Noura al-Ameer explained

Noura al-Ameer al-Jizawi^[1] is a Syrian anti-government activist and vice-president of the Syrian opposition.^[2] When she was 26, she was jailed for six months imprisoned in Damascus and Homs, released late in 2012.^[3]

Biography

In 2016, she and her husband, Bahr Abdul Razzak, were living in Gaziantep, Turkey. She received a suspicious email, and Razzak, a security expert, found evidence she had been hacked by the Iranian government.^[4]

She was able to study at the University of Toronto for a masters at the Munk School of Global Affairs through a Scholars-at-Risk scholarship.

External links

• Thousands of women raped in Syrian war, activists claim

Notes and References

1. News: Nebehay . Stephanie . Syria a 'torture-chamber', U.N. says in call to free detainees . 30 October 2022 . Reuters . March 14, 2017.
2. Web site: SCHOLAR-AT-RISK: U OF T’S NOURA AL-JIZAWI, A KEY PLAYER IN THE SYRIAN UPRISING, BECAME AN OPPOSITION LEADER . Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs . 30 October 2022.
3. News: Atassi . Basma . From Syrian prisons to diplomacy in Geneva . 30 October 2022 . Al Jazeera . January 25, 2014.
4. News: Satter . Raphael . Experts see Iranian link in an attempt to hack Syrian dissident . 30 October 2022 . AP News . August 2, 2016.