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UNHCR

Syrian Refugees in Lebanon: Confiscation of Identity Documents, and Denial of Rights

Investigation: Ahmad Haj Hamdo and Mohammad Hassan “My son was offered a job opportunity, but he ended up losing it for not having an identity document.” Here is the story of Syrians who live on the margins of life as their identity…
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Covid 19

Sleeping in the Open Air, or in a Barn: Syrian Refugees Left Homeless in Lebanon

Muzna Al-Zhouri: In this investigation, Syrians tell their stories, how they fled death and sought refuge in Lebanon fearing the Assad regime’s oppression, how they were arrested and their towns destroyed over their heads. They also…
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Sex for food in shelters of Damascus and its rural areas

Nour Ibrahim - Damascus Many are aware of the fact that, inside Syria’s displaced persons’ camps, women are constantly subjected to sexual extortion. More obscure is what happens to their peers at the capital’s so-called shelters and those…
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“Temporary wife”

Ihab Zaidan-Cairo: Suddenly, the Syrian girl Reem (36 years ) found herself alone in Egyptian Aswan governorate 'streets , without any shelter or breadwinner ,after her Egyptian husband Mohammad gave up of her and denying/disavowal of her…
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