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
Behind the story: Meet the journalists who risk the wrath of all sides to cover Syria’s south
All through September, Syria Direct has published a series of […]
Thousands of Idlib residents wait in makeshift camps as fighting clears out ‘entire villages’
AMMAN: Thousands of civilians are now living in makeshift refugee […]
In German exile, a polygamous Syrian refugee family split apart: ‘We don’t have a better option’
In 2016, 40-year-old Rami a-Saeed, his two wives and three […]
Aid trucks enter Deir e-Zor city for first time in three years
AMMAN: A convoy loaded with food for thousands of people […]
Civilians flee on foot as regime forces close in on Islamic State territory in central Syria
As regime forces close in on a pocket of Islamic […]
Regime ‘breaks’ three-year Islamic State siege of Deir e-Zor city: SAA source
AMMAN: Regime forces fought their way into Deir e-Zor city […]
Thousands of displaced Syrians ‘exposed to the elements’ in desert awaiting evacuation from embattled Islamic State territory
AMMAN: Thousands of displaced residents in a sliver of Islamic […]
After the Idlib City Council refuses to hand over administrative control, HTS takes it by force
AMMAN: An armed force affiliated with Islamist faction Hay’at Tahrir […]
No way out: Thousands of Syrians trapped in shrinking Islamic State territory as regime forces advance
AMMAN: The battle for the central Syrian desert intensified on […]
Family flees Islamic State’s Uqayrbat before regime encirclement: ‘Escape is now all but impossible’
After more than three years living under the brutal rule […]