The Syrian Independent Media Group is comprised of five independent Syrian media organizations working together to highlight untold stories from the war-torn country: Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism, Rozana Radio, Syria Deeply, Syria Untold and the Violation Documentation Center in Syria. The project is supported by International Media Support. https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/mohammad-namous-syrian-independent-media-group/rss en Civil Society Human Rights Thu, 19 May 2016 07:19:53 +0000 Mohammad Namous, Syrian Independent Media Group https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/05/19/against-the-odds-stories-of-survival-and-ingenuity https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/05/19/against-the-odds-stories-of-survival-and-ingenuity From underground hospitals to improvised compost to natural power sources, people in Syria’s war-torn neighborhoods have shown a willful and often imaginative resolve to survive against the odds.