Barry Hampshire
A Yemeni City Where Time Stood Still
If I had been alone, I may have believed Jesus would pass me on the street. This wasn’t a moment when my sanity was being doubted. It was...
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Barry Hampshire
- Mar 19
- 4 min
Extract from Chapter 15 - Syrian Rebirth
Rashid and his family have moved to London. At the end of their first week, they all walk to a local doctor's office for check-ups. Dr....
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Barry Hampshire
- Mar 19
- 7 min
Ekphrasis Written Pieces
Ekphrasis is where visual art is an inspiration for a written work or a written piece is an inspiration for some visual art. Three pieces...
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Barry Hampshire
- Jun 28, 2022
- 10 min
Aleppo - 1977
Someone asked me why I write about Syria. This is a part of the reason.
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Barry Hampshire
- May 27, 2022
- 6 min
Extract from Chapter 12 - Syrian Rebirth
Rashid and his family decided to move to London. Captain Peterson, US Special Forces, made arrangements to smuggle Rashid's family out of...
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Barry Hampshire
- May 27, 2022
- 6 min
Karakorum Escapades
In 1979, I waited for a flight from Rawalpindi in central Pakistan to Gilgit in the Northwestern Territories with a small tour group. Our...
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Barry Hampshire
- May 4, 2022
- 7 min
Extract from Chapter 5 - Syrian Rebirth
Rashid's family along with Dareen and her two children had joined the flood of refugees, fleeing Damascus and heading to Beirut. They...
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Barry Hampshire
- May 4, 2022
- 6 min
A Man and a Gift
In 1979, I joined a small group of adventurers who traveled to the Hindu Kush in the North Western Territories of Pakistan. Of all the...
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Barry Hampshire
- Mar 29, 2022
- 6 min
Opening to Chapter 1 - Syrian Rebirth
Following are the opening pages of my novel "Syrian Rebirth - Rashid's World," It introduces some of the main characters and the setting....
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Barry Hampshire
- Mar 25, 2022
- 6 min
You Saw What?
At Dhahran airport, six of us awaited a flight to Sana’a, the capital of North Yemen. In 1979, Yemen was still a sleepy, little known...
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Barry Hampshire
- Mar 19, 2022
- 5 min
Refugees, Human Beings Seeking Peace.
Recently, as I edited a section of my upcoming first novel, I realized I had written a description of the fate of many Ukrainians as they...
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Barry Hampshire
- Mar 19, 2022
- 1 min
Blog Posts
Blog Post 1 > General Thoughts > Welcome to my Blog. Blog Post 2 > General Thoughts > Blog Posts. Blog Post 3 >...
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Barry Hampshire
- Mar 19, 2022
- 3 min
Welcome to my Blog
I decided to start a blog to share stories and my thoughts with whoever found them interesting. I plan to share sections from a novel...
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