My Writings

“I was in the car with my dad and 3 siblings when they started shooting on us, my brother got 3 bullets, my young sister got one and my father got another. We had to remain in the car for 4 hours waiting for the shooting to stop; I watched my brother bleed out and couldn’t do anything. We thought we were going to lose him that day” Those are the words of Diala Jamaleddine, a 23-years old Syrian who had to flee her country 5 years ago after war started in Syria. Diala is an artist, cross fit coach and a yoga instructor who has created a whole new life for herself here in Egypt despite all the obstacles she faced throughout her journey. As a child Diala grew up in Homs, Syria, her parents got divorced when she was only 13 and since then she became in charge of everything at the household, from grocery shopping to cooking, cleaning and helping out with her sibling’s school work. War started when she was in her final school year, there were many protests and bombings in Homs so she