As a stateless Palestinian from Syria who has spent the past eight years in exile since fleeing her home—first in Algeria and now in Denmark—Samara Sallam often finds herself grappling with questions of identity and belonging.
Cooking startups have gained popularity among Syrian refugee women in Jordan as an alternative source of income, with economic conditions increasingly difficult for many families and international aid dwindling.
Hop onto any one of the public minibuses parked on the street outside, and you can be in Damascus in about an hour or two. It’s one of many reminders of home here at Women Now, a center run by Syrian women refugees in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley.
Mental health support for Syrian refugees is an important focus for civil society organizations in Jordan. But over the course of the Syrian conflict, traditional methods of psychological care have begun to lose their effectiveness, pushing Syrian women refugees to instead look for projects that focus on empowering themselves.
For around five years, Judi Arash lived under siege in a bombed-out, encircled rebel-held area of northern Homs that, at one point, was restricted to just three square kilometers.As a respite, she threw herself into her job as a journalist, choosing to report on the conflict unfolding around her.
Rukban women enter UN-run clinic in Jordan in March 2017. Photo by [...]
Children in the Ain al-Issa camp in December 2017. Photo [...]
Members of the newly elected Aleppo City Council last week, [...]
The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has [...]
Syria’s women are increasingly taking on the role of primary [...]
