Rebuilding Latakia’s Healthcare System
A newly-established hospital is offering treatment free-of-charge to those in need across the whole of western Idlib and the Latakia countryside. Fully equipped to...
Journey Into Revolution
The first time Leila heard the call to action was on March 25, 2011, in a grainy YouTube video of worshippers emerging from the...
“Situation Under Control” in Syria
August 8, 2015 dawned on Latakia like any other day. Residents of the Syrian port city woke up and went about their regular business,...
A Lovers’ Meeting, Postponed Indefinitely
“A male dinosaur says to a female dinosaur, ‘Give me a kiss.’ “‘No,’ she says, ‘I don’t want to.’ “‘Well,” he says, ‘that’s why...
My Brother the Martyr
On December 1, 2013 I decided to pay my uncle a visit. I was at his house playing with my six-month-old cousin when the...
A Sick Joke on April Fool’s Day
It was seven in the morning on April 1, 2015 – time to get up for work. I was still at my job in...
