Together, the grainy photos—selfies sent over a messaging app—tell the story of one life in East Ghouta, and how it has changed drastically since a year ago.
A crowded bus station in downtown Damascus in January. Photo courtesy of Lens Young Dimashqi.
From his life of exile in rebel-held Idlib province, Muhammad al-Hassan clings to any news that slips through the state security net back home in East Ghouta.
There were no details in the announcement on where the supposed meeting would take place, or even if American officials had been notified ahead of time.Either way, that meeting went ahead on Tuesday.
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.
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.
Gas cylinders are distributed in the Sarouja neighborhood of Damascus [...]
A man rides a motorcycle in an East Ghouta [...]
Damascus in November. Photo courtesy of Lens Young Dimashqi. It [...]
The guns went silent in Damascus months ago, when the last remaining suburbs outside government control were violently retaken in East Ghouta and then South Damascus earlier this year.
