t58rs1f, Author at Syria Stories

An independent organisation headquartered in Gazientep, Turkey, aims to strengthen institutions in opposition-controlled areas of northern Syria by coordinating activities between local councils and...

Women's Blog

Travelling to Turkey

11-09-1711-09-17Reem Said

After suffering through conflict, fear, homelessness and displacement, we finally decided to leave Syria and seek refuge in Turkey. I had always tried to...

Photo Blog

Displaced People Rebuild Their Camp

20-08-1715-08-17Ahmed Haj Bakri

Residents have been have been slowly rebuilding after a series of regime airstrikes hit several internally displaced people (IDP) camps on the Syrian-Turkish border....

Photo Blog

From Siege to Displacement

16-08-1715-08-17Omar Youssef

Residents forcibly evacuated from the last opposition-held neighbourhood in Homs have found refuge in Zawghara camp, in the Aleppo countryside near Jarabulus. Waer al-Homsihad...

Women's Blog

When the Army Stole my Father’s Car

13-09-1711-09-17Shahd al-Omari

I remember the day the army arrived in our village of Maar Tahroma as if it was yesterday, although it was six long years...

Women's Blog

Should I Marry my Husband’s Brother?

11-09-17Amal Mohammed

One evening, six months after the death of my husband Ahmed, I sat with my mother and sisters in my parents’ house and talked...

Daily Life

The Alternative Kindergarten

19-08-1715-08-17Jud Mustafa

A resident of Hass has turned his own garden into a makeshift kindergarten for children, nearly a year after the neighbourhood school was destroyed...

Videos

Dammeh for Alleviating the Suffering of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon

08-08-1702-09-17Mohammed Hassan

The Dammeh organisation began working in the city of al-Zabadani in rural Damascus in 2013, focusing on relief, development and education. Later on, the...

Videos

Civil March for Aleppo Arrives in Beirut

13-09-1714-09-17Jaafar Moussa

A group of civil activists in Europe has completed a civil march for Aleppo that began in the German capital Berlin in December 2016...

Women's Blog

Ghufran’s Story: From Teacher to Wanted Woman

22-08-1721-08-17Darine al-Khaled

I was delighted when I got my high school diploma in 1999. Whenever I sat with my classmates, I would talk about my dream...

Daily Life

How a Tent Became a School

18-08-1715-08-17Walaa Karam

Ten-year-old Manar has been living in a tent for the last two years, after she was displaced with her family from their home in...

Women's Blog

Searching for my Husband

31-07-1731-07-17Um Jamal

My husband was everything to me. He was the father of my children and my best friend. I was very attached to him, I...

Photo Blog

Students Celebrate Finishing School

12-09-1711-09-17Ahmed Haj Bakri

Students in the Lattakia countryside are celebrating after finishing their final school exams. Nearly 6,000 students in more than 10 schools run by the...

Daily Life

The Perils of Cousin Marriage

21-08-1721-08-17Razan al-Sayid

When 29-year-old Alia looks at her two sick children, she wishes she could go back in time to refuse the arranged marriage that led...

Women's Blog

My Disappointment

17-08-1715-08-17Maram Saad

In mid-March 2017, new confrontations began between Assad’s forces and the free army a number of areas around Damascus. Those were difficult days for...

Women's Blog

The Mannequin Challenge

22-07-1719-07-17Farah Youssef

Was it Syrians who invented the so-called mannequin challenge, even though we never got credit for it? The world was quick to embrace this...

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