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
On smuggling routes to Turkey, families unintentionally overdosing children
AMMAN: Dozens of young children in rebel-held northern Idlib province […]
Latakia authorities bulldoze homes, businesses in Palestinian camp, residents say
AMMAN: Syrian regime authorities in the coastal city of Latakia […]
In rural, opposition-held Syria, a mother struggles to find treatment for her son’s autism
AMMAN: Umm Muhammad wakes up early each morning to prepare […]
Syrian doctor on malnutrition in East Ghouta: ‘We expect more deaths in the coming days’
Five months after a de-escalation deal curbed violence in the […]
After holiday visit to the homeland, thousands of Syrians decide to stay for good
AMMAN: When Abu Abdu, 26, crossed into Syria from southern […]
Second suicide attack in two weeks hits central Damascus police headquarters
AMMAN: Suicide bombers struck a police headquarters in central Damascus […]
The agony of absence: Wives of disappeared detainees face uncertainty, social pressures
AMMAN: For more than four years, Umm Malak has held […]
Six-day water shortage hits remote Rukban displacement camp
AMMAN: For nearly a week, the flow of Jordanian-supplied water […]
In Idlib province, Russian and regime air bombardment ‘bleeding medical sector dry,’ says opposition health official
After several months of relative calm this year, opposition-held Idlib […]
Rare Islamic State victory in rural Homs splits displaced families apart
AMMAN: In a remote, destitute displacement camp along Syria’s southeastern […]