Since the revolution-turned-civil war in Syria began in 2011, over 500,000 civilians have been killed and more than 12 million Syrians have been displaced, it’s a conflict that is beyond the understanding of adults and has divided people, yet it…
Syria has opened the country’s first café staffed by people with Down syndrome, located in Tishreen Park in the capital Damascus. The café, Sucette, is run by 20 people with Down syndrome, according to the Xinhua news agency, and is the result…
On September 9, 1828, writer Leo Tolstoy was born at his family’s estate, Yasnaya Polyana, in the Tula Province of Russia. In the 1860s, Leo Tolstoy wrote his first great novel, War and Peace. In 1873, followed by ‘Anna Karenina’….
Quite often fictional characters are the ‘teacher’ that us the reader have, to help us learn about a particular topic and although we know they are not real but they remain our source of information and an effective element in…
As the UK celebrates father’s day this Sunday, I have brought to you Eight father figures from various novels that explore the different impact and representation of fatherhood on the novel’s plot. King Lear by William Shakespeare King Lear is…
The government and our educational institutions have a responsibility to make sure that no child feels like I did ever again. For the past year, all I have been reading is how the United Kingdom is racist, how Brexit, Meghan Markle’s treatment…
The Rollettes is a wheelchair dance team from Los Angeles, created to empower women with disabilities to live boundlessly, as well as shift perspectives on disability through dance. It was founded in 2012 when leader Chelsie Hill sustained a spinal cord injury…
Lina Abu Samha, a Jordanian writer, is the founder of Miryana’s World, named after her six-year-old daughter, who was born with cerebral palsy / spastic dipeliga that makes her depend on a walker and crutches/cane to be able to move around. …
Unfortunately we rarely see a positive image of disability in films and TV drama or even books, in fact it is the opposite scenario where if you become disabled then you will fall into depression, become bitter and become isolated….
When my sister got married, I set off excitedly in search for something to wear. I have never been a fan of shopping; negotiating stores in my wheelchair is not an enjoyable experience but on this particular occasion, my feelings…