Bio
Noura Hourani
Noura Hourani worked as Syria Direct’s Senior Editor through August 2019. Through Noura’s work in leading Syria Direct’s newsroom, along with her coverage of human rights violations and women’s issues in Syria, she was selected as the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers’ (WAN-IFRA) Middle East and North Africa laureate in 2018. Noura has also participated in numerous workshops and trainings in Jordan focused on combating hate speech and radicalism in the media, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in English literature.
Latest Articles
As the Turkish government’s security crackdown continues, Syrians experience a new siege in Istanbul
AMMAN- In order to relieve the financial burden on Syrians living in Istanbul illegally, the ‘Syrian Societies Forum’—an umbrella organization of Syrian societies providing aid to Syrian refugees in Turkey—in coordination with the state of Istanbul, announced it would provide what it called “free transportation service for Syrians” for a limited time that ended in early August.
Al-Rukban residents farm the desert to stave off the approaching famine
AMMAN- Abu Mohammed harvests vegetables from his impromptu farm, squeezed into just a few square meters of space inside al-Rukban camp. Today’s harvest of zucchini and eggplant will feed his family tonight.
“There are no more men”: The women of Latakia defy traditional gender roles
AMMAN- It’s 1 a.m. and Dalia is driving home after a long day of work. The passing cars illuminate the otherwise dark road but do little to comfort her.
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.
Shadow war between HTS, suspected IS sleeper cells leaves civilians in Idlib city living in fear
In rebel-held Idlib province, Islamist coalition Hay’at Tahrir a-Sham has launched a crackdown on suspected hardline rivals in Syria’s northwest, following a wave of bombings and assassinations largely blamed on Islamic State sleeper cells.
Civilians ‘caught in the middle’ as HTS roots out suspected IS sleeper cells in Idlib
Last week, a suspected Islamic State (IS) suicide bomber detonated themself inside a crowded restaurant in downtown Idlib city, killing several members of hardline faction Hay’at Tahrir a-Sham (HTS), which controls most of Syria’s rebel-held northwest.
As IS defeat in Deir e-Zor nears, concern turns to tribal tensions, sleeper cells
Men thought to be IS fighters leave Baghouz Fawqani with […]
HTS continues offensive against areas of rebel-held northwest, ‘cutting off’ and seizing nearly a dozen towns from factional rivals
AMMAN: Hardline Islamist fighters from Hay’at Tahrir a-Sham seized nearly a dozen towns and villages from rival Syrian opposition factions in the country’s northwest Tuesday morning, as inter-factional clashes continue to tip the balance of power across the rebel-held region for a second week.
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.
Civil society, aid organizations withdraw into the shadows as Syrian government reasserts control
Vehicles of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent enter Daraa on […]