Karen Pinto

Assistant Professor of History, Boise State University


View of Ghouta and Al Kiswah farms.

Bombed and gassed into oblivion: The lost oasis of Damascus

Conflict

The Syrian revolution that began seven years ago has failed, and the death rattles out of Eastern Ghouta are among its tragic dying gasps. But the political facts, while somber and tragic, fail to tell the full story of Ghouta — the story of its history and beauty.