Posted by Kate Sands Adams on 19 December, 2007
Little Iraqi refugee in Damascus, born when her homeland was free from Saddam but far from peaceful. Photo: Anna Husarska/The IRC |
| Anna Husarska, the IRC’s senior policy adviser, has been visiting Iraqi refugees and telling their stories. In a recent article in Slate, she asks: Why are Iraqi refugees returning home from Syria? She shares these photos, taken in and around Damascus.
While Iraqis who fled the war in their country are waiting in Douma center outside Damascus for the UNHCR to register them as refugees, Iraqi clowns are part of a troupe called – nomen omen “Happy Family” (refugees themselves after two of the group were killed in Baghdad) stage a performance about the need for the children to go to school. UNHCR’s research showed that 76% of Iraqi children are not enrolled in Syrian schools although it is possible and free. Photo: Anna Husarska/The IRC
An Iraqi woman inspects the dolls in a street stall in Sayyida Zaynab, outside Damascus.
Photo: Anna Husarska/The IRC
A notice in an Iraqi barber shop advertises free trips for returnees offered by the Iraqi authorities. The customer being shaved has no intention to return: his name is “Saddam” so he may be right to stay away. The barber and his friend say “perhaps, but not yet.” Photo: Anna Husarska/The IRC
A UNHCR employee registers a family of Iraqi refugees in Douma outside Damascus.
Photo: Anna Husarska/The IRC
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This entry was posted on 19 December, 2007 at 7:13 am and is filed under MiddleEast, children, education, emergencies, photos, refugees.
Tagged: anna husarska, international rescue committee, iraq, Iraqi Refugees, Syria.
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