For too many Decembers, I told myself while decorating our tree that I really ought to re-read the gospels - or at least the dramatic nativity scene from Luke depicted in "A Charlie Brown Christmas." Like a lot of my resolutions, that one died on the ...
Last December, my country finally threw off the chains of a hated, despotic regime. For many Syrians, it was a moment filled with hope - the belief that decades of repression had given way to a chance for renewal. Yet by March 2025, that hope had ...