"And I have found both freedom and safety in my madness, the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us. But let me not be too proud of my safety. Even a Thief in a jail is safe from another thief. "

Khalil Gibran (How I Became a Madman)

Lübnan Marunîleri / Yasin Atlıoğlu

NEWS AND ARTICLES / HABERLER VE MAKALELER

Saturday, April 07, 2012

Syria's Christians caught in the middle- BBC News

As the year-long conflict polarises Syrian society, Omar Abdel-Razek from BBC Arabic finds an Orthodox Christian community worried it could face trouble from both the government and opposition.
"The university has become a battlefield between the supporters and the opposition of the regime."
That was what Lena (not her real name), a medical student at the University of Aleppo, had said in her email informing me that she will not be able to meet me at campus as agreed.
She continued: "As a Christian, both sides are suspicious of me. In fact I'm not with or against the regime."
Lena said she never cared about politics until she and her family found themselves talking about it everyday when the crisis in Syria began over a year ago...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17629499