A Wartime Epidemic of Begging
Gumendar is 60 but looks much older, her face wrinkled by the trauma of the years of conflict. Originally from the village of al-Jabin...
Developing Computer Skills Takes Top Priority
Abdalla works at a radio station in Kfar Nabel named Radio Fresh. The 30 year-old covers events in Syria’s liberated areas, and is keen...
Women Losing Their Hard-Won Freedoms
Safaa was just 15 when she took her own life. Married off against her will, the girl poisoned herself eight months after her wedding....
Helping to Heal Syria’s Troubled Children
Nour was an introverted child who could not get along with her peers. When anyone tried to talk to the nine-year-old, her immediate response...
Bringing Water Back to Idlib
Farid has spent the past four years lived in a neighbourhood where the water infrastructure had nearly broken down completely. “Public services in liberated...
Nursing Colleges Flourish in Opposition-Held Areas
Omar, 20, had always dreamed of studying medicine. But as a graduate of an opposition-run secondary school, enrolling at the government-controlled university of Aleppo...
