Taboo
The regime knew what it was doing when it added sexual violence to its arsenal of weapons. It was the International Fair in Damascus...
Leila Returns to School
When Leila arrived in Lebanon in early 2017, her family settled in a rural area of Beqaa that was similar to their hometown in...
Divorced for Failing to Have Children
My sister Amani got married when she was just 16. At first, she seemed to be very happy. She loved her husband and he...
An Unfinished Love Story
I was sitting drinking coffee with my sister-in-law one day during a family visit when she mentioned that a relative of hers was looking...
An Unfriendly Welcome
When my husband returned from more than two weeks of military service in the Afrin countryside, he was exhausted. He didn’t even notice me...
A Story of Loss
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...
Syria: Kafr Nabel Clinic Provides Vital Vaccinations
Rawan al-Junaid, 24, says that she no longer feels she has to worry so much about her baby Amjad’s health. The one-year-old boy has...
I Hit My Daughter
It was December 23, 2015, in the middle of a harsh, cold winter. Behind the walls of my parents’ house, my children and I...
Achieving My Dream of Learning English
I tried for a long time to persuade my parents to let me study English. But the community in which I lived still clung...
Never Giving Up
“We tend not to express our pain,” said Sarah. “We were raised to think that such behavior would make us look weak and pitiful.”Sarah...
The Fate of a Girl
I was very fond of Zara, the 15-year-old daughter of one of my neighbours. Everyone could see how beautiful and intelligent she was. Her...
Sleeping with Fear, Waking with Fear
We fled to the town of Maar Tahroma after the army took control of our village. A few days later, my elder sister Mary...
A Bitter Life
My first marriage was one of poverty, deprivation and injustice. Since childhood, life had not been fair to me. Had I been given the...
From Idlib to Aleppo
On May 17, 2017, when the truce came into effect in Idlib, I decided to take my son and go to Aleppo to obtain...
Sold by Islamic State
Raghda was 11 years old when she was kidnapped by Islamic State (IS) fighters on August 3, 2014. Over the next three years, her...
The Last Coffee
On Wednesday, March 21, 2012, we decided to flee our town. After the inhuman regime bombing of Sahel al-Ghab in southern Hama countryside, we...
