Samar Yazbek was well known in her native Syria as a writer and a journalist but, in 2011, she fell foul of the Assad regime and was forced to flee. Since then, determined to bear witness to the suffering of her people, she bravely revisited her homeland by squeezing through a hole in the fence on t[...]

A well-known novelist and journalist from the coastal city of Jableh, Samar Yazbek witnessed the beginning four months of the uprising first-hand and actively participated in a variety of public actions and budding social movements. Throughout this period she kept a diary of personal reflections on,[...]

Sent en kväll ser Hanan ett ljussken under sin makes sovrumsdörr. Hon öppnar den och får syn på sin åldrige make och sin älskade tjänsteflicka Alya tillsammans i sängen. Förblindad av ilska och raseri slänger Hanan ut Alya ur huset mitt i natten. Alya, ännu inte tjugo år gammal, har v[...]