By Dr. Adnan Bozan There are things in life that defy reason, that do not always answer to the justice of effort, and that do not necessarily bow before human genius, however extraordinary it may be. It is as though life has doors that cannot be opened with the keys we forge with our own hands, but only through mysterious circumstances that place the keys to palaces in the hands of some passing strangers, while leaving others—those who have spent their lives carving beauty out of the rock of suffering—standing...
O Kurdish people, if you still remember, and you who have long been deceived by slogans, and those of you who still follow parties that claim to speak in your name: Do you remember what I have been saying since...
By Dr. Adnan Bozan What is unfolding in Hasakah cannot be understood merely as a series of passing demonstrations, a...
By: Dr. Adnan Bozan Germany emerged from the Second World War in 1945 burdened by massive destruction that had devastated its cities, economy, and infrastructure. Rwanda emerged in 1994 from one of the most horrific human tragedies in its modern history, following a genocide that tore its society apart. Singapore, meanwhile, faced significant economic and structural challenges after gaining independence in 1965, particularly given its limited natural resources. Despite the differences in these countries’ historical and political circumstances, their experiences offer an essential lesson: material resources, however important, are not sufficient on their own to build nations. Nor can recovery from catastrophe be achieved simply by bringing wars to an end. It requires effective institutions, competent administration, strategic vision,...
By Dr. Adnan Bozan In recent days, we have witnessed an unprecedented escalation between Iran and Israel. The confrontation has moved beyond indirect conflict and limited security skirmishes to a state of open war with multiple dimensions: missiles, assassinations, cyber operations, and drone attacks. This is not a traditional war between two standing armies on a defined battlefield. Rather, it is a hybrid war in which geography intersects with technology, religion with geopolitics, and overt operations with covert ones — a war entangled with both internal and external actors. The Present: A Complex and Intertwined War Scene At this very...
By Dr. Adnan Bozan Syrians did not overthrow Bashar al-Assad’s regime only to replace its authoritarianism with a new form of tyranny, or to see the country move from Baathist rule to a jihadist authority, the chaos of armed groups, religious extremism, and national conflicts. The Syrian revolution arose in pursuit of freedom, dignity, and justice. Yet the fall of the former regime did not bring the tragedy to an end; instead,...
بقلم: د. عدنان بوزان في أعماق تاريخ البشرية تنسج الثورات الشعبية خيوطاً من الشجاعة والصمود، تحمل في طياتها الصرخات المكبوتة للشعوب الذين يسعون إلى الحرية والعدالة. إنّ الثورات الشعبية أو الانتفاضة تمثل فصلاً بارزاً في التحولات الاجتماعية، حيث تنهض الشعوب بشجاعة وإصرار لتحدي الظلم والفساد، وتسعى إلى بناء عالم أفضل ينبعث فيه نور العدالة والحرية. إنها ليست مجرد صفحة من التاريخ، بل هي حكاية عن صمود الإنسانية وإرادتها القوية في مواجهة الاستبداد...
By: Dr. Adnan Bouzan At the beginning of his second term, U.S. President Donald Trump announced his intention to impose new tariffs of up to 25% on imports from the European Union. With the escalation of the trade wars he has initiated, some did not expect his policies to have a rapid impact on the European economy, which is already facing huge challenges. However, with ongoing economic crises in major EU countries,...
By: Dr. Adnan Bouzan Ignorance is not simply the absence of knowledge. A person’s ignorance of a particular truth may, in fact, be an honest beginning of knowledge. The deeper and more dangerous form of ignorance, however, is to be ignorant of one’s own ignorance—to allow a deficiency of knowledge to transform, within one’s consciousness, into complete certainty, and to believe that one knows merely because one possesses an answer, rather than because one has attained the truth. This is where the illusion of knowledge begins: when the answer becomes a barrier that prevents the question, and when certainty ceases to be a provisional instrument for understanding the world and becomes a closed prison that prevents the mind from seeing anything beyond its own boundaries. Human beings do not fear...
By: Dr. Adnan Bouzan Introduction: Since the moment the human being first lifted his head toward the sky, he was not merely searching for an explanation of thunder and lightning, nor solely for an answer to the question of death. He was searching for meaning—meaning for his existence in a world suspended between chaos and order, between fear and...
By: Dr. Adnan Buzan Mother... I was born... with the cry of pain, when the night was learning the names of its victims, and when the sighs were hiding their children beneath the cloak of silence. I was born... in the arms of sorrow, when time walked barefoot over our wounds, leaving at the doors of villages names that could find no graves. I was born... with the moaning of the dark...
Azadi Post: It is not easy to treat what happened in Hasakah and Kobani over the past two days as merely two separate security incidents, or...
By Dr. Adnan Buzan During one of those heavy years when the Ba’ath did not merely rule Syria, but sought to infiltrate homes, schools, gatherings, and even the whispers behind closed doors, Kobani seemed like a city deliberately placed on the margins of...
