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Alhakam Shaar

@alhakam.bsky.social
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Nonresident Fellow @timep.bsky.social | linguist | urban sociologist | trailing husband from Aleppo

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Frederick Deknatel @freddydeknatel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I first met and interviewed @alhakam.bsky.social back in 2016 for a long piece on Aleppo I wrote for the late, great Even Magazine. He was documenting his city's destruction in the hopes of one day rebuilding, despite everything. "You cannot kill hope or vision for the future," he told me.
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Frederick Deknatel @freddydeknatel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Grateful to publish this piece by Alhakam Shaar in @hidden-cities.com on returning to Aleppo after years of exile and war, and what it means to finally see of what was lost and what can still be rebuilt. "We’ll be back. We’re home, after all." www.hidden-cities.com/p/home-again...
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Home Again in Aleppo
On finally returning to Syria from exile to rebuild what was lost.
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The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @timep.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🔔 Join us on September 10 at 10 AM EST for an online event exploring how MENA advocates are reimagining the path to justice fifteen years since the Arab Uprisings, featuring Mariana Karkoutly, Ghida Frangieh, Habib Nassar, and Hussein Baoumi, moderated by Obai Kurd Ali. timep.org/2026/08/27/t...
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Alhakam Shaar @alhakam.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Yours truly is a proud chapter author! link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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Tearing the Seams: Cycles of Structural and Acute Violence in Aleppo
This chapter examines the links between structural and acute violence through a focus on the city of Aleppo prior to and as a result of the Syrian civil war. The author describes the mechanisms of sta...
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Alhakam Shaar @alhakam.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
How is the humanitarian situation in Syria? How's the country fairing on the issues of political transition, economy, security and transitional justice? How should the US engage? See this in-depth policy piece by TIMEP's director @maitelsadany.bsky.social and head of advocacy Douglas Christensen.
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Alhakam Shaar @alhakam.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I'm excited to have started a one-year Nonresident Fellowship at @timep.bsky.social. Over the coming year, I'll be working on participatory urban reconstruction in Syria, continuing my work with the Aleppo Project and Liqa al-Umran. 1/5
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The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @timep.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Alhakam Shaar (@alhakam.bsky.social) is an interdisciplinary conflict researcher and social anthropologist, with a history of work on reconstruction, heritage preservation, and migration. He joins TIMEP to work on participatory urban reconstruction in Syria. timep.org/author/alhak...
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The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @timep.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
يسعدنا أن نقدم زميلنا الحَكَم شعّار (@alhakam.bsky.social)، الباحث في شئون النزاعات وعالم الأنثروبولوجيا الاجتماعية. تشمل خبرة الحَكَم قضايا إعادة الإعمار وحفظ التراث والهجرة، وينضم إلى معهد التحرير للعمل على ملف إعادة الإعمار العمراني الذي يلبي احتياجات جميع السوريين. timep.org/author/alhak...
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The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy @timep.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
يسعدنا أن نرحب بالدفعة الجديدة من الزملاء غير المقيمين لعام 2026-2027 بمعهد التحرير. أهلًا بكم! @ramyraoof.bsky.social @alhakam.bsky.social Nada Nashat Shoroq Sallam Gaelle Abi Khalil Karim Safieddine Jad Baghdadi Leena Badri Raghdan Orsud Kholoud Helmi Mondher Tounsi Zakaria Al Shmaly
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
🌟 Today is one of my favorite days here at @timep.bsky.social, where we welcome an INCREDIBLE new fellowship cohort to the family! @ramyraoof.bsky.social, @alhakam.bsky.social, Nada, Shoroq, Gaelle, Karim, Jad, Leena, Raghdan, Kholous, Mondher, and Zakaria, here's to you!
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Alhakam Shaar @alhakam.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
A bit about my recent stay in Aleppo in this piece by @justinsalhani.bsky.social.
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What will it take for Syrians to return to Aleppo after years of war?
Syria's government is trying to rebuild Aleppo, but war and neglect have made it a daunting prospect.
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Alhakam Shaar @alhakam.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
More than 30 experts and contributors came together to make sense of identity-based mass violence (IBMV) in cities. We produced a book. I contributed a chapter on the cycles of structural and acute violence in modern Aleppo. Register to attend the launch: weavinginfluence.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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aljumhuriya.net @aljumhuriya.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Youssef al-Labbad, a Syrian defector returned from Germany, died under torture after his arrest near the Umayyad Mosque. Calls mount for justice, accountability, and returnee protection. #Syria #Justice
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Crisis Group @crisisgroup.org · 25/07/2025
Israel is starving Gaza, tipping the strip from mass starvation towards mass death. The lack of a ceasefire provides no excuse for this policy. War is no licence to starve. www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
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Open the Gates to Save a Starving Gaza | International Crisis Group
As ceasefire talks drag on, Gaza is tipping from mass starvation toward mass death. Israel must allow assistance in immediately. But that step alone will not save the strip’s depleted population. Gaza...
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aljumhuriya.net @aljumhuriya.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
The U.S. House Financial Services Committee passed a bill to amend the Caesar Act, tying sanction relief to Syria’s human rights compliance. Waivers may extend to 2 years, with full repeal by 2029 if conditions are met. #Syria #CaesarAct #USCongress #Sanctions #HumanRights
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Just Vision @justvision.org · 22/07/2025
"My body is breaking down. My mother is collapsing from exhaustion. My cousin cheats death every day for a morsel of aid. Gaza's children are dying in front of our eyes, and we are powerless to help them." @972mag.com Ruwaida Amer writes from Khan Younis, Gaza >> www.972mag.com/hunger-gaza-...
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We are starving
My body is breaking down. My mother is collapsing from exhaustion. My cousin cheats death every day for a morsel of aid.
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Alhakam Shaar @alhakam.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
7 years ago in Budapest, veteran journalist Helen Womack (now I proudly call her friend) interviewed me for UNHCR about The Aleppo Project and my family home in Aleppo. 7 weeks ago, after the fall of Assad, she reached out to ask me if I'd finally been back to Aleppo and if we can rebuild our house.
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Backpacks and Suitcases-9
Reporting the Stories of People in Flight
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aljumhuriya.net @aljumhuriya.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Key details: In a UN Security Council session on Syria, the United Nations warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis. It highlighted the widespread need for aid and the ongoing displacement of seven million people.
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aljumhuriya.net @aljumhuriya.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Key details: France announced last February its intention to invite Al-Sharaa for an official visit, but made it conditional on forming a Syrian government that includes “representatives of all components of civil society” and provides “security guarantees for refugee return”.
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Idrees Ahmad @idreesahmad.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Another child killed by starvation. There is a video and it is excruciating to watch. Israel has blocked all aid, including food and medicine, for over 60 days. What we have here is the profundity of evil.
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Robin Yassin-Kassab @qunfuz.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
I was happy to sign this. Sectarian violence is an even greater security threat to the new Syria than Zionist aggression. aljumhuriya.net/ar/2025/04/1...
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في إدانة المجازر والانتهاكات بحق العلويين-ات السوريين-ات
بيان إلى الرأي العام
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Alhakam Shaar @alhakam.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
هذا اللقاء، الخامس للقاء العمران، له فرادة أنه مع أحد أجمل باحثي التراث وأقربهم لقلبي وقلوب الكثير من باحثي العمران والتاريخ، البروفيسور ناصر رباط. شكراً صديقتي زويا @zoyamasoud.bsky.social على دعوة أ. رباط وعلى التسيير. اللقاء بالعربية، غداً السبت، والتسجيل هنا: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Yazan Badran @yazanbadran.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Malik al-Abdeh's analysis of Sharaa's governance record is damning. And his pleas are nothing but the plainest of common sense: serious reforms, emphasis on effective governance, openness to different constituencies by giving them a stake in the new state. www.syriaintransition.com/swallowingth...
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Swallowing the State — Syria in Transition
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Alhakam Shaar @alhakam.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
دعوة مفتوحة لأهل الاختصاص للحوار إعادة إعمار سوريا: الحقوق، الهوية، والحوكمة رابط المشاركة في الحوار يوم الخميس ٢٦ /١٢ /٢٠٢٤ الساعة الوحدة بعد الظهر بتوقيت دمشق: t.co/CsuJ9VaVQ3
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Syria Notes @syrianotes.org · 18/12/2024
Dr Razan Ghazzawi: “I took this📸of Raed Fares in Idlib in 2013. Raed initiated the ‘Kafranbel Banners’ … Raed & Hammoud Jneid were assassinated on Nov 23, 2018. Many believe HTS was behind it. HTS needs to address all violations committed under its control in Idlib.” x.com/queerexile/s...
Raed Fares looks at the camera with a relaxed smile, holding a cigarette in his right hand and wearing a yelow t-shirt.
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Alhakam Shaar @alhakam.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Sign up to attend this online panel discussion at George Washington University. It starts at 4pm Berlin time. I will talk about what the fall of Assad means from the perspective of Aleppo.
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Insurgent Resurgence: A Discussion about the Current Developments in Syria | Program on Extremism | The George Washington University
Featuring insights from Alhakam Shaar, Wathiq Alshallal, and Jerome Drevon. Senior Fellow, Sergio Altuna will moderate it.
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Alhakam Shaar @alhakam.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Mini thread 🧵 The media, Arab and western alike, are not prepared for the fall of the regime and the shallowness of their coverage is just sad. Very few of those reporting on the prisons read up reports on (e.g. by Forensic Architecture & Amensty Intl) that are based on witness accounts, or
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Syria Notes @syrianotes.org · 10/12/2024
“Assad’s police threatened to bury me and my reporting. Now I’m back, and free” BBC correspondent Lina Sinjab returns to Syria www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Syria: Assad's police threatened to bury me and my reporting. Now I'm back, and free
The BBC's Lina Sinjab - who fled Damascus 2013 as it was engulfed in war – reflects on her return to the city.
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Sergio Altuna @altuna.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Join us next Thursday at 10:00 am ET (16:00 CET) to talk about the latest developments in #Syria with a line-up of distinguished panelists: @jeromed.bsky.social, @alhakam.bsky.social and Mr. Wathiq Alshallal. Register here! extremism.gwu.edu/insurgent-re...
extremism.gwu.edu
Insurgent Resurgence: A Discussion about the Current Developments in Syria | Program on Extremism | The George Washington University
Featuring insights from Alhakam Shaar, Wathiq Alshallal, and Jerome Drevon. Senior Fellow, Sergio Altuna will moderate it.
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Alhakam Shaar @alhakam.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
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A decade on, how can we work to free Syria’s detainees? | SyriaUntold | حكاية ما انحكت
In decades past, mothers in Aleppo had a spell to unleash the voices of children suffering from alalia—speech delay. Can we apply their ritual today?
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Alhakam Shaar @alhakam.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Israel is grabbing more land in the Golan. The Golan is for its people. Its homes are for those expelled from them, whether by Israel in 1967 or by Assad and Hezbollah since 2011.
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Alhakam Shaar @alhakam.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Israel is grabbing Syrian terretory.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Israel has illegally taken the following Syrian towns: - Ofaniya - Quneitra - Al-Hamidiyah - Samdaniya Al Gharbiyah - Qahtaniya The IDF chief of staff: “IDF is fighting in four arenas - in ‘Judea and Samaria’, in Gaza, in Lebanon and, starting tonight, in Syria as well.” 1/
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
If you are caught thinking international events don't affect you, then you are sorely misunderstanding how our civilization currently works. Something happening in some country you've never seen or heard of, can have as much impact as something happening the town over from you.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
From a Syrian to finger wagging outsiders bashing their victory against the regime.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
The rebels have liberated hundreds of women, toddlers and babies held in Sednaya prison. They've also released hundred of prisoners some of which were tortured to the point of forgetting their own identity, others held for decades for speaking out against the regime. #freeSyria
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Alhakam Shaar @alhakam.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Syria is better today. Assad has fallen, and we will remain vigilant!
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Robin Yassin-Kassab @qunfuz.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
A year ago I met @anwaralbounni in Berlin. I asked why he hadn't learnt German. "Why would I waste time on a language I'm not going to use?" he replied. "It's only a matter of months and we'll be going home." I thought he was crazy. But he wasn't.
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Yazan Badran @yazanbadran.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
The horrors of Hama have been our shared Syrian omerta for the past 40 years. May its people have peace at long last, and may theirs be the beginning of ours.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
At least 66,000 fake accounts and 10 million fake followers were removed on just TikTok alone, the operation was targeting Romania’s election in favour far-right candidate Călin Georgescu . Also, an account with 299,000 followers linked to the far-right AUR party was taken down.
TikTok scandal
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Robin Yassin-Kassab @qunfuz.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
An edited version of this text was published at the New Statesman
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To Aleppo and Beyond
An edited version of this article was published at the New Statesman. Today, for the first time in years, millions of Syrians can dare to hope. In only three days, rebel forces swept out of the nor…
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Alhakam Shaar @alhakam.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
لا ننسى المستضعَفين. قلبي مع كل العائدين إلى بيوتهم في حلب وأريافها، وكثير منهم سيجد بيته منهوباً أو مدمّراً.. وقلبي مع ١٢٠ ألف كرديّ هُجّروا من بيوتهم بعفرين مرةً ويهجّرون اليوم مرة أخرى.
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Alhakam Shaar @alhakam.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
The Russian airforce has just bombed the largest hospital complex in Idlib city, including Idlib University Hosptial and the Health Directorate. Yesterday they bombed Aleppo University Hospital. The same tactics every time, everywhere, in Ukraine and in Syria, now and since the past decade.
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Syria Notes @syrianotes.org · 02/12/2024
Iranian-backed militias entered Syria overnight, including Iraq’s Katiab Hezbollah and Fatemiyoun groups, two Syrian army sources tell @reuters.com. Dozens of Iran-aligned Iraqi Hashd al Shaabi fighters from Iraq also crossed into Syria near Al Bukamal. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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Pro-Iranian militias enter Syria from Iraq to aid beleaguered Syrian army
Iranian-backed militias entered Syria overnight from Iraq and were heading to northern Syria to beef up beleaguered Syrian army forces battling insurgents, according to two Syrian army sources.
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Alhakam Shaar @alhakam.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Our house in Old Aleppo is in a cul-de-sac that has 11 houses. But only 2 have remained occupied since Assad's takeover in 2016. Most our neighbours, like us, left. Now, our first neighbours have returned to their home, 8 years after Assad & co expelled them.
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Alhakam Shaar @alhakam.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
"My brother, displaced to Idlib in 2016, returned this morning to see my brother, who was stuck in Aleppo with his children after 8 years of forced disappearance. The two are now on their way to our village, last seen in 2014." - my dear friend and fellow Aleppo Project researcher Yahya Abdullah.
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Alhakam Shaar @alhakam.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
The stories of returnees and those reunited with family after long years of separation freshen up the hearts!
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Alhakam Shaar @alhakam.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
People in the central square in Idlib--many of them are displaced from Aleppo--are celebrating the takeover of Aleppo and chanting the one of first slogans of the Syrian revolution, "one, one, one; the Syrian people are one".
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