Abortion is criminalized in Lebanon; performing it illegally became more and more costly and unsafe, after the economic collapse that destroyed the purchasing power of citizens and refugees.

Human Rights Organizations say more than ten thousand women have been detained since the Syrian uprising erupted in 2011, but being released from prison does not put an end to...

Lama Rajeh explores how women are portrayed in the various curricula taught across Syria today; in the regime-controlled areas, in the opposition-controlled areas and in the areas run by the...

Maysa’s husband fled to Damascus When a coalition of military factions, including  Al-Nusra front, controlled Idlib in 2015. Before the uprising, he worked for the Syrian army. When Al-Nusra seized the city,...

Alice Al-Shami writes about Huda, a woman who was leading her simple life in Damascus and content with the regime’s narrative portraying the protest movement as terrorists’ sabotage and riots,...