Fassi Square News Today

I am sitting in my living room in London, trying to steal a moment of calm between Zoom meetings and the playful demands of my young daughters, Sama and Taima. As for so many, the pandemic has upended our lives: schools are closed; we must work at home; we’re isolated. A virus has us under siege, and I am reminded in a way I didn’t expect of life in war-torn Syria. Take masks. In Syria, we knew the incessant feeling of something stifling our mouths, hindering us from breathing, speaki...