Alice Al-Shami
Alice Al-Shami (pseudonym) is a Syrian writer.
In pursuit of happiness
16 January 2020
You’re love-struck at 50. But what do you do when the person you love is a security branch officer, even though your first son was killed in battle after being...
Queuing at the children's hospital
16 December 2019
The Syrian conflict has left behind many marks, some visible and others not. In one corner of Damascus, families with children with special needs and other disabilities describe how the...
The Month When Time Stood Still
13 August 2019
Hassan spent four years hiding in his apartment, his name has been on the reserve lists, and he didn’t want to die fighting this war. He was finally stopped at a...
Solitary Cell 22
17 May 2019
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,...
