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Location: Aleppo

Women's Blog

A Story of Loss

28-09-18Fatima Haj Moussa
Marwa’s nightmare began when Islamic State (IS) took over her hometown. This marked the beginning of her and her family’s destruction. IS initially portrayed...
Women's Blog

I Don’t Even Have the Right To Grieve

24-03-1721-03-17Farah Youssef
Don’t ever make a friend during wartime. There’s a role for you to grieve as a mother, a sister, a wife, a lover, but...
Civil Society Monitor

Documenting Death in Aleppo

21-08-16Omar Youssef
Aleppo is one of the most dangerous places in the world. In this war-torn city, a team of 18 medical examiners work under exceptionally...
Women's Blog

A Bad Purchase

26-08-15Reem
During the early years of Syria’s revolution, those of us who supported it took part in whichever way we could, be that political or...
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

Between Islamic State and the Regime

19-12-1620-12-16Hoda Abu Nabut
It was three o’clock in the morning on April 29, 2015. This would be my penultimate trip to regime-controlled Aleppo before I left Syria...
Civil Society Monitor

Treating Aleppo’s Traumatised Children

22-06-16Mariam Mohammad
Nour could not accept that her father gone forever. He had been killed during a government air strike on Aleppo, but his eight year...
Women's Blog

A Journey via Aleppo’s “Death-Crossing”

24-08-15Tasnim Zein
Bustan al-Qasr was the last area of Aleppo with a direct link between government and opposition-held neighbourhoods. City residents called it the “Crossing of...
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...
Daily Life

Hammam al-Suq: Old Aleppean Ritual Revived Amid Ongoing Conflict

07-11-16Omar Youssef
The city of Aleppo was once known for its historic markets and ancient baths. One of the traditional rituals locals had grown fond of...
Civil Society Monitor

Shortages Force Aleppo Medical Centres to Close

16-11-15Hussam Kuwaifatiyeh
Medical care becomes especially vital when a nation is enduring protracted conflict. In Aleppo in northwest Syria, health centres have operated under dire conditions...
Women's Blog

My Son, My Protector

27-07-1527-07-15Reem
I will never forget how the day that changed my life unfolded. It was early evening on September 7, 2007 when the phone started...
Women's Blog

Aleppo, I Will Return

02-07-1730-06-17Aisha al-Mutaz
Fierce bombing had become an everyday part of life in my beloved city of Aleppo. But when the regime began their final push to...
Women's Blog

The Crossing of Death

25-10-1605-12-16
It was July 10, 2013 and I stood at the Bustan al-Qasar crossing: the crossing of death, as I called it. A siege had...
Women's Blog

The Dressmaker’s Daughter

13-11-15Hadia Mansour
A few blocks away from my house in Aleppo’s northern suburbs, there lived a seamstress and her daughter Hasnaa. Hasnaa was a beautiful 21-year-old...
Photo Blog

Aleppo Schoolgirls Receive First Aid Training

03-07-1520-04-17Baraa al-Halabi
Basic training in emergency care is particularly important in rebel-held areas of Aleppo as qualified medics are few and far between. Female pupils at...

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