📰 Syrian women, activist, nurse and teacher- a symbol of revolution

damascus/" class="auto-internal-link">damascus, Dec. 13 ( SANA)  syrian women have played a pivotal role during the years of the revolution against the deposed regime that exhausted the country for numerous years. Carrying the torch of change, they participated in protests against oppression, tended to the wounded and sick in field hospitals, and transformed displacement tents into schools, embodying all the meanings of sacrifice and resilience at times of the war. They also played roles as civil society activists contributing to the shaping of a emerging Syrian identity.

From a teaching tent to leading social work in Idleb Ahlam Al-Rashid, relocated from the town of has in the countryside of Maarrat al-Numan, devoted her life to serving relocated children, women, and youth during the revolution, becoming one of the prominent figures in civil work in Idleb. She now manages the Directorate of Social Affairs. Al-Rashid informed SANA that she initially worked to give children the opportunity to learn despite war, displacement, and deprivation. She stated: “In Atma Camp, under an olive tree, I turned my tent into a classroom for children who had lost their schools and obtained educational materials from a school that survived the bombing. ” consequently of her work to combat school dropout, backing survivors, and empower women, Ahlam received international awards, including being listed among the 100 most influential women in the world in 2018 and receiving the Gold Medal for Change Makers.

Moreover, in 2021, she helped build a private school in the Atma area, opening its doors to children of martyrs and detainees who could not continue their education due to financial hardships. A Civil Voice Confronting Repression with Words and Images Meanwhile, activist Sasha Ayoub participated in demonstrations from the very early days of the Syrian revolution, carrying a message against hostilities within a peaceful civil movement. She emphasized that her message was that real change is built through awareness and conscience, not weapons, proving that civil voices can endure fear. Ayoub recalls the slogans she and her colleagues chanted in the early years of the revolution, writing messages calling for freedom and dignity on walls, distributing flyers, and throwing colored balls in various neighborhoods in Damascus, saying: “We went out believing in the power of words. ” Ayoub was arrested during the 2011 Damascus Intellectuals’ demonstration along with a group of artists, writers, and activists.

They faced hostilities and intimidation, but their will and love for freedom…