Ramadan Kitchens and Meals for IDPs in Idlib
With the start of the holy month of Ramadan, charities have opened their doors to prepare iftar meals for the poor and needy as...
A Wartime Epidemic of Begging
Gumendar is 60 but looks much older, her face wrinkled by the trauma of the years of conflict. Originally from the village of al-Jabin...
The First Day of Our Revolution
It wasn’t a normal day for the people of Homs. On 18 April, 2011, the city seemed to witness a rebirth. Demonstrations against the...
No Happy Endings
When I moved into my new home, my neighbour Hamsa, 26, came to visit. She told me the story of her life and I...
A League of Their Own
Kafr Nabl sports club has hosted a series of volleyball games as clubs across Idlib compete to join a new league, the first of...
Recycling Industry Booms in Idlib
Twelve-year-old Amer roams the streets of Maarrat al-Nu’man from morning to night, gathering whatever scraps of plastic and metal he can find. Covered in...
Sports Instead of War for Syrian Children
The Syrian Children’s Sports Centre in the city of Kafr Nabl is one of eight facilities established by the Free Syrian Football Union in...
My Son Is My Real Celebration
When we arrived in Turkey from Syria, after facing many problems on the way, my family and I settled in a small house near...
A Child’s Revolution
On February 13, 2016, a Saturday, I returned to my hometown of Taybat al-Imam. For the previous four years, I had been living an...
Fadwa Wishes to Die
Fadwa, my 24-year-old cousin, is a paraplegic. During my last visit to see her – she can’t leave the house due to her condition...
Damascus Water Crisis Continues
Um Ahmed, a 45 year-old resident of the Bab al-Sarija area in Damascus, says it is a daily struggle to find fresh water. Her...
Losing Three Sons, Fearing for the Rest
My six sons were among the first to join the revolution. Each of them offered everything they could to make it succeed. In 2013,...
Sawa Ramadan Kitchen Feeds People in Need
For the third year in a row, Sawar Ramadan Kitchen is working to provide iftar meals to more than 4,000 Syrian refugees and needy...
Cancer Patients in Opposition Areas Cut Off From Treatment
Abu Thaer makes the long and arduous journey from Maarrat al-Nu’man to Damascus each month to ensure his four-year-old son can get free cancer...
A Sad Homecoming
On November 14, 2016, my father and I went to visit our hometown of Taybat al-Imam after the opposition forces finally took control of...
Lost In Grief
Maha, a 29-year-old woman from Kafr Nabl, lost her father when she was just 14 years old. She was the eldest child, with a...
