Alice Al-Shami

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...

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...

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...

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,...