I am skipping ahead to post this one. The day I sketched this we had been watching the news closely all day, as finally Assad was kicked out of Syria – feeling hopeful, trepidatious and emotional. I shed a tear when I watched Syrian refugees on the Lebanese border so excited that they would finally be able to go home. We spent more than three years living and working in Syria (these blue glasses were bought at a glass blowing workshop in Damascus) and had to leave in 2011 when the war started. It was heartbreaking watching the country descend into war, division and chaos, after having enjoyed living and working with such wonderful people. Let us hope that peace and stability for all Syrians, whatever race, belief or gender, will now come about.

Sun-8-Dec-2024