Tag: syria
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Do Refugees Benefit From Participating In UN Research Studies? (Part 1)
What I Learned From Interviewing Syrian Refugees In Jordan CONTENT WARNING: This piece contains graphic language describing Syrian war killings. Feel free to opt out and read last week’s post or my most read post instead! July 2019-Northern Jordan The woman, in black niqab with only her eyes showing, handed off her newborn baby girl…
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Watercolors and War Stories
The gruesome events happening in eastern Syria bogged me down today. Since I write reports about the Syrian conflict for my job, I need to know what’s going on in the eastern part of the country in quite a lot of detail. Most days when I log on to start work around 8:00, I open…
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If It Was Just The War
Medford, MA – April 2020 It is hard to watch COVID-19 unfold everywhere because you know it will get worse, and there is nothing you can do. I feel helpless watching the case numbers go up and up. The tree outside my window is blooming with tiny white flowers. It’s beautiful. I wish I knew…
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How I Ended Up So Far From Home (Part 2)
Working in Zaatari Camp for Syrian Refugees in Jordan This is Part 2 of my Far From Home series. Read Part 1 here. There was the look of it: an ugly desert plain with tin trailers crowded on top of each other, clotheslines strung up between them, and people walking heads bowed along the dusty…
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How I Ended Up So Far From Home (Part 1)
Working in Zaatari Camp for Syrian Refugees in Jordan Freezing cold: winter in the desert camp. I am standing in a tin trailer in the drafty wet drippings of winter. Rain slides down off the edges of the roof. The staff meeting is about to begin and people are milling about, coming in and out…
Curious Georgie 
–مرحبا سلام Thank you so much, what a lovely comment to receive! I think you’re right; we can’t always be…