In Shesh Yak, it’s spring of 2011, five weeks into the civil uprising in Syria.  Jameel, a 30-something-year-old Syrian-American writer is in his New York apartment waiting for a houseguest to arrive from DC.  An older Syrian ex-patriot and a leader in the anti-Syrian government movement, Haytham, has come to New York on business.  Jameel is (more…)

In Shesh Yak, it’s spring of 2011, five weeks into the civil uprising in Syria.  Jameel, a 30-something-year-old Syrian-American writer is in his New York apartment waiting for a houseguest to arrive from DC.  An older Syrian ex-patriot and a leader in the anti-Syrian government movement, Haytham, has come to New York on business.  Jameel is (more…)

In Shesh Yak, it’s spring of 2011, five weeks into the civil uprising in Syria.  Jameel, a 30-something-year-old Syrian-American writer is in his New York apartment waiting for a houseguest to arrive from DC.  An older Syrian ex-patriot and a leader in the anti-Syrian government movement, Haytham, has come to New York on business.  Jameel is (more…)

In Shesh Yak, it’s spring of 2011, five weeks into the civil uprising in Syria.  Jameel, a 30-something-year-old Syrian-American writer is in his New York apartment waiting for a houseguest to arrive from DC.  An older Syrian ex-patriot and a leader in the anti-Syrian government movement, Haytham, has come to New York on business.  Jameel is (more…)

In Shesh Yak, it’s spring of 2011, five weeks into the civil uprising in Syria.  Jameel, a 30-something-year-old Syrian-American writer is in his New York apartment waiting for a houseguest to arrive from DC.  An older Syrian ex-patriot and a leader in the anti-Syrian government movement, Haytham, has come to New York on business.  Jameel is (more…)