Tabitha H. Sanders

More than a week ago the White Helmets announced that they had not found any earthquake survivors since the previous day. That search and rescue efforts would now transition into search and recovery.

For so, so many in Syria, it’s too late. It’s been too late for a long time.

Founded in 2014, the White Helmets have been on the frontlines of Assad’s attacks and, now, of the earthquake response in opposition-held areas.

Their motto: To save a life is to save all of humanity.

If you are financially able please consider donating to the White Helmets as they continue their life-saving work.

If you can, donate here.

“This disaster is exceptional, and all it has revealed is that the mundane horrors Syrians have been enduring since 2011 have not yet abated.”

Syrian White Helmets Work Miracles After Earthquake | New Lines Magazine

Photos by Fared Al Mahlool

“To save one life is to save all of humanity.”

If you are financially able, please consider donating to the White Helmets. They are on the front lines of the earthquake response in Syria and desperately need support for their work.

Donate here

🇪🇬 Tahrir Square: 2011 vs. 2018, when I first visited Cairo.

There's a 2021 great essay in Foreign Affairs from Marc Lynch, reflecting on the 10th (!) anniversary of the Arab Spring:

"The uprisings have profoundly reshaped every conceivable dimension of Arab politics, including individual attitudes, political systems, ideologies, and international relations. Superficial similarities might mask the extent of the change, but today’s Middle East would be unrecognizable to observers from 2010. The forces set in motion in 2011 virtually guaranteed that the next decade will witness even more profound transformations—changes that will confound any policy based on a return to the old ways.”

Tahrir Square, 2012