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Idlib: teacher set up own school under olive trees

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Mohamed Sweidan, a displaced teacher, had no choice but to use the shade of the olive trees in the Idlib countryside to teach the children. Sweidan, 34, fleeing the regime bombardment moved with his wife to an olive grove in the town of Atma on the...

Ahlam al-Rasheed: one of the World's most inspirational women

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The prominent Syrian activist Ahlam Al-Rasheed has set herself as an inspiring example for Syrian women, defending their rights by holding an effective and influential position. As a result of her pioneering and diverse activities, she was selected, two years ago, as one of the...

Caught in limbo, families of Syria's missing cling to hope

Six months after he was snatched from a road in central Syria, Iyad Suleiman was allowed by his kidnappers to make a Skype video call home. His children were startled at how he looked — skinny and exhausted, with a long beard. He told his wife to keep talking with his captors and Syrian...

Mobile cinema brings movie magic to Syria Kurd children

In a schoolyard of rural northeastern Syria, boys and girls break out into giggles watching Charlie Chaplin's pranks, a rare treat thanks to a mobile cinema roving through the countryside. In Kurdish-held areas of the northeast, filmmaker Shero Hinde is screening films in remote villages...