As part of a collaboration between Syria Deeply and Rookie, we’re publishing the memoirs of a teenage girl living in the midst of Syria’s war. Marah, as she’s chosen to be known, lives in a city under siege. She was 15 years old when the uprising began. This is the first in her series of...
Category: Human Rights
Walking to The Children of Syria
Walking to The Children of Syria – يحيى حوى l لاجلك يا شام – Lajlek Ya Sham l Yahya Hawwa Please watch. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0SBphaU6UU]
In Pictures: Arriving at Zaatari Refugee Camp
With more than 120,000 people, Zaatari is the biggest camp for Syrian refugees fleeing the civil war. By Gregory Beals More than 113,000 people have perished since fighting began in Syria two and a half years ago, including 11,420 children. As the death toll continues to mount, an increasing number of Syrians have fled their...
PostHuman Rights, Humanitarian Aid, Jordan, Refugees, salaamculturalmuseum, Syriaby Salaam Cultural Museum
Rita was on the local NPR station talking about SCM Missions
Yesterday Rita was interviewed on the local NPR station, KUOW, about the missions to Jordan to help the Syrian refugees. You can listen to the whole interview on their website – click here or on the image.
How Art Is Helping Children in One Syrian Refugee Camp
This is the first in a series co-produced by Syria Deeply and Hyperallergic, investigating the visual and cultural responses to the crisis in Syria. Among the many disquieting truths that appear in the sprawling report from the Za’atari refugee camp recently penned by the New Yorker’s David Remnick, an exchange with a UNICEF official Dominique...
Has your Member of Congress signed this letter?
The link below is to a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry regarding the kidnapping of the Syriac Archbishop of Aleppo and the Greek Orthodox Archbishop of Aleppo. We are asking congress to urge the State Department to make it a priority to help secure their release and to help urge tolerance and religious...
PostHuman Rights, Humanitarian Aid, Refugees, salaamculturalmuseum, Syria, Turkeyby Salaam Cultural Museum
No end in sight
There is no end in sight for the Syrian crisis- every day we hear about more Syrians leaving their country and coming across to neighboring countries- Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq. These countries have opened their doors and their hearts to their Syrian brothers and sisters, but the resources and the funding is running out. The United Nations...
Syria Has a Massive Rape Crisis
All across the war-torn country, regime soldiers are said to be sexually violating women and men from the opposition, destroying families and, in some cases, taking lives. Lauren Wolfe Apr 3 2013, 7:30 AM ET Syrian refugees carry their children in the Al- Zaatri refugee camp, in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border...
Armenians in Syria
The following video was shared with Rita about the situation of Armenians in Syria. Thank you for sharing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please find below the link to my presentation in English at a public event in Birmingham, Michigan to raise funds for Armenians in the midst of the Syrian Civil War. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjTwocLv1LE&feature=player_embedded The clip is 37 minutes long. I...
PostCommunity Events, Community Service, Human Rights, Jordan, Refugees, Syriaby Salaam Cultural Museum
More on Rita’s Human Rights Award
Rita Zawaideh was recently honored by the Seattle Human Rights Commission with recognition of her work in the community, around the country, and around the world. At the awards ceremony, she met keynote speaker Van Jones, and has since received congratulations from other top leaders in peace and human rights activities.
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