![]() ![]() I would track my paternal ancestors while he would track our maternal side (each person can only choose one). In the end, I decided to participate in the project with my brother. The task will then involve finding out which branch on the Human family tree this person belongs to. For a fee, a person’s DNA results will be identified. This was a collaborative effort by National Geographic, IBM and the Waitt Family Foundation. While this is not surprising, I feel compelled to share a personal experience with the many Syrian readers of this note:īack in 2010, I had read about “The Genographic Project”. Like it or not, it is clear that this crisis has been taking on an undeniable sectarian character. Indeed, the subject matter has been taboo in Syrian society. Syrians like me have always been apprehensive about discussing our sectarian and religious differences. One of the glaring characteristics of the current Syrian conflict is to do with its sectarian fault lines. ![]() Every country has its own nuances that render it a unique case. The Syrian crisis was always going to be different than what we all witnessed in Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen thus far. ![]()
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