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“Great Expectations” an Event in Damascus, December 2010

topic: EVENT medium: PHOTO In December, 2010 PenTales Storytellers gathered in Damascus to share their perspectives on “Great Expectations.” Stories included “Venus Horizon” by Blair Winter, “The Change” by Kezia Frayjo, “Great Expectations” by Muhammad Radwan and “Death by Arak” by Diego Gomez Pickering.  

“Venus Horizon” by Blair Winter, Damascus

topic: NATURE medium: TEXT, VIDEO as shared at a PenTales event themed “Great Expectations”

“The Change” by Kezia Frayjo, Damascus

topic: CHANGE medium: TEXT, VIDEO as shared at a PenTales event themed “Great Expectations”   Everything was well before the incident. I didn’t know it was all going to change that afternoon. If I had known what was about to happen, I don’t think I would have sat there calmly […]

“Great Expectations” by Muhammad Radwan, Damascus

topic: TRAVEL medium: TEXT, VIDEO as shared at an Event themed “Great Expectations” Road turns white. View of world tilts, the world at 45 degrees, or…? Blackness. Obfuscation. Brother, where art thou? In the hospital, realizations that there will no ensuing realizations, the epiphanies have already come, but they’re not […]

“Death by Arak” by Diego Gomez Pickering, Damascus

“Death by Arak” by Diego Gomez Pickering, Damascus

topic: LOVE & HEARTBREAK medium: TEXT as shared at an Event themed “Great Expectations” Get to know Diego better by going Behind the Story During full moon nights she is never able to sleep. On those erratic nights, which might well happen more than once a month since her calendar […]

Behind the Story: Diego Gomez-Pickering, Syria

The most amazing thing about PenTales stories is the people who share them. With “Behind the Story”, we introduce you to some of the personalities, voices, and stories behind the stories. PenTales co-founder Saskia Miller chats with Mexican writer (and PenTales Damascus organizer) Diego Gomez-Pickering about living in Syria during […]