border instead of language classes), they regularly have their wages stolen, people are racist, they have no idea where they'll end up, but they're SO cheerful and optimistic and fun. To everything, "No problem, no problem!"
Thank you for sharing your impressions, including present severe hardships along with the grace and patience of the people that you met. I wonder how long this patience will last in the absence of tangible improvements to the quality of life.
If you ask people what they think of the new government they neither praise nor criticize it, they say “we don’t know yet because we haven’t even met them”. The HTS has a very light presence around most of Damascus and yes it’s most visible presence are 15-17 year olds standing around doing guard duty in certain neighbors, or local neighborhood militias that have nominally now pledged allegiance to the government. On balance the situation is an improvement over the rock-bottom situation under the government.
Israel immediately started bombing the new Syrian government, occupying its territory after Assad collapsed, and denouncing it internationally. Doesn't seem like they were trying to do a favor or intending this to happen.
Beautiful story.
A lot of young Syrian guys cross through the Turkish border to either pass through or stay in Bulgaria. I love hanging out with them. It's some skinny kid that looks like he plays video games all day and trolls on 4chan or whatever Superior Western young men do these days and then he'll be like, "I work 17 hour days in construction to support my whole family even though the shrapnel in my body still hurts." They don't know English or Bulgarian (because the fucking EU spends its money bribing Bulgaria to push them back at the border instead of language classes), they regularly have their wages stolen, people are racist, they have no idea where they'll end up, but they're SO cheerful and optimistic and fun. To everything, "No problem, no problem!"
Thank you for sharing your impressions, including present severe hardships along with the grace and patience of the people that you met. I wonder how long this patience will last in the absence of tangible improvements to the quality of life.
May God bless the people of Syria, and bring them good fortune and a righteous peace.
My husband is Syrian. I would love to see his village near Idlib one day. His mother has just returned to Syria.
Beautiful and brave.
Syrians are some of the most beautifully spoken Arab speakers, and the language one speaks reflects in their mannerisms..
I never forget the prayer that someone says: "May God feed you a visit to His place" as in Makkah.. The figurative in it is just unforgettable..
The politeness of Syrian Arabic is incredible. It actually motivated me to pivot back from Russian to my Arabic studies.
I’m confused. Is HTS liberating Syria? “Shy teenagers” with guns is the most you have to say about HTS?
If you ask people what they think of the new government they neither praise nor criticize it, they say “we don’t know yet because we haven’t even met them”. The HTS has a very light presence around most of Damascus and yes it’s most visible presence are 15-17 year olds standing around doing guard duty in certain neighbors, or local neighborhood militias that have nominally now pledged allegiance to the government. On balance the situation is an improvement over the rock-bottom situation under the government.
Where are a few words of thanks to Israel for destroying Hezbollah and thus liberating Syria from tyranny.
Israel immediately started bombing the new Syrian government, occupying its territory after Assad collapsed, and denouncing it internationally. Doesn't seem like they were trying to do a favor or intending this to happen.