Nèdeem Elmahjoub's blog

Syria? ...It is so much, so many  
tombs, so much martyrdom, so much  
galloping of beasts in the stars!  
Nothing, not even victory  
will erase the terrible hollow of the blood:  nothing, neither the sea nor the passage  
of sand and time, nor the geranium flaming  
upon the grave. — Pablo Neruda, 1937

It is not my government; it is a criminal regime " It’s a country where civilians are driven from their homes because of US- and British-backed violence, then have their pleas for refuge denied, partly on the basis that they may be terrorists. What is the onslaught from Yemen’s skies if not state terrorism?" Britain has blood on its hands over Yemen