/ Eqtisadi https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/ahmad-hajj-hamdo/rss en Civil Society War Economy Fri, 28 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Ahmad Hajj Hamdo https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/11/28/with-diesel-scarce-syrians-turn-to-solar-power-as-an-emerging-energy-option https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/11/28/with-diesel-scarce-syrians-turn-to-solar-power-as-an-emerging-energy-option ‘Syria must be rebuilt with solar power, as it is the next revolutionary leap of our time’. War Economy Wed, 05 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Ahmad Hajj Hamdo https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/03/05/with-olive-farmers-in-crisis-olive-oil-becomes-a-luxury https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/03/05/with-olive-farmers-in-crisis-olive-oil-becomes-a-luxury Once their main source of income, olive growing has become a burden for the crop’s Syrian farmers. In a country famous for its home-grown olives and olive oil, farmers are now forced to shoulder the increasingly exorbitant expenses of producing olives before the crops ever hit the market. Health War Economy Mon, 03 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Ahmad Hajj Hamdo https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/03/03/cattle-markets-in-the-street-threaten-disease-in-damascus https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/03/03/cattle-markets-in-the-street-threaten-disease-in-damascus Abu Khaled, a butcher, sets out every day at dawn to the cattle market before returning to his shop in the Adwi neighborhood of Damascus.