Syrian youth: Five years later

Children crowd around Zein in a camp in southern Aleppo.

As Syrian men go missing, women take new leadership roles, and bear new burdens

With so many men killed or missing, it’s up to the women to run their community, and they’re making a difference in people’s lives, including their own.

As Syrian men go missing, women take new leadership roles, and bear new burdens
Essa Hassan is the first student to participate in Project Habesha, a Mexico City-based project that offers Syrians scholarships in Mexico. He lives and studies in the capital city of Aguascalientes in the central Mexican.

From Syria to Mexico: A young student finds an unexpected home

From Syria to Mexico: A young student finds an unexpected home
Leila Al Bakhry at a Women’s Center in Eastern Ghouta.

Syrian women under siege share insights about love, fear and food

Syrian women under siege share insights about love, fear and food
Ahmed Lababidi waits for the bus on Jeju Island. Lababidi left his war torn hometown, Aleppo,  fleeing across the Turkish border in 2012. He followed his younger brother to South Korea and settled on Jeju.

What the new life of a Syrian on Jeju Island looks like

What the new life of a Syrian on Jeju Island looks like
Ahmed Lababidi left his war torn hometown, Aleppo, Syria, fleeing across the Turkish border in 2012. He followed his younger brother to South Korea and settled on the island of Jeju.

A Syrian man takes refuge in a Korean honeymoon resort island

A Syrian man takes refuge in a Korean honeymoon resort island
Hiba Bekai's office is her home, where she sews and does other needle work that she sells to Syrians and Lebanese.

This Syrian woman never had a paying job at home. Now she's started a business in Lebanon.

The war back home in Syria forced women into new roles outside of Syria. Some of them are creating opportunities for themselves.

This Syrian woman never had a paying job at home. Now she's started a business in Lebanon.
A class at a women's center in Ghouta.

It's important to listen to Syrian women, and here is one way you can help

The voices of Syrian women still in the country are infrequently part of the discussion when it comes to Syria. Join the conversation and ask questions directly to a group of women who work in besieged area of Damascus.

It's important to listen to Syrian women, and here is one way you can help