In the aftermath of Bashar al-Assad’s fall, 23-year-old Malak highlights the hope of rebuilding a nation in need of labor and knowledge — a hope shared by many in Jordan's Zaatari Refugee Camp, home to nearly 80,000 Syrian people, over half of whom are women and girls.

Zainab* shares her fears that the decision to lower the legal age of marriage in her country could pave the way for extremist ideologies to gain ground and threaten the freedoms of women far beyond Iraq’s borders.

Leen Al-Zinati writes about her life in Gaza being forcibly displaced and contracting Hepatitis A.

A young Afghan woman shares her story of fleeing Afghanistan after her father attempted to marry her off at age 11.

A 24-year-old Iraqi woman writes about the patriarchal reality she and many other women in Iraq face.

Amid a decade of terrorism and displacement, 28-year-old Tegwende writes about her life in Burkina Faso.

25-year-old Ria Steel describes her life as a Ukrainian soldier.

25-year-old Nadia describes what happened after surviving an assault in her village in Yemen.

21-year-old Sara writes about her life in Rafah, Gaza during the war.

28-year-old Olena Mazaruenko keeps diaries since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

A 28-year-old Haitian woman writes about her life amid ongoing violence in Haiti.

Razia from Afghanistan writes about her confrontation with the Taliban while applying for university.

A 51-year-old Palestinian mother in Gaza writes about her life raising ten children against the backdrop of war and patriarchy.

Emy Dawud, founder of the largest feminist page in the Middle East, tells her story for the first time.

A young Syrian woman describes the pressure to get married in a refugee camp and what happens when she chooses another path.

19-year-old Rahaf describes her life in Jordan, trapped at home.

An 18-year-old Yemeni girl writes about her life as the only daughter in a family of five brothers.

26-year-old Sabrina from the Democratic Republic of the Congo writes about the life of a young girl during war.