p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Calibri; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} Shawn Carrié is a freelance journalist covering human rights, conflict, and culture in the Middle East. His work appears in The Guardian, The Intercept, Newsweek, and Public Radio International. On Twitter: @shawncarrie