“Photography is my first immune weapon against amnesia and the tough situation,” says self-taught photographer Obaid Allah from Yarmouk in Syria.

قصة ابو خليل عن رحلته الطويلة من بيته الصغير في قرية في الجولان الى الاردن ودرعا ودمشق ونهايا الى بيت صغير آخر بيروت

Abu Khalil, a man with grey hair and olive skin, recounts his still-ongoing journey and memories of leaving the Golan for Amman, Damascus and Beirut

لقد أدت الحرب في سوريا الى تدفق غير مسبوق من اللاجئين. كما أَقفلت في وجههم غالبية الدول أبوابها، ما عدى لبنان وتركيا والأردن. إلا أن عدداً منهم إلتجؤوا الى السودان، وقد تنقلب أوضاعهم بعد سقوط الرئيس عمر البشير .

With most other doors firmly closed to them, Syrians escaping the war have found a respite in Sudan, where they have been let in without any restrictions.

Not once since the first humans took their initial steps, discovering their environment, have the flows of migration ceased.

With the changing situation in Syria, many refugee families have started to think about returning. But it is far from safe for people to go home.

Salim Salamah about befriending exile, which he started to do on a snowy car journey far from his native, beloved, Damascus.

Syria is drawn deeper into the darkness, yet one community is finding some space to step out of the shadows. Once tucked between whispers and secret getaways, members of LGBTQ communities in Damascus are finding a new, louder voice in the conflict as society’s gaze and the country’s brutal security apparatus begin to look the other way.

There once was a time when a journey from Haifa to Beirut to Damascus to Baghdad was possible for anyone with the necessary means.