
top of page

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...
3 views0 comments

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...
2 views0 comments

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...
3 views0 comments

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...
8 views0 comments

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....
12 views1 comment

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...
25 views0 comments

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...
60 views3 comments

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 >...
34 views0 comments

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...
51 views2 comments
bottom of page