Author: Damla Taskin

In 2010, Syria was the last stop where the winds of uprising that started with the Arab Spring protests in Tunisia blew the hardest. Syria, under the dictatorial regime of Bashar Assad, greeted these uprisings with great anger. Assad’s anger soon led to the genocide of his own people and the beginning of a period of torture. The civilian population, who did not know what to do out of fear for their lives, fled their hometowns and tried to cling to life. The Assad regime punished anyone who disobeyed with death, threats and exile, as it was in Nazi Germany.…

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On Nov. 3, 2020, the U.S. witnessed one of the most intense presidential debates in recent memory, with then-U.S. President Donald Trump and then-candidate Joe Biden face-off capturing global attention. Then, on Jan. 6, 2021, the nation observed perhaps the most polarizing moment in American political history – a major confrontation between Democrats and Republicans that unfolded in the U.S. Capitol. Biden ultimately emerged as the elected president, representing the Democrats, but Donald Trump, embraced by many as a populist leader, staunchly contested the election results. Trump’s supporters, galvanized by his rhetoric to “oppose the rigged election” and “Be there,…

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