Aleppo

Where the streets have no name. 


Brown. That is how I would sum up most cities in Syria, Aleppo included. I might even throw in a hint of grey, due to the smog of pollution that usually hangs over a Syrian city. But of late it seems like red has become the de riguer colour for most Syrian cities; red from the blood of innocent lives lost. We would do very well to also throw in a smidgen of black, from the plumes of smoke that engulf the cities; no doubt from the artillery shells and smoldering buildings. As the world is paralyzed by the fear of another global financial crisis, lives are lost with each passing day in Syria; almost as if a life lost in a distant land matters less than the loss of value in our dollar.