Should Justice Be Blind?
26 April 2023
The global #MeToo campaign, which, after being launched in 2006 by the social activist Tarana Burke in the US, became global in 2017, had a strong impact in Egypt and...
Two years on, Syrians injured in Beirut port blast drown in neglect, medical debt
03 August 2022
On paper, the Lebanese government, UNHCR and international aid agencies were meant to cover medical costs for those injured in the August 4 explosion, including foreigners. But the injured tell...
Samar Haddad: Books are freedom and reading is what frees us
22 April 2022
We met with Samar Haddad, the woman at the helm of the historic Dar Atlas publishing house in Damascus. Since the 1950s, Dar Atlas has published, among other things, what...
A single mother beneath a low ceiling
06 April 2022
"Umm Adnan’s pregnancy transformed her from one of those women who live their lives 'normally,' like millions of other women born in those remote villages who marry, give birth and...
A year of Syrian women’s stories
08 March 2022
Through a pandemic, economic uncertainty and just everyday life, a year of stories by and about Syrian women that we’ve been proud to publish at SyriaUntold. Take a look through...
