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Emran Feroz is an Afghan-Austrian journalist currently based in Stuttgart, Germany. He is regularly writing from Afghanistan, often focusing on the Middle East, Central Asia, drone warfare, refugee policies and human rights. Emran is writing in both German and English. His work has already appeared in international media outlets such as Al Jazeera, The Intercept, Alternet, The Atlantic or the New York Times and in various German and Austrian news papers and magazines.
For Many Syrians, War In Their Country Is Just Personal Suffering
Since US President Donald Trump posted a new tweet about a possible strike against the Syrian government, many observers want to present some kind of geopolitical analysis of the events in Syria.
Many of them also try to tell us that the "situation is complicated", that "Russia is the West's boogeyman" or simply that "World War III is coming".
However, truth is also that for many Syrians, the war just brought much personal suffering. Syrian journalist Abdulhamid Qabbani describes a very personal case:
"My grandma, one of the millions of Syrians who have been internally displaced by war, just turned 90 amid the news of the chemical attack last week in the city of Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus. A mother of six children, she once lived in what has become a scene of utter destruction in the region known as Ghouta."
But the house of Qabbani's grandmother, which was in eastern Ghouta, is gone now. Like in many other Middle Eastern cultures, a house is worth more than its economic value: It is the source of emotional and physical well-being and security.
Thousands of Syrians lost their homes because of the war, and none of them will forget that most countries of this world simply watched when the tragedy happened.
