The war broke out in Aleppo just after I had finished high school. I got married and we escaped to Lebanon, but we returned to Syria when I was pregnant with my second daughter. When we returned to Syria, I was shocked by the overwhelming...
While my family was sleeping, six police officers entered my house and murdered my father. My father had been involved with the opposition party in Ethiopia, and he was targeted by corrupt officials. On the night of his murder, I ran for my life. I...
My father was a wealthy and influential politician; he was assassinated in 2008. One man was arrested for his murder, but my brother started gathering evidence that implicated many other powerful politicians. On the day of the funeral, members of their paramilitary group came to...
When I was a 16 year old girl, I was conscripted into the military. In Eritrea, military service is indefinite for both men and women - you could serve for years and years, with no hope of going home. One day, my superior found my Bible...
“The education was bad, there was war, and no one could live comfortably.” Farid* cannot remember a time in his childhood where life wasn’t difficult. Living in a small village which is now the political border between Sudan and South Sudan, conflict and violence were the...
It’s been a gruelling 8 years since the start of the Syrian conflict, which has left over 500,000 people dead or missing, and 6.2 million internally displaced. The war in the Syrian city of Aleppo has had a devastating impact on many ordinary lives in...
The Journey from Syria to Surrey as a Refugee Family. For the last seven years, civil war has ravaged Syria leaving hundreds of thousands dead and millions more displaced. Over five million Syrians have fled their homes in search of safety and security in other countries....