Syria - Petitions for a Free Syria: We dont want to return to the previous era, says Zuhrab Qado, a Kurdish speaker in this trilingual video featuring Assyrians, Kurds, and Arabs of Syrias north, by the Centre for Civil Society and Democracy in Syria. Describing the new openness to redressing the oppression of the Baathist era that people have experienced since the Syrian uprising began, he continues, You can notice that when a Syriac person starts to talk about his stored and hidden suffering, he can say things he wouldnt say before, overriding some previous level...same as when a Kurd starts to talk about his stored suffering..or an Arab. (around min. 8:10). The CCSDS, founded by a Syrian woman who is a civil resistance activist in the Revolution, is an independent Syrian center with an office inside Syria in Qamishlo, seeking to promote the values of freedom, justice and coexistence. Back in March, we featured the launch of CCSDS From Newroz to Akito campaign. (Newroz is the Kurdish new year; Akito is the Assyrian new year.) The From Newroz to Akito Campaign extends beyond the days between March 21-April 1, to promote more broadly a forward-looking vision of ethnic equality in Syria, challenging both the racism of the Assad regime, and the disturbing extremist trends that pushed to the surface within (especially Islamist armed flanks of) the Syrian Revolution after 2012. https://youtube/watch?v=qX_Di5kHckU
Posted on: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 08:38:08 +0000