There are believed to be more than three million Iraqi refugees living in Syria: initially allowed in without.JPG)
restriction and treated as guests, they are finding it harder to survive as months turn into years. For the women refugees, often alone or widowed with children, poverty is driving increasing numbers to earn a living through prostitution and ‘muta’ marriages – ‘temporary marriages of pleasure’. Jane Gabriel has been in Damascus to meet Iraqi women refugees and the Sisters of the Good Shepherd who are providing shelter and support. Listen now
Ekhlas Fadem Ali is widowed with two small daughters. She was fortunate to find a place in the shelter run by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd when she first arrived in Syria.
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Nadejda Letat
I wonder if George Bush realizes what his invasion of Iraq has done to Iraqi women and children - the most vulnerable members of any culture. But the least Syrian Government can do is to protect these victims of Bush's war! By protecting & treating refugees of war more generously, Syria would be showing up USA for what it is - bully of the world! Don't have to go to war against USA - just shame them! If that is possible?
Nadejda Letat, Melbourne, Australia
I just can't beleive that war is still a word in our dictionary, what have we learned from the past... nothing.
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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم.بلاشك جميع العراقيين قد تضرروا من حكومة صدام ومن الغزو الأمريكي وتشرد الكثير لكن نحن مجتمع شرقي محافظ حتى وأن جعنا أوننام في الشوارع أو أطفالنا يتضورون جوعا يعني هذا أن نبيع شرفنا طبعا لا والأنسان أوالأنسانة الشرفاء يعرفوا أن الله يساعدهم لكن الناس القذرين طبعا يبيعوا شرفهم تحت حجة العوز والفقر فعلى كل عراقي وبالأخص العراقيات أن يناموا بجانب باب السفارة في كل مكان بالعالم فالسفارة وأن كانت سفارة خاوية فهو بيت لكل عراقية شريفة
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