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Bara Sarraj

Bara Sarraj was a 12-year prisoner of [no] opinion in the detention camps of Tadmor & Saidnaya, Syria. He has a Ph.D. in immunology, RUMC, with Postdoctoral work at Harvard and Northwestern.

ARTICLES BY Bara Sarraj

  • Hama: Post-Massacre

    Hama: Post-Massacre

    We went back to Hama after our first post-massacre visit. Three weeks later, the magnitude of destruction had become more apparent. 

    The Kilani district had been flattened, and a brick wall was being built ar..

  • Seven Hours in Hama

    Seven Hours in Hama

    “That is it! We cannot wait anymore. We are going to Hama, this morning.”

    My mother stood facing both of us, my twin and I, helpless and without words. It was Tuesday 16 March, two weeks after Hafez al-Assad reopened the sealed city of Hama after he massacred around forty thousand people i..