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Bahia Mardini

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Bahia is a human rights campaigner and the founder of Syrian House, an organisation dedicated to helping Syrians in the UK access information and support. She specialises in human rights and democracy in the Middle East.

We must listen to the forgotten voices of Idlib

Comment: Our fight for a free Syria will not cease. Until that day, the least we can do is to hear the voices of Syrians, writes Bahia Mardini.

28 September, 2018

Ramadan was once a special time for Syrians

Comment: Bahia Mardini remembers a time when Ramadan in Syria was about celebrating, sharing as a family and supporting those less fortunate. Today the picture is much bleaker.

12 June, 2018

Syrians deserve better than choosing between terror and dictatorship

Comment: In Syria, democratic elections are still something we can only dream of, writes Bahia Mardini.

04 May, 2018

Spare a thought for mother's day in Syria

Comment: Syria's brutal civil war is entering its eighth year, and women and children are often its first victims, writes Bahia Mardini.

21 March, 2018

Hopes for Syria's year ahead

Comment: There can be no victory while Assad remains in power. But 2018 must bring Syrians closer to holding free and fair multi-party elections, writes Bahia Mardini.

02 January, 2018