Syria
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A New Syria: From Dictatorship to Something Else
In 2023, I made my first trip to Syria. Then another. Then another. By the end of the year, I’d crossed the border at least eleven times, perhaps more. As a tour guide, I was taking people into a country that almost every embassy had warned them not to approach. I knew it was controversial,…
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The Girl from Aleppo, Syria
As our final day in Aleppo ended, we raced to a vantage point to watch the sunset in the old city. As we reached the top of the hill and snugged into our jackets to escape the breeze, the cold quickly subsided as we became inundated by locals who wished to say hello. Amongst them…
PARIS HAILWOOD 