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    Escape Into Life features art and literature by emerging and established artists from all over the world.

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  • May 21st, 2026

    Via Basel: As It Is

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • April 20th, 2026

    Via Basel: Dramas Big and Small

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  • March 21st, 2026

    Via Basel: Gratitude and Love Celebration

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  • February 22nd, 2026

    Via Basel: Circle of Respect–A Universal Ritual

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • February 12th, 2026

    Via Basel: Response and Gratitude

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  • January 26th, 2026

    Via Basel: Could This Be My Last Column?

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  • January 4th, 2026

    Via Basel: New Year’s Day

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  • December 12th, 2025

    Via Basel: Winter Days, Really!

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  • November 15th, 2025

    Via Basel: I went for a walk

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  • October 31st, 2025

    20th Anniversary, Roz’s Show

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  • October 21st, 2025

    Via Basel: On the Surface of it

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  • September 24th, 2025

    Via Basel: My First Taste of Freedom

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • August 18th, 2025

    Via Basel: Weekend in Normal, Two Poems

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  • July 27th, 2025

    Via Basel: To Chris

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • June 29th, 2025

    Via Basel: Assyrians, What?

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    June 23rd, 2025

    Via Basel: Write More, Say Less

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • May 12th, 2025

    Via Basel: Desire Comfort? Think again.

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • March 3rd, 2025

    Via Basel: Republic of Fear. My Time. Your Time.

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • December 18th, 2024

    Via Basel: Consumption Addiction Season Or….

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • November 19th, 2024

    Via Basel: A Manifesto

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • November 6th, 2024

    Via Basel: The Day After

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • October 1st, 2024

    Via Basel: Backgammon and Politics

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • September 6th, 2024

    Via Basel: Somewhere in Between

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • August 16th, 2024

    Via Basel: Hope and Joy

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • July 27th, 2024

    Via Basel: Griefs and Gifts of July

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • June 16th, 2024

    Via Basel: On this Father’s Day

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • March 24th, 2024

    Via Basel: The Monk and the Surgeon

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • February 25th, 2024

    Via Basel: An Ethical Dilemma

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • January 20th, 2024

    Via Basel: Insights from 50 Years…

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • December 29th, 2023

    Via Basel: One Story at a Time

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • October 19th, 2023

    Via Basel: A Failure, a Catharsis

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • September 6th, 2023

    Via Basel: How I Met “Chicago”

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • August 30th, 2023

    Via Basel: Planning and Praying

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • July 4th, 2023

    Via Basel: Freedom and the Fourth of July

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • May 25th, 2023

    Via Basel: A Trifecta or a Hat-Trick?

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • May 4th, 2023

    Via Basel: A Milestone and a Celebration

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • April 20th, 2023

    Via Basel: Dilemmas of Later Years

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • February 4th, 2023

    Via Basel: Meaning and Aging

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • January 6th, 2023

    Via Basel: Writer’s Pause

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • November 21st, 2022

    Via Basel: Learning By Teaching

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • September 16th, 2022

    Via Basel: Unspoken Lessons

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • August 30th, 2022

    Via Basel: On Driving, Mindfulness, and other stuff

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • July 16th, 2022

    Via Basel: Essays and Anniversaries

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • June 26th, 2022

    Via Basel: Musings and Megaphones

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • June 4th, 2022

    Via Basel: Violence Unhinged

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • May 25th, 2022

    Via Basel: Contradictions of the  Mind

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • April 7th, 2022

    Via Basel: War, Peace and Responsibility- Part 2

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • March 23rd, 2022

    Via Basel: War, Peace, and Responsibility

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • January 22nd, 2022

    Via Basel: Winter Blues, and a Plea

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • December 28th, 2021

    Via Basel: Fifty Years

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • November 25th, 2021

    Via Basel: Beyond Words–The irony of it

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • October 15th, 2021

    Via Basel: Why We Give

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • July 27th, 2021

    Via Basel: A Friendship Born in Bhutan

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • July 16th, 2021

    Via Basel: My Glorious Ornamental Pear Tree

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • June 18th, 2021

    Via Basel: In Defense of Idleness and Sauntering

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • May 29th, 2021

    Via Basel: Emerging From Isolation

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • April 11th, 2021

    Via Basel: One Year and Counting

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • March 14th, 2021

    Via Basel: I Am Not

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • February 14th, 2021

    Via Basel: A Tale of Two Countries

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • January 8th, 2021

    Via Basel: 3 R’s and a Labyrinth

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • December 21st, 2020

    Via Basel: Successes, Failures, and Disasters

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • November 26th, 2020

    Via Basel: Recipient of Generosity, A Blessing

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • November 13th, 2020

    Via Basel: Resilience, Restoration…

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • September 30th, 2020

    Via Basel: An Assault

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • September 11th, 2020

    Via Basel: Caste, A Masterpiece

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • August 28th, 2020

    Via Basel: A Perspective on the Past

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • July 27th, 2020

    Via Basel: My Son, My Voice

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • July 4th, 2020

    Via Basel: Dreamlike Reality

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • June 22nd, 2020

    Via Basel: Conversations, Part 2

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • June 13th, 2020

    Via Basel: Conversations, Part 1

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • May 29th, 2020

    Via Basel: Two Views

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • April 20th, 2020

    Via Basel: The List

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • March 28th, 2020

    Via Basel: Circle of Being: Expansion & Contraction

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • March 16th, 2020

    Via Basel: A Perspective in the Age of Coronavirus

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • March 8th, 2020

    Via Basel: Uncle Ramzi, A Tribute

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • January 20th, 2020

    Via Basel: Just Mercy

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • December 31st, 2019

    Via Basel: Ring Out, Wild Bells

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • December 13th, 2019

    Via Basel: Father Tom Hurley

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • October 15th, 2019

    Via Basel: Ode To Frank

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • September 8th, 2019

    Via Basel: Indiana Jones Explores Alaska

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • July 27th, 2019

    Via Basel: A Birthday Celebration in the Wilderness

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • June 17th, 2019

    Via Basel: Little Man in the Big House

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • June 3rd, 2019

    Via Basel: Little Boy in the Big House

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • April 28th, 2019

    Via Basel: The Big House in Baghdad

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • March 31st, 2019

    Via Basel: Activism & Mindfulness

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • December 6th, 2018

    Via Basel: Her Last Gift

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • October 26th, 2018

    Via Basel: Sanctuary, Two Poems

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • September 11th, 2018

    Via Basel: From Baghdad to Chicago

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • June 25th, 2018

    Via Basel: Interview with Kyra Woods, Part 2

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • June 11th, 2018

    Via Basel: Interview with Kyra Woods, Sierra Club

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • April 26th, 2018

    Via Basel: Passions, Part 3

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • March 5th, 2018

    Via Basel: Passions, Part 2: Mindfulness/Meditation

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • January 30th, 2018

    Via Basel: Passions, Part 1: Art & Literature

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • December 22nd, 2017

    Via Basel: Magnificent Mandy & Xmas Greetings

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • November 23rd, 2017

    Via Basel: Thanksgiving 1963

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • November 11th, 2017

    Via Basel: Sophie’s Generation

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • October 10th, 2017

    Via Basel: Male Spirit Retreat: Grandpa

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • August 18th, 2017

    Via Basel: Paying Attention

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • August 11th, 2017

    Via Basel: Being, an early benefit

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • July 16th, 2017

    Via Basel: Just Received…

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • June 22nd, 2017

    Via Basel: On Letting Go—The End

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • May 29th, 2017

    Via Basel: Letting go…continued

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • May 3rd, 2017

    Via Basel: On Retirement and Letting go

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • March 13th, 2017

    Via Basel: The Vigil

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • February 14th, 2017

    Via Basel: Hamilton, A Perspective

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • January 16th, 2017

    Via Basel: A Letter on Martin Luther King Day

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

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    December 22nd, 2016

    Via Basel: Year End Message 2016

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • June 19th, 2016

    Via Basel: Patriarch

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • December 22nd, 2015

    Via Basel: I Am

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • October 31st, 2015

    Via Basel: A Look Back

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • September 19th, 2015

    Via Basel: A Friendship Born in Baghdad

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • July 26th, 2015

    Via Basel: Five Years

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • May 10th, 2015

    Via Basel: 2015 Scholarship Recipient

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

  • April 3rd, 2015

    Via Basel: The Gift (Part 2)

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad

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    March 18th, 2015

    Via Basel: River of Life

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    Posted by Basel Al-Aswad