A Difficult Birth
My name is Farah. I am a 25 year-old wife and mother-of-two. I used to live in the capital Damascus before the outbreak of...
Training a New Generation of Teachers
Usama al-Sheikh was a student at Aleppo university when the Syrian revolution erupted. During the early days of the uprising, the 20 year-old continued...
A Village in Ruins: Bseida
Prior to the Syrian revolution, the village of Bseida in Idlib’s southern countryside was famous for its olive groves. Since then, it has become...
“No Compulsion in Religion:” Revolution Anniversary Commemorations Cause Controversy
Hazzaa Adnan al-Hazzaa (Kfar Nabel, Syria)—Kfar Nabel resident Hassan al-Ahmad, 27, once a student at Aleppo University’s Faculty of Economics, put his studies on...
