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Yousef Abu-Salha is a second year medical student at the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill (UNC). Yousef’s family suffered a tragedy in February 2015 when his two sisters, Yusor and Razan Abu-Salha, and his brother in-law, Deah Barakat, were murdered execution-style in the 2015 Chapel Hill Shooting.Yusor and Razan...

All the days seem to blend into each other – the events of yesterday bleed into today and I know I will see the same faces and hear the same stories tomorrow. Sometimes the stories are told directly to me – although I needed a translator. Many a time, the stories are left...

My last day at the camp clinic, I was overwhelmed with sadness. Sadness at the situation my fellow human beings are having to endure. Sadness that my time of helping them was over. Sadness at their sense of hopelessness as there is no end in site to the border closures....

The following letter comes from a SAMS-supported healthcare worker who is unable to return to his facility in Aleppo due to the closure and targeting of Castello Road. “Greetings and blessings, How are you Doctor? I hope you are doing well.

A few weeks ago I met a Syrian man sitting on the side of the road near a gas station in Greece where he and his family had set up a little picnic and were enjoying a light lunch. He told me he was trying to find a way to...

1) Loneliness is truly the darkest consequence of this crisis. The Syrian people haven’t only been kicked out of their homes, but were stripped away from their neighborhoods, friends and family via death, destruction, sickness and tough decisions that had to be made to split up loved ones to preserve...

On Wednesday, April 27, the Al Quds field hospital in Aleppo was hit by a targeted airstrike, killing at least 30 people including 2 health workers, injuring at least 60 people, and completely destroying the facility. At this time, emergency first responders are still digging bodies out from the wreckage....

Our driver is driving as fast as he can. I could tell that “K” is withering between each breath he inhales. He is getting tired. His head is drooping. His eyes are starting to show “shut down.” Dr. Naveed Iqbal says if we have to we will stop to do...

“Jihad I just had to rush a child to Emergency. I managed to stabilize him once we reached there but there was an argument because they wanted his paperwork, registration etc but I started treating him because he was crashing. To cut the long story short he’s in ICU. We’ll...

Visited the Zaatari camp again. This officially brings an end to our mission trip. A special appreciation to Saera Arain-Saleem who allowed me to come on this trip and managed the schedules of 5 kids + her work schedule. Without her, I couldn’t have take this journey. Thank you to all...

Shortly before the end of my last clinic at Irbid on day 3, I received a Facebook message from one of my Syrian cousins. The message read: “Jihad, this is your cousin R, the granddaughter of your aunt S. I live in Irbid now and just discovered that you are...

Today, we served a non-profit clinic in the city of Amman. The clinic was built with aid from the United States (not sure if it was private or government). 4 docs saw about 147 patients. I shared an exam room with another doc. When I say we shared a room,...