Arwa Damon

Jan 13, 2025 | newlinesmag.com | Arwa Damon

As I watch the kids quietly take off their shoes, eyes wide and timid, the depth of trauma and deprivation that they have gone through hits me again, like a jackhammer. Most children toss off their shoes and run into these “child-friendly” spaces, knowing that it means a fun time. But the children of the Damascus suburb of Daraya have never seen a space like this. They aren’t familiar with the standard colorful, soft flooring or the variety of options or really any of it. “Is this for us?

Oct 4, 2024 | newlinesmag.com | Arwa Damon

The majority here don’t view Israel’s response as a war on Hezbollah but a war on everyone A little girl sits on a couch wringing her tiny hands in a battered building. Just moments earlier, there were a series of strikes in the Lebanese capital, not too far from where we are. “She’s traumatized and scared,” says her uncle, who is hosting both her family and one other. “The explosions were close to them in the south, but even here we hear and feel everything.

Jul 22, 2024 | moretoherstory.org | Arwa Damon

Gaza’s sun beats down relentlessly; the air is thick with humidity. Sweat pours down my back, my legs. I’ve been outside for barely ten minutes, and I’m already drenched. Men and children cluster us around only to disappointedly scatter when we say, “It’s feminine products,” as we weave our way through the makeshift encampments, sidestepping the trickling open sewage.

Jul 15, 2024 | cnnespanol.cnn.com | Arwa Damon

Conflicto en Medio Oriente: ¿cuál es la situación sanitaria en Gaza? 7:09 Nota del editor: Arwa Damon, ex corresponsal internacional de CNN y ganadora de premios, es presidenta y cofundadora de la organización sin fines de lucro Red Internacional de Ayuda, Socorro y Asistencia (INARA). Las opiniones expresadas en este artículo son suyas.

Jul 15, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Arwa Damon

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