Bio
Alice Al Maleh
Alice worked with Syria Direct until 2019. Originally from Denmark, she has a background in political science and a particular interest in issues related to human rights, statelessness, gender and European refugee politics.
Latest Articles
Between bread queues and shifting red lines, war-weary Damascus residents navigate a city in flux
A crowded bus station in downtown Damascus in January. Photo courtesy of Lens Young Dimashqi.
Rights lawyer Anwar al-Bunni warns against ‘making deals with war criminals’ as international community convenes at Brussels conference
BRUSSELS: “How can we build solutions with the perpetrators of crimes against humanity and war crimes?”
Mysterious assassinations, bombings as ‘security breakdown’ mires Daraa’s fragile peace
Syrian rebels ride on buses during evacuation from Daraa city in July 2018. Mohamad Abazeed/AFP.
Souriyeh / سوريّة: Art in Exile Part 2
For Syrian pianist and singer Salam Susu, music is about more than just a career.
Souriyeh / سوريّة: Art in Exile Part 1
As a stateless Palestinian from Syria who has spent the past eight years in exile since fleeing her home—first in Algeria and now in Denmark—Samara Sallam often finds herself grappling with questions of identity and belonging.
In Daraa, where ‘walls have ears,’ post-reconciliation communities marred by fear, mistrust
A woman reads the Quran near a relative’s tomb in […]
Local councils, civil society brace for HTS takeover after cuts to healthcare funding in rebel-held northwest
AMMAN: Civil society organizations and local government bodies in Syria’s rebel-held northwest are bracing for funding cuts and an encroaching transition towards hardline Islamist rule, after several health directorates in the region suspended employment salaries in response to at least one key donor reportedly pulling funding late last week.
Free Syrian Police in northwestern Syria to ‘dissolve’ amid HTS takeover
AMMAN: The Free Syrian Police, an opposition-affiliated law enforcement apparatus operating in areas of Syria’s rebel-held northwest, will “dissolve” in the wake of a military takeover by hardline Islamist coalition Hay’at Tahrir a-Sham, sources inside the organization told Syria Direct Thursday.
A life among the ruins: Displaced East Aleppo residents pushed to sell homes as promises of reconstruction, security go undelivered
AMMAN: East Aleppo’s a-Sukkari district was one of the hardest-hit neighborhoods, and among the last to fall, during the Syrian government’s crippling siege and intensive bombardment of the city in December 2016.
After latest arrest of media activist in Afrin, ‘oppressed’ journalists in rebel-held Afrin hope for end to impunity
Turkey-backed Syrian fighters stand guard in Afrin on Monday. Photo […]