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It is because we label them as just that. ‘Refugees’. This mark typecasts and strips away the humanity of these individuals, and it does so because it crafts a one-dimensional perception of them.    What many of us lose sight of, is that they were often highly-educated professionals who thrived...

“Three years ago, when 10-year-old Syrian boy was 7 years old he was playing with his brothers in a field by his house in Syria when and came across a land mine. Like any typical boy he picked  it up thinking it was a toy. Unfortunately, it was not. It exploded....

I would like to make a note to the reader, that this report is intended to not simply raise awareness, but more importantly to promote pro-activity to push for better living conditions in the Syrian refugee camps.  There are currently two categories of Syrians directly affected by the war; the...

The Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) is grateful that as of last Thursday, December 15, over 9,500 civilians were evacuated from besieged eastern Aleppo City. Unfortunately, among those who were evacuated, 1,400 were in need of medical attention, and many were critically wounded or chronically ill. More than 90 were...

Scholarships Give Syrian Medical Students Hope Prior to the eruption of the Syrian crisis in 2011, Syria was known for its extensive and high quality education system. Primary school enrollment rates were at 97% before the conflict began and at 70% for secondary school. However, as the violence in Syria...

I’ve recently returned from working with SAMS-Global Response, an NGO that provides medical care to refugees based in the north of Greece near Thessaloniki. We worked in 3 different sites, serving mostly Syrian refugee populations (but also some Iraqis), most of whom had been resettled there after reaching the infamous...