By Juliette Rémond-Tiédrez
Being confined for nearly two months gave me loads of time to listen to podcasts and read more. Somewhat by coincidence my reading and listening started focusing on the ongoing Syrian civil war. This focus on Syria started with Omar Youssef Suleiman’s latest book Le Dernier Syrien, the Last Syrian. Omar Youssef Suleiman…
By Juliette Remond-Tiedrez
Warning: this post contains sensitive drawings which some people may find disturbing.
What is art? Is Abu Zubaydah’s drawings of the torture methods used against him “art”?
As explained in an article published in the newspaper The New York Times on December 4, 2019, Abu Zubaydah is a Saudi national who was arrested in Pakistan…
