Maryam Saleh is a Syrian-American writer based in Tampa. She tweets at @MaryamSaleh_ https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/contributor/maryam-saleh/rss en Government & Pro-Government Forces Health Human Rights Mon, 28 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Maryam Saleh https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/04/28/abu-mehdi-working-on-vaccination-campaigns-killed-by-rocket-fire https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/04/28/abu-mehdi-working-on-vaccination-campaigns-killed-by-rocket-fire The author remembers a source killed this month by a surface-to-surface missile. Government & Pro-Government Forces Health Mon, 10 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Maryam Saleh https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/03/10/return-of-infectious-diseases-is-assads-failure https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/03/10/return-of-infectious-diseases-is-assads-failure In The National, Syrian activist Maryam Saleh argues that the return of infectious disease fears - and the continual crumbling of Syria’s medical infrastructure – is squarely the fault of the Assad government, a view that is popular with the opposition. Civil Society Health Wed, 05 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Maryam Saleh https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/03/05/syrians-take-polio-vaccine-campaign-into-their-own-hands https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/03/05/syrians-take-polio-vaccine-campaign-into-their-own-hands As part of our effort to highlight civilian stories, below is a conversation between Syria Deeply and Abu Mehdi, an activist from the city of Hama. Civil Society Mon, 03 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Maryam Saleh https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/02/03/conversations-snapshots-of-civilian-life-in-hama https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/02/03/conversations-snapshots-of-civilian-life-in-hama As part of our effort to highlight civilian stories, below is a conversation between Syria Deeply and Noor, a 30-year-old woman who lives in a regime-held neighborhood of Hama, about the hardships of life in the city. Human Rights Mon, 27 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Maryam Saleh https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/01/27/un-decision-to-stop-counting-syrian-dead-is-reprehensible https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/community/2014/01/27/un-decision-to-stop-counting-syrian-dead-is-reprehensible Civil Society Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Fri, 26 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Maryam Saleh https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/07/26/how-women-in-one-syrian-city-keep-protests-alive https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/07/26/how-women-in-one-syrian-city-keep-protests-alive Every Saturday, a group of women in Salamia, a city in western Syria, meet to discuss the events of the past week in relation to the two-year uprising against President Bashar Al-Assad. Government & Pro-Government Forces Opposition Groups & Rebel Forces Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Maryam Saleh https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/05/24/regime-demolishes-illegal-slums-in-hama-displacing-thousands https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2013/05/24/regime-demolishes-illegal-slums-in-hama-displacing-thousands Twenty thousand residents of Wadi al-Jouz, a destitute neighborhood of the hard-hit city of Hama, have lost their homes. This was not the result of bombings or gun battles, but an unlikely culprit in a time of war: urban planning.