Bio
Sama Mohammed
Sama is from Daraa province. She received her bachelor’s degree in literature in 2011 and taught English in Sheikh Miskeen. In 2013, she moved to Jordan and worked as a freelance translator before joining Syria Direct.
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Writing in exile, Syrian author’s tales confront human ‘contradiction, complexity, madness’
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VIDEO: Hemmed in by encirclement, residents of one north Homs town call for help
Before the start of the Syrian conflict, the town of […]
Druze sheikh released after militia strongarms regime in Suwayda
One day after regime soldiers arrested a member of the […]
‘We need money to secure bread’: Blockaded northern Homs town out of options
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