تحيّاتي

1- شأن معلم و نظام آموزش و پرورش فراتر از آن است كه مدرسه به بنگاه سیاسی و مكانی برای تبلیغ گروه های سیاسی تبدیل شود. متأسفانه مدارس به علت تركیب سنی و وجود آرای نهفته بسیار در خود همیشه مورد نظر سیاسیون بوده و آنها بدون توجه به مفهوم و هدف پرورش سیاسی…

As most of you already read the proposed law that our Syrian Government is planning to introduce.

The law if approved would become a huge step backward to the Darker ages of Syria, where minorities and women were looked at as second class citizen that they don’t have says in any matter that deals with their life.

It is the worst news I heard from Syria so far and I hope that you could let our voice be heard and that we say NO for treating 50% of our population (Women) And when our government set new rules over Christians without asking their churches both are big sham for all of us as Syrians.

Please sign the Petition, no names will be shown, just the number of people who doesn’t agree with the proposed law.

http://www.petitiononline.com/185180km

I’m talking about the case of Mr. Waed Mouhanna, I never meet the man that every Syrian in and out of Syria should read his articles, how can’t the judge didn’t see his passion for doing the right thing and only looked at his rage instead, how a minister of culture have the courage to personal attack Mr. Waed and making a law suite against him while he should be ashamed of his short sight and not doing the job that we the people of Syria trust him to do?

How is the heritage administration doesn’t do it’s research and protect our history instead of being a useless body of bureaucrats forgetting that they are protecting a prime locations in the cradle of civilization? Those two bodies should stand in the Syrian court of law and pay for their mistakes and lack of taking action when needed. And explain to all of us why they failed to do their job.

This Syrian hero story is nothing but a tragedy for all of us and for our Syrian system as a whole, reading about my new hero Mr. Mouhanna, I compared his story to the legendary Jane Jacobs, an American/Canadian urbanist, activist and a famous writer, she is well known international figure and her books are a must read for anybody who know the word ‘city’ or ‘urban’ she is also known for organizing grass-roots efforts to block urban-renewal projects that would have destroyed local neighbourhoods. She succeed in stopping couple major highway projects in the United State and Canada, yet she kept her dignity and no politician, developer or a planner dare to take her to court of law, she won the respect and admiration of everybody even her enemy, she was treated as a hero, even after she passed away her legacy continue.

As a tribute to Jacobs, the Rockefeller Foundation introduces the Jane Jacobs Medal, “to recognize individuals who have made a significant contribution to thinking about urban design, specifically in New York City.”

Are we as Syrian less human than an American-Canadian who did the same 40 years ago but they were treated with utmost respect and appreciation.

Mr. Mouhanna, deserve to be treated as Jane Jacobs and there should be a creation of a ‘Waed Medal’ to recognize individuals who have made a significant contribution to thinking about urban design, heritage and community protection, in EVERY SYRIAN City.