Syria's Secret Library

Famine has lead these people on to seek refuge in multiple different countries. This is usually done illegally, by sneaking through borders, creating fake passports, and lying. What the author in this story is trying to get at is everyone from the richest of the rich to the poorest of the poor deserve a safe, secure, place to call home. No one will have a safe place to call home if we can't learn to collaborate and try honestly to make peace with one another. Syria may be this way due to the fact that putting weaponry above resources is habit, the leaders of Syria were raised to believe this is the way it should be and this habit will be passed down for generations and generations just like it has in the past. Any middle eastern country fueling against America could be a prime example against what the author is trying get across. In interpreted words, the author mentions the Soviet Union tearing down the Berlin Wall to try and unite diversified people. This is a main point that is brought up again, peace. You're only going to get somewhere by making an effort, you're only going to solve a problem if you make an effort to fix it.

In syria there has been a war going on for the past 6 years. Throughout thoses 6 years family and kids have been driven from their homes. This conflict started when the syrian people and there goverment. From country and theri people involved.

Syria’s civil war is the worst humanitarian crisis of modern time. The “Syrian Civil war Began in March of 2011, between rebel brigades and government force; economy and infrastructure is destroyed” (Library, 2016). “Divisions between secular and religious fighters, and between ethnic groups, continue to complicate the politics of the conflict” (Corps, 2016). Additionally, the Syrian civil war has taken a significant

So far, more than 1 out of 10 Syrians have been wounded or killed since the beginning of the war in 2011. “Syria’s civil war has created the worst humanitarian crisis of our time. Half the country's pre-war population — more than 11 million people — have been killed or forced to flee their

As a normal American citizen, we are not accustomed to being forced out of our homes and having to live as nomads like the people of Syria have been living like since the Arab spring of 2011 the event that started what is now known as The Syrian Civil War. This war has literally been tearing apart Syria and displacing 6.3 million people (Mercy corps). This crisis affects a lot of Syrian individuals including one Doaa Al Zamel. In the book “A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea” we get a firsthand account of what life was like before the start of the war and also a view during the civil war and gives insight to life in the current state of Syria. Doaa’s life in “A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea” had her moving around the Middle East for most of her early adulthood. Throughout her moves to different parts of the Middle East she had many experiences both good and bad. The government, daily life in the Middle East, and family problems that arose during the moves affected Doaa’s life greatly.

The Syrian Civil War has had a profound effect of all Syrians as well as neighbouring countries and the international community. With more than 11 million homeless Syrians comes consequences beyond what most of the world population has ever experienced or anticipated. Of the displaced, almost 5 million are refugees outside Syria and around 6 million have been displaced inside Syria, with half of all displaced Syrians being children. The main causes of displacement amongst the population is the violence committed by all sides of the war, and which often targets civilians or centres of high civilian activity (such as markets, hospitals, schools, workplaces or high density residential areas). One main group heavily affected by the conflict

Because the Syrian civil war is one of the worst crisis’ in history with more than 22 thousand people killed and 11 million forced to flee.[i]

Syria has been in war for four years. The rebels versus the president, Bashar al-Assad, and his loyal troops. But in 2016, the war has worsened. One of Syria’s major cities, Aleppo, has been getting bombed relentlessly by Russia. Innocent people die everyday. Children are left hurt and parentless. People that survive unscathed try to flee the city, only to find they cannot. They are prisoners in the city they once loved.

Attention getter- Have you ever been forced to leave your hometown without committing any crimes or doing something wrong? Imagine yourself waking up one day, seeing that you are in the middle of the war with people running around and screaming for their lives. Such incident may seem very unlikely to happen to you however, the people of Syria have been experiencing it for almost everyday of their lives. .

“Nobody can leave now” (Thomson 3).The people in Syria trapped under the intimidating power of guns and bombs during the brutal war.The people scared,homeless and hungry,but they get through it day by day. But they are trying to rebuild the communities and try to continue the education in Syria.

Imagine this, you wake up and you inhale dust, smell the dirt, and roll over the uncomfortable bed you are in. You think hard and all the sudden all the thoughts rushed back in to your mind, your oldest child was taken by a truck full of soldiers, your two daughters were bombed and are on the edge of life, your wife is sitting in the corner your 2 years old child. You are surrounded with fear, no hope towards the future and shame because you have run out of things to offer your family. This scenario is what a person that’s living in a war zone feels, this is what it is like to be in Syria. In this research, I will be talking about the struggles these refugees are facing, what is being done to help and what we, as citizens do to help. Syria is in Western Asia, it's formally known as Arab Republic. Its neighbor countries are Lebanon, The Mediterranean Sea, Turkey, Israel, Iran, and Jordan. It is geographical features are Plains, high mountains and deserts (Figure 1). Syria

On March 15 2011 the Syrian Civil War started. The battle is between the government, the extremist group called ISIS, and those who wanted their leader out of the office. This war has not only taken a toll on the once beautiful land of Syria but also on the people. These people were happily living their lives any enjoying life before this event. Once the war started there were mass bombings all over the country and many innocent people were killed. The war started because the leader was not religiously extreme. Many people were angry and wanted him out of the office because he let some kids doing graffiti die in detention. A rebellion started. It evolved into a full-out civil war. Many people had to leave and now more than half the country

Must people wanto to scape fron Syria. The trouble began in 2011. 18 million peoiple are living in Syria. 13.5 million people need help. More

The Syrian refugee crisis has received massive media coverage. People around the world are trying to comprehend the desperate, complicated situation surrounding Syria. The civil war in Syria is the worst crisis in our time. Syrians upset at the fact that long promised reforms have not been enacted, began anti-government demonstrations which started the civil war in 2011. The peaceful protests turned ugly, with the government violently putting an end to those protests. Afterward, ordinary citizens took arms, causing the situation to escalate. Syrians are fleeing their homes because of the great violence, which have left thousands dead and millions wounded, a collapsed infrastructure, resulting in a shattered economy, and for the safety of the children. Syrians are either streaming to surrounding countries or risking their lives to travel to Europe.

Syrian civil war started in 2011 was the outcome of the opposition against the President Bashar al-Assad regime. The uprising emerged as a response to the Arab spring movement that lead to regime change in Tunisia and subsequently turned into mass unrest rooted into the discontent with long-term dictatorship and poor economic situation in the country (Manfreda, n.d.). The number of Syrian citizens killed in the civil war reached 140000 since March 2011 (SBS 2014). The European Commission (2014, 2) reports approximately 9.3 million civilians “in need for humanitarian assistance”. The scale of armed rebellion between government and opposition that lead to an increasing number of casualties among civilians did not remain unnoticed by the