Where is my father?
25 April 2022
The image that prevails over all others is the missing picture of my father. The picture of my father who would prepare black tea for us each morning, the picture...
River life
23 April 2022
"People’s lives in this place have become intertwined with the river, like threads of a well-woven garment. Flooding season began last month, and despite the recent construction of the Renaissance...
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...
The French version of me
14 April 2022
I walk through the city with a surprising sense of belonging, and I see copies of my novel in the storefronts. My eyes catch the title, the “New Release,” my...
A queer refugee in Neukölln
08 April 2022
Omar fled Syria in 2015 and today lives openly queer in Berlin. This is his/her story of self-discovery.
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...
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...
Cities in Revolution
Documenting the history of the uprising in six different syrian cities
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