tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post8795986736741591920..comments2023-10-01T14:37:09.159+01:00Comments on Maysaloon - ميسلون: The Torture of My Father by the Syrian RegimeMaysaloonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06826378383173206624noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post-81106930656949864672012-01-17T15:03:14.269+00:002012-01-17T15:03:14.269+00:00maysaloon,
thank you for sharing this report on yo...maysaloon,<br />thank you for sharing this report on your father. I am living through this revolution in Syria my experiences of the revolution which took place in Germany in 1989. I was born under this communist regime which feared most not the obvious enemies but their own people most. We had an muhabarat system which gave work to 80.000 full time workers and added 180.000 informants who reported on a regular basis from society within. One could never trust anyone, you had an private and an public opinion. There was even a school which trained officers how to manipulate people to work for the muhabarat, some who worked were recruited by teachers as young as 15 to write reports about their fellow students or even in some cases they even placed the partner to an opponent of the regime. The syrian muhabarat was trained and equipt by ur Staatssicherheit, as well as many other once communist allies. The part of the interrogation techniques which were used against your father sounds familiar with what Germans went through in the times of our regime, the difference i would make is that the random killing and the overall shown nonselective bruatlity of the Assadmafia was not common under our regime. They relied more on making your life a hell if they wanted to.<br />Since the downfall of the regime in my country every citizen could apply to read their folder, their reports. My parents have waited until this year to apply, they were so much afraid even 20 years after to find out that friends they have trusted or even family members betrayed them. Its a tragedy how such regimes can occupy the hearts and souls of so many, i hope soon that i will be able to see my syrian friends again and we all can celebrate the end of the Assadregime. The Syrians have so far paid such an high price for their dignity and freedom.Amanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120389801360205223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post-74514783695871041202011-07-30T01:12:37.679+01:002011-07-30T01:12:37.679+01:00thank you, Maysaloon.thank you, Maysaloon.qunfuzhttp://www.qunfuz.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post-12855595509571532452011-07-27T05:35:22.826+01:002011-07-27T05:35:22.826+01:00and so how we could we ever make peace with a regi...and so how we could we ever make peace with a regime that would do this to its own..Lirunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165940866092660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post-58448853134409209422011-07-25T15:03:34.947+01:002011-07-25T15:03:34.947+01:00It must have been difficult for you to put this in...It must have been difficult for you to put this in writing. I read this on my Google Reader as I usually would, and I kept going back and forth about commenting. <br /><br />I have recently been silent and frugal with my comments. Sometimes it is better (easier) not to say anything. But all I could think of was that 7 year old boy and the confusion, fear, and uncertainty he was feeling. I was once 7 years old (a girl, not a boy) and though I haven't been through a remotely similar experience, I still know how it felt to be that fragile and dependent on your main source for love and security, your parents.poshlemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646938223102683769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post-63793979493655966102011-07-23T08:09:11.845+01:002011-07-23T08:09:11.845+01:00here in telaviv i have a colleague of jewish syria...here in telaviv i have a colleague of jewish syrian heritage.. she had similar stories about her family.. sudden disappearances and in some cases the people never returned.. so they fled in the 60s to cyprus.. and from there came to israel..<br /><br />i see the self mutilation of the syrian nation in not new..Lirunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165940866092660086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post-1714458920189728212011-07-21T06:15:41.116+01:002011-07-21T06:15:41.116+01:00Maysaloon, I was looking at my daughter, about the...Maysaloon, I was looking at my daughter, about the age you were, and wondering how on earth a little heart could fathom what he had experienced. The unspoken reality overrode the explanation, and seeing him so different upon return must have been horrifying. Silencing.<br /><br />He was silenced. The cruelty and injustice of it. A Jordanian friend of mine spent six months in detention in Syria. It was a nightmare. I would imagine your father, having had to choose silence for his family, is proud of you for clearly using your voice. I am praying for you, for Syria.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post-55200814183946411852011-07-21T01:37:20.462+01:002011-07-21T01:37:20.462+01:00This is one of the most poignant and sobering post...This is one of the most poignant and sobering posts I have read for a very long time.. <br />The deep and private violation of your father's psyche, and the undoubtedly profound effect that this ordeal must have left on him and all those around him is only matched by the eloquence of your writing..<br />Thank you very much for sharing this with us.. I feel humbled and privileged..The Syrian Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13918783557049896806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post-47256126637896275682011-07-21T00:25:04.839+01:002011-07-21T00:25:04.839+01:00Thanks for the kind comments. I guess many of us h...Thanks for the kind comments. I guess many of us have had similar experiences. The question is why we should tolerate this for our children? And thank you Rime, especially, for your kind words.Maysaloonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826378383173206624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post-84114537641209993172011-07-20T23:59:44.956+01:002011-07-20T23:59:44.956+01:00I'm choking reading this, tears in my eyes. Wh...I'm choking reading this, tears in my eyes. What suffering your family has endured, and what writing Maysaloon!Rimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18311358340613167932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post-7896485077850296242011-07-20T22:02:38.918+01:002011-07-20T22:02:38.918+01:00so many Syrians can relate to this. same thing hap...so many Syrians can relate to this. same thing happened to my father in 2003. Some one wrote a false report about him that he was a mossad agent. he was taken to a mukhabarat officer at the airport only to find out that that officer was a friend from his school, which gave him the opportunity to know exactly why he was there (report thing) and then told his side of the story. he was lucky. <br /><br />i hope we see the day when all this ends.MJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033362506621810183noreply@blogger.com