The education system in North East Syria

With the Rojava revolution a new education system was established in North East Syria. Today, there are not only Arabic schools in the region, but also Kurdish and Aramaic ones. Could you tell us what the school system is like? How successful is the education system and with what difficulties do you have to deal with?

Handicrafts Turned Into Careers For Syrian Women In Qamishli

Rawada turned her knitting hobby into a profitable career to support her family through the country’s ongoing economic crisis. Rawada Hmeidi, 50, a mother of five, left Deir ez-Zor 10 years ago and settled in Qamishli, in northeast Syria. She began to knit in order to help with the family’s expenses after her husband, a