Syria

Syria: My Mother, the Accidental Activist

Political awareness prompted by daughter's repeated arrest.

16 Sep 15

"I couldn’t make myself go and vote. How could I?"

8 Sep 15

“Where is my father? Why did he leave us?”

8 Sep 15

"My father was lying there in a pool of blood. Only a metre or two separated us, but I didn’t dare go to him."

1 Sep 15

Rebel fighter escapes death at hands of government executioner.

1 Sep 15

Parents struggle to understand why young men went off to fight in faraway war.

28 Aug 15

Snipers daily risk to civilians getting from one side of the city to the other.

24 Aug 15

A rebel fighter survives serious injury.

24 Aug 15

"My brother Ali emerged stronger than ever."

24 Aug 15

"He was sacrificed for the shadow of a cause, and I’m not sure if he even knew what that cause was."

24 Aug 15

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