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
Activists uncover medicine, donated aid in abandoned regime warehouses
Rebel forces in the west Damascus town of Buqayn have […]
80 tons of Russian aid arrives to Latakia
Syrian government officials and humanitarian workers in western Latakia province […]
Angry citizens prevent Nusra from arresting Atareb resident
A confrontation between Jabhat al-Nusra and the residents of the […]
IS ‘completely destroys’ Palmyra Temple of Bel
AMMAN: The Islamic State “completely destroyed” the Temple of Bel, […]
Opposition bakeries struggle to serve a hungry citizenry
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Tel Abyad resident: YPG ‘not ready’ to run the city
In the weeks since Kurdish-led forces pushed Islamic State (IS) […]
Tartus families demonstrate to ‘break siege’ on airport
AMMAN: Dozens of family members of regime soldiers took to […]
Two days of regime airstrikes put five Idlib hospitals out of commission
Regime warplanes struck the Shifa hospital in the south Idlib […]
IS resumes fuel shipments after month-long cutoff
The Islamic State allowed fuel shipments to pass from areas […]
Islamic State captures Hasakah city neighborhood in surprise assault
The Islamic State carried out a surprise attack on the […]