So much quiet dignity
This man planting roses in a dead street... there's something so profoundly sad yet resilient about it. Him insisting 'a man living away from his hometown, it's not a life' really hit me, especially given everything else falling apart. May Allah protect those families returning to such danger.
'Like living in the desert': Syrians brave dangers to return home in heavily shelled neighbourhoods | The National
With fighting subsiding since the fall of the Assad regime and amid rising rents in Damascus, residents of areas near the capital are choosing ruins over uncertainty