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Photo blogs on Syria Stories are small series of 10 to 15 pictures focusing on a specific event, issue or place.

Turning Ruins Into Works of Art

Turning Ruins Into Works of Art

  • By Ahmad Obeid
  • 07-06-18
  • From binnish
Residents of the city of Binnish in Idlib Rif have decided to create art out of destruction by painting murals on buildings devastated in fi...
Holidays in Eastern Ghouta

Holidays in Eastern Ghouta

  • By Mohamad Aba Zeid
  • 01-02-18
  • From Ghouta
While children around the world celebrated Christmas by opening presents, Abou Mohammad took his children on their usual morning trip to the...
Salikah: A Winter Tradition

Salikah: A Winter Tradition

  • By Vian Hasso
  • 29-11-17
  • From Amuda
Making the wheat dish called salikah - in Kurdish, danûk - is one of the time-honoured preparations for winter in the al-Jazira area of nor...
Students Celebrate Finishing School

Students Celebrate Finishing School

  • By Ahmed Haj Bakri
  • 12-09-17
  • From Latakia's countryside
Students in the Lattakia countryside are celebrating after finishing their final school exams. Nearly 6,000 students in more than 10 school...
Displaced People Rebuild Their Camp

Displaced People Rebuild Their Camp

  • By Ahmed Haj Bakri
  • 20-08-17
  • From Idlib
Residents have been have been slowly rebuilding after a series of regime airstrikes hit several internally displaced people (IDP) camps on t...

Defying War in Idlib’s Southern Countryside

07-01-1709-01-17Khattab Ahmad
Despite the ongoing conflict, Syrians were intent on celebrating the holy month of Ramadan this summer. Marking the festive occasion was not always easy....

Student Power Overturns Controversial Decree

27-09-1620-04-17Shafan Ibrahim
Popular protests run by students in Hassakah have managed to overturn a decision by the local department of education to shift exam centres far...

The Ruins Left by Islamic State

07-08-1620-04-17Bukhityar Hassan, بختيار حسن
The Islamic State [IS] controlled the town of Tal Hamis, south of the city of Qamishli, for almost two years. In late February 2015,...

Reviving a Delicious Tradition

06-01-1709-01-17Nisrine al-Ahmad
Residents of the city of Kafr Nubbal are reviving the tradition of baking flatbread in traditional clay ovens. The dire security situation has led...

Honouring Idlib’s War Wounded

21-09-1620-04-17Ahmad al-Akla
A recent ceremony held by the Al-Karama foundation in Idlib’s countryside has honoured people who had been injured or disabled during government attacks. One...

Breaking Bread With Idlib’s Poorest

04-07-1628-09-16Ahmad al-Salim
Relief organisations in Idlib helped the destitute and displaced celebrate Ramadan by hosting traditional iftar meals to break their fast. Field kitchens and restaurants...

Kafr Nabel’s Slogans of Protest

20-12-1609-01-17Shaher Awad
Slogans spray-painted on walls have long been a form of political protest in Syria. In Kafr Nubbal, such political graffiti has shifted from criticism...

Encouraging Integration Through Art

05-09-1606-12-16Bukhityar Hassan
free download cheat clash of clansgem hacks for clash of clans hack clash of clams An exhibition at the Nowruz centre for the revival...

Support for Children with Special Needs

29-06-1620-04-17Bukhityar Hassan, بختيار حسن
A new campaign aims to provide psychological and social support to children with special needs in the war-torn city of Qamishli. The organisation Tufulati...

A Village in Ruins: Bseida

28-09-1620-04-17
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...

Qamishli’s Museum of Kurdish Heritage

09-08-1620-04-17Shafan Ibrahim
Mohammed Sabri founded the Martyr Farhad’s Museum of Kurdish Heritage in Qamishli two years ago. The museum, portrays the traditional Kurdish way of life...

Kfar Nabel’s Junior Footballers Strike Out

24-05-1620-04-17Mostafa al-Jalal
Jamil al-Saloom developed a passion for football when he was a child, and joined the al-Numan club in 2007 when he was 13 years...

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