高樓低廈,人潮起伏,
名爭利逐,千萬家悲歡離合。

閑雲偶過,新月初現,
燈耀海城,天地間留我孤獨。

舊史再提,故書重讀,
冷眼閑眺,關山未變寂寞!

念人老江湖,心碎家國,
百年瞬息,得失滄海一粟!

徐訏《新年偶感》

2012年2月27日星期一

Inside northern Syria


Award-winning Associated Press photojournalist Rodrigo Abd captures daily life in rebel-held areas in the north of Syria

Children attend a demonstration against Bashar Al-Assad's regime in Kafar Taharim
Portrait of Assad displayed on a television inside the house of supporters of the Free Syrian army, near Idlib
A man warms himself in the sun in Kafar Taharim
Children carry firewood on horseback in Kafar Taharim
A woman leads a group of children along street in Kafar Taharim
Mohammed has dinner as supporters of the Free Syrian army pray near Idlib
A boy cuts wood in Kafar Taharim
Khacem Abdel Luhab, an officer of the Free Syrian army smokes next to his machine gun before attending a demonstration in Kafar Taharim
A boy holds the portrait of a man killed by the Syrian army during a demonstration against the Assad regime in Kafar Taharim
A six-month-old baby laughs as a machine gun is placed in its lap in a house near Idlib
A street vendor waits for customers in Kafar Taharim
Free Syrian army fighters carry an RPG on a motorcycle in Kafar Taharim
Woman walk along the street in Kafar Taharim