Rawan Osman

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Nov 29, 2023, 7:10 PM

Hamas had no alternative. Really?

I watch the Arab news wholeheartedly condemning Israel and compare it to Israeli and Western reporting. There is a deep, wide valley between both camps. What the first camp calls black, the second calls white. At first, I wondered why...

Oct 8, 2023, 6:05 PM

We stand with you

We stand with you. "We" cause I am not the only one. Yesterday, under my post expressing support for the Israelis on social media, an elderly Palestinian that I know from Damascus left a comment: “You are a whore. Shame on...

Sep 30, 2023, 8:47 PM

What I learned from Yossi Klein Halevi

Whatever you choose to do, do it from a place of love The Syrian war led millions of Syrians to flee the country, many of whom took refuge in Europe, mostly in Germany where I was living with Adam, my...

Sep 26, 2023, 11:27 AM

My first encounter with Jews changed my life

Growing up, the term 'Jew' became synonymous with 'monster,' but it wasn't Israel who killed so many of my fellow Syrians

Sep 17, 2023, 10:59 PM

A letter from a Syrian to the Israeli people: Don’t let us down

Don’t let division do to you what it did to the Palestinians, the Lebanese, and the Syrians. Reconcile with one another

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About Me

Rawan Osman is a Syrian-Lebanese peace activist, currently writing a book about her perception of the Jewish people and Israel before and after leaving the Middle East. Formerly with the PeaceComms Institute, Osman is studying Jewish and Islamic Studies at Heidelberg University, Germany. She is fluent in Arabic, French, English and German. She can be reached at rawan.osman@writing4peace.de

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