IWPR Women’s Blog Contributor Killed in Rocket Attack
Qamar al-Said, a contributor to IWPR’s Damascus Bureau project, was killed on November 19 when a rocket fired by the Assad government’s army landed on the farmhouse she was living in.
Her female cousin was killed at the same time.
Qamar is a pseudonym, and we continue to use it after her death to protect her relatives.
She used to live in Douma, on the outskirts of Damascus, and was married with three daughters and three sons. One of her sons was killed when he was 18, working alongside Free Syrian Army Forces as a photographer. Her husband was left disabled by a government air strike.
The family relocated to the Damascus countryside when conflict made life in Douma untenable.
We will be publishing articles by Qamar in tribute to her memory.
Articles written by Qamar al-Said for IWPR’s Damascus Bureau:
Killed by the Bullet That Hit My Son
Related material:
A Hard Life Cut Short in Syria
No Space for Anger in Our Lives
Dust, Blood and Death in a Children’s Playground
