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I wrote about Jableh, a coastal Alawite city in Syria. There’s been a lot of misinformation about what happened there in March. But like all political and violent events, the story began long before the explosion.
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Loubna Mrie
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Loubna Mrie
@Loubnamrie
Writer & Photographer
Bylines: LRB, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, TIME
Debut book out Feb 24, Penguin Random House (2026)
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- The children seen in footage from recently liberated jails are believed to have been born to women raped by their captors. Imagine learning this and still insisting that Assad isn’t that bad.
- Talking to friends and relatives in Syria, no one is sad that Assad fell. Then i come on Twitter, see the tankies freaking out, and wonder why we even bother engaging with people who can’t see Syria as anything but a piece in the regional politics puzzle
- Replying to @aaronjmatethere is a reason why Syrians despise you. I hope you take some time to reflect and at least admit that you didn’t do us justice instead of trying to gaslight us.
- Arguing that Syria and New York have similar police states shows just how ignorant people are about what a police state actually is. My man wants to "educate" while believing that Brooklyn and Jableh have the same level of surveillance and censorship. What a clown.
- And for those who are completely missing the magnitude of this historical moment and jumping to warn us about the consequences and aftermath: shut the fuck up.
- It's nice to see Russia and Saudi Arabia competing against each other outside of Syria.
- This group recently threatened me with rape after I politely asked them to verify the location and date of one of their videos, as I was working on a piece about violations on the coast.A small group of Alawites and Christians based in Europe started a Facebook called Mursad al-Aqaliyat al-Suriya. They became very popular for documenting the violations against the minoriites in a very few days. It was hacked by HTS, who took over their Facebook page. HTS or
- I am unable to believe that I lived to see this day. I truly can't. I have a country again.
- My sister was planning to come visit me in August. I have not seen her in four years. I can't leave to see her due to my expired Syrian passport and pending asylum case and now she can't come thanks to Trump. I wonder what keeps me in a country that treats us like criminals.
- Replying to @aaronjmatewait.. let me get this straight, are you claiming that you didnt support Asaad?
- Replying to @aaronjmateA repressive, authoritarian government, yet he tried every trick in the book to whitewash it. I'm glad he finally came clean after all these years and admitted he was cheering for a criminal.
- a year ago I was crying at @AnandWrites office because I thought I wasn’t a good writer. He told me to believe in my voice, write, rewrite, and most importantly, to read. I am glad I listened to him, and happy to share I will be working on my first book with Penguin-Viking books
