Riham AlkousaaFrom the box room on a rainless dayA friend writes, “Every time I see Damascus in the eyes of an expatriate, I become more attached to her.” She doesn’t know that if she…Jun 21, 2017Jun 21, 2017
Riham AlkousaainThe Journalist as HistorianTracing Syria and US Ambassadors from Decades AgoI want to examine U.S.-Syria relations in the years between Syria independence and Hafiz Assad’s coup in 1971. I found myself thrilled…Mar 25, 20171Mar 25, 20171
Riham AlkousaainThe Journalist as HistorianLooking for the US ambassador in Lebanon at Columbia ArchivesThe word archives always look boring and out of date in my head. Where I come from, the word — pronounced almost the same in Arabic —…Mar 24, 2017Mar 24, 2017