Tag: Syria

  • Activism and hope in the Syrian crisis

    During my recent trip to Lebanon, I spent time with various refugee-focused organisations, and had the privilege of meeting some inspiring Syrian grassroots activists. Here are the stories I wrote.…

  • Schools in Lebanon

    I recently travelled to Lebanon, one of the countries where the Syrian refugee crisis is felt most acutely. There are well over 1 million Syrians currently residing in Lebanon, a…

  • “Deradicalisation” in Britain?

    Much has been made of British citizens fighting in Syria and the problems they might pose on their return. (In November last year I wrote the first interview with a British…

  • The UK and Syria’s refugees

    The Syrian refugee crisis has been described as the worst since the Rwandan genocide in 1994, with 6.5 million internally displaced and more than 2 million seeking refuge abroad. The UK…

  • European fighters in Syria

    My feature for the National (UAE) was published recently. It goes behind the headlines about young men from the west signing up to fight in Syria, asking how big the numbers…

  • “My journey into a nightmare war”

    How did a young British man with no combat experience join the Free Syrian Army? In a piece for the Guardian, I interviewed a London student of Syrian origin who…

  • “My journey into a nightmare war”

    How did a young British man with no combat experience join the Free Syrian Army? In a piece for the Guardian, I interviewed a London student of Syrian origin who…