By Faris Al Rifai; Translation by Yusra Ahmed
(Zaman Al Wasl)- Rihab Allawi, an enthusiastic string revolutionary young lady, worked for the Syrian revolution since start, but her life ended in regime’s prisons in Feburary 2013 and was buried in a mass grave near the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Rihab was a civil engineering student, from Mohasan in Deir Ezzor, a daughter of a former guard Tadmor Palmyra prison.
Activist Adnan Miqdad revealed that he knew her, describing her as a strong woman with influential personality and enthusiastic.
The activist said that her brother, Asim Allawi, the manager of the facebook page: “Association of Syrian Martyrs of Freedom" who was arrested in May 2011, and disappeared since, most likely he died under torture.
Miqdad detailed that Rihab warned him about risk of arresting him, and help him to escape when the area was surrounded. “I live in Jaramana under cover, then I managed to escape to Jordan, I tried not to call or contact Rihab fearing for her safety”
The activist described her courage in demonstrations and even helping people, like transferring medicine to areas under siege.
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