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Arts & Culture

Issue 40 – November 2026

Damascus, the city of nose casts

How social media, changing beauty standards and a new generation of surgeons are fuelling Syria’s cosmetic surgery boom

Issue 40 – November 2026

Father of Grime’s new clothes

A restaurant review of Toshka al-Firdous in Homs

Issue 39 – October 2026

Armenian Aleppo, one plate at a time

A restaurant review of Abu Hagop in Aleppo

Issue 39 – October 2026

Political theatre by a political performer

The Revival of the Al-Hamra Theatre under Nawar Bulbul

Issue 38 – September 2026

Who can afford a burger in the new Syria?

A restaurant review of Cali in Damascus

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Issue 11 – April 2024

Breaking Bones but not taboos

How Syrian TV dramas help Assad deflect blame

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Issue 7 – December 2023

Diminishing returns

The decline of Russia’s soft power in Syria