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...
‘Let us say tonight that sadness has no place’
01 April 2022
I know that Qamishli was my beginning—the first images I saw, the first things I experienced in life, my first football skills and personal relationships. And what the world wanted...
Deciphering the competition for Syrian oil: Part two
25 March 2022
Nearly two years have passed since the announcement of an oil development deal between a little-known American company and governing authorities in northeastern Syria. The months since the deal have...
On the anniversary of the Syrian uprising, where does the country’s independent media stand?
18 March 2022
The past decade has seen Syrian alternative media and journalists become the main source of information for what is happening in their country. They live-streamed their pain, their struggles and...
Archiving Syria’s lost cassette tape era
15 March 2022
“When you play these wedding tracks for a crowd in London, people jump off the roof, the music has that much energy. It’s so raw and so real and you...
Mohamad Al Roumi: Cinema is always necessary
11 March 2022
“They were living in a state of harmony and contentment, and they would have preferred to go on living their lives as they were, rather than move to other, more...
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...
Painting on the walls to endure Islamic State prison
03 March 2022
Abu Diyar and other Kurdish detainees spoke little, except for when it was necessary. I would find them whispering or teaching each other some Kurdish letters. I could hear some...
Finding fraternity thousands of miles from home, in Syrian São Paulo
25 February 2022
Men could read philosophy or poetry, or even demand Syrian independence from French imperialism, but just as often they came to learn about job opportunities or simply while away time...
Maha Hassan: ‘I grew up surrounded by storytellers’
18 February 2022
"My life is full of contradictions: I live the French language in my daily life, in my friendships, with institutions, administrative transactions, shopping, communicating with official bodies. Meanwhile I inhabit...
Dima Alzayat: Grappling with Arab ‘Americana’
10 February 2022
“I’m telling just one story, but from many different angles and directions as I’m trying to think about what it means to be Arab American. What is it like to...
Water, herbal tea and sunshine
03 February 2022
Nimat entered an arranged marriage as a teenager and endured years of sexual abuse. Now in Germany, she’s rebuilding her life and relationship with her body.
Cities in Revolution
Documenting the history of the uprising in six different syrian cities
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