Bio
Alicia Medina
Reporter
Alicia Medina is a Spanish journalist based in Beirut. Her work has been published in international media outlets and she holds a master’s degree in Journalism, Media and Globalisation from the Erasmus Mundus program.
Latest Articles
‘Syria is safe, refugees should return’: The dangers of the growing narrative
Despite the security risks that Syrian refugees may face upon return to their country, the push in this direction is reaching a crescendo.
Bardarash camp in Iraqi Kurdistan: Those who remain behind
After ‘Operation Peace Spring,’ over 11,000 Syrians fled to Bardarash refugee camp in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Only 3,500 remain; why?
Episode 6: My home in Homs is occupied
A family supporting the Syrian government has occupied Abeer’s house in Homs.
Episode 5: Dispossessed under a reconciliation agreement
When Jawad’s family refused to sign the reconciliation agreement, their home became state property
Episode 4: Razed to the ground for ‘security reasons’
Yasmine’s home was demolished in a matter of days by the Syrian government due to ‘security reasons’
Episode 3: ‘Forget your three houses in Afrin’
“They took the house documents from my hands and burned them”
Episode 2: A second exile for Yarmouk’s Palestinians
Amina, a Palestinian woman, is unable to claim her right to her house in Yarmouk camp
Episode 1: Peace Spring: Displacement and occupation
Yusuf saw his family home and business occupied by Turkish-backed groups in Sere-Kaniye (Ras al-Ayn)
A decade of uprising and war in Syria: A view from the therapists’ diwan
In Syria and abroad, Syrians are silently suffering a mental health pandemic.
Syrian refugees in Lebanon are eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but few know how
In Lebanon, few Syrian refugees know how to register to get the COVID-19 vaccine