Bio
Alaa Nassar
Alaa was forced to flee Damascus with her family because of the pressure from the Syrian regime in 2013. She was a student of Arabic Language & Literature at the University of Damascus. She came to Syria Direct because she hopes to find a new direction in her life and to show the world what is happening in her country.
Latest Articles
Aleppo ceasefire provides brief respite: ‘We are just tired of it all’
AMMAN: A Russian–US, 48-hour ceasefire covering Aleppo went into effect […]
Shadowboxing in Darayya: Muay Thai ‘helps alleviate the pressures’ of blockade
In the rebel-held southwest Damascus town of Darayya, a Thai […]
VIDEO: How to produce cooking gas in a blockaded town
A year and a half ago, a resident of Moadhamiyet […]
Hundreds wait in line in blockaded West Ghouta for medicine that isn’t there
AMMAN: Hundreds of residents in one regime-blockaded town 12km southwest of […]
A Syrian bodybuilder in prison: Rife with contagious disease, starvation, ‘I buried prisoners with my own hands’
A recent SNHR report estimates the number of arrests by all […]
Starvation breeds desperation: ‘There is no longer a deterrent for people against crime’
Crime is rising exponentially in one Damascus suburb as its […]
US-backed SDF reportedly opens fire on protestors, 1 killed
A protest march organized by Arab residents of one Hasakah […]
Idlib city women ask: How do you stop a wave of youth emigration?
How do you convince young people living in a country […]
How to prepare for encirclement: ‘Top priority is to stockpile food’
While the internationally brokered “cessation of hostilities” is bringing calm […]
Who collects the garbage? How to provide municipal services around a blockade
In 2012, the Syrian regime encircled the East Ghouta suburbs […]