Alia Ahmad is a Syrian contributor for Syria Deeply https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/alia-ahmad/rss en Government & Pro-Government Forces Thu, 25 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Alia Ahmad https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2015/06/25/profile-a-syrian-regime-militiaman-who-didnt-choose-to-fight https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2015/06/25/profile-a-syrian-regime-militiaman-who-didnt-choose-to-fight Syria Deeply spoke to Muhammad, a 25-year-old who joined the National Defense Forces after unsuccessfully trying to flee the country. Displacement Thu, 04 Jun 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Alia Ahmad https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2015/06/04/syrian-women-wait-for-a-new-life-in-europe https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2015/06/04/syrian-women-wait-for-a-new-life-in-europe “We realized that running away from death in Syria could be more dangerous than staying and facing it. ” a Syrian woman tell us. Civil Society Human Rights Mon, 23 Feb 2015 00:00:00 +0000 Alia Ahmad https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2015/02/23/voices-from-latakia-displaced-syrians-swing-between-acceptance-and-rejection https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2015/02/23/voices-from-latakia-displaced-syrians-swing-between-acceptance-and-rejection “Displacement in itself is a problem, and from that problem there result many others for the displaced people and for the community that receives them,” says Nisreen. Civil Society Wed, 12 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Alia Ahmad https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/11/12/syrias-kids-foraging-through-trash-to-survive https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/11/12/syrias-kids-foraging-through-trash-to-survive ‘Most of those buyers are exploiters. They buy things from us for very cheap prices, but we have to sell to them because we want to live.’. Civil Society Fri, 17 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Alia Ahmad https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/10/17/sumaya-from-the-shelter-a-portrait-of-life-in-war https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/10/17/sumaya-from-the-shelter-a-portrait-of-life-in-war Women need a lot of care and attention at a time where everything around them is falling apart. Civil Society Mon, 17 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Alia Ahmad https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/03/17/amid-conflict-more-syrian-families-battle-through-divorce https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/03/17/amid-conflict-more-syrian-families-battle-through-divorce Economic hardship, displacement and trauma caused by life in a conflict zone have taken their toll on Syria’s married couples, with more battling through divorce and fewer new marriages than before the war began. Civil Society Fri, 27 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Alia Ahmad https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/09/27/in-a-damascus-classroom-reading-writing-and-trauma https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/09/27/in-a-damascus-classroom-reading-writing-and-trauma Nada, a teacher, starts her classes by asking her third-grade students to express their feelings. She is trained to deal with children who exhibit signs of trauma after living in a war zone for over two years.