My story, The Syrian Doctor in Paris,
was published in The Philippine Graphic
and received a Certificate of Recognition by the Nick Joaquin Literary Awards. I have read this piece in performance in Paris and in Jackson, Tennessee.
My deepest sympathies go to the Syrian people who have suffered long and hard. ~ Cecilia
The Syrian Doctor in Paris
By Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
Copyright 2014 by Cecilia Brainard, All Rights Reserved
May 9, 2014, the last
rebels leave Homs
He lives in a flat near the Ile Saint
Louis. Today, he’s up at four in the morning because he hardly slept and news
feeds from Syria stream into the internet. His favorite sites are “The Syrian
Revolution 2011” and the “Local Coordination Committees in Syria”, which give
up-to-the-minute news in Syria. The sites will warn: “Artillery shelling and
mortars and heavy machine guns aimed at the country districts of Daraa
Al-Balad’s neighborhoods;” Or: “Explosive barrel bombs targeting the village
Guenitarat in Aleppo.”