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Syrian Seeds Stored in Norway for Safekeeping

A team of scientists in Aleppo won an award for their efforts to preserve plant diversity.

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Lustful Rebels Get Catfished in Syria

Hackers posing as attractive women steal sensitive info from rebels that could greatly benefit pro-Assad forces.

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Meet Syria’s All-Women Rescue Team

These women don white helmets and run into bomb-blasted buildings to save lives.

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An Exhibit Features the Photography of Refugee Children in Lebanon

500 cameras were distributed to children in the refugee camps.

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One Syrian’s Snow Bucket Challenge to Save Refugees from the Winter Cold

In a video posted online, a Syrian actor challenges his president to spend one night in the freezing refugee camps.

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When a Haircut Turns into a Priceless Piece of Community

In this short doc, Syrian refugee camp barbers are attempting to make a living in an unlivable situation.

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A Friendly Game of International Border Subversion

Activists in Morocco and Algeria hope to play a volleyball game using the countries’ mutual border as a net

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You Can’t Print a Photo from Outer Space On Polyester

Celine Semaan Vernon’s new fashion project is a cosmic experiment in empathy.

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Syrian Refugee Women Learn Self-Defense with Predictably Badass Results

Two Arab-American women hope to empower Syrian women fleeing their home country’s conflict with physical training and emotional healing.

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Five Reasons To Help Fund the Syrian Humanitarian Crisis Response

Five reasons to help fund the Syrian Humanitarian Crisis Response.

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Who in the Middle East Would Jesus Bomb?

Neither side in Syria has refrained from waging a brutal war on men, women, and children.

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'The Kiss' Seen Around the World: Syrian Klimt Street Art Sendup Goes Viral

Syrian-born Tammam Azzam makes work that comments on the devastation from the ongoing civil war in his country.

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Water Wheels: Syria's Symbols of Protest

In a new era of violence and protest, the ancient wheels have taken on renewed significance.

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Arab Fall: All Eyes on Syria

Is this the beginning of the end for Syria's dictatorship?

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Brain Drain: How Our Thirst for Academic Talent Hurts the Rest of the World

While a top international scholar is teaching in the States, who's educating college students back in that professor's homeland?