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Herbs that ward off evil and repel demonic entities. From The Devils and Evil Spirits of Babylonia (1903) by R. Campbell Thompson, Vol. 1, Evil Spirits, a Treatise on Assyrian Demonology.

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2019-04-17

The largest ever camel was the Syrian camel which grew to 4 metres in height!

(Credit: Doubutsu-no-kuni)

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2019-04-08

Some more pix from last night's reception. Beautiful paintings, delicious Syrian food & proud artists. The exhibit runs until April 11th. Pop by before then!

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2019-04-05

Works of and telling the story of the war have been collected in an online archive that hosts 28,000 works.



https://t.co/fomUNhT0iD

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2019-04-01

ESCAPE FROM SYRIA explores the Syrian refugee crisis for a younger target audience. We look at , and 's graphic novel from here today at BF: https://t.co/j3jBnzsMxm

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2019-03-21

“Death Tango” Cartoon by Shahrokh Heidari ()
Yesterday, Assad & Khamenei met for 1st time since Syrian Civil War began in 2011.

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2019-02-27

Hey guys! My name is Demetria or Lava. I am an Assyrian artist born and raised in the States!
My parents are from Iran.
I love to travel and am and aspiring storyboard /concept artist!

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2019-01-27

Teacher Sarah Cooper shares her experiences of using comics to explore displacement and refugeedom for . Read about the student's responses to our collaborative comic telling the real-life stories of https://t.co/GaDECcXULT

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2019-01-25

I like to believe that the Lynel from 's "the Legend of Zelda" series was inspired by an ancient "urmahlilu" or 'lion-man'.

(photo taken from ... the second one of course)

P.S. this is a joke post, I realize they have differences.

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2019-01-09

The house we’re staying at is beautiful too. I’ve been reading & resting a lot here. I just finished the graphic novel Zenobia by and and it’s exquisite, painful, powerful. It tells the story of Amina, a Syrian refugee fleeing war. I highly recommend it.

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2018-12-30

Safwan Dahoul | Syrian, b. 1961

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2018-12-28

I’m alia! mixed syrian and muslim living in vancouver, BC! I do animation and illustration when I’m not experiencing crippling anxiety about it ahah - my insta is !! here is a digital comic and two gouache and ink illustrations

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2018-12-26

In 1437 a nun captured the ghost of an oracular merwerepig which was accused of heresy due to its prophecy that one day Jesus would return as a Syrian refugee child & the world would be judged by how she was treated.

The ghostly merwerepig was burnt at the stake, with no effect.

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2018-11-12

Welcoming Syrian cartoonist Nawar Khalil to Cartoon Movement: https://t.co/Y18ceLxrDK

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2018-10-01

Are we becoming slaves to technology?. Today's cartoon by Syrian cartoonist Morhaf Youssef: https://t.co/4C0fGC1EEf

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2018-09-10

is the new book from and it is stunning in every way. Inspired by the life and death of three-year-old Syrian refugee Alan Kurdi this is a powerful and beautiful story for all ages, in collaboration with hugely talented illustrator Dan Williams.

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2018-08-31

Womad 2018 part 2
The Arboretum; Taste the World with the Orchestra of Syrian Musicians, Abatwa, and Mohsen Sharifian and the Lian Band; a rainy evening

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2018-07-31