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Syrian awareness campaign against marrying foreign fighters
23-3-2018
In its issue of today, Al Diyar newspaper shed light on a new phenomenon seen in a number of Syrian cities which involves local women marrying foreign fighters and a counter awareness campaign to stop it. To this effect, Syrian activists launched in December 2017 so-called ‘who is your husband’ campaign that seeks to prevent and discourage Idlib and Aleppo women from having relationships with non-Syrian combatants and trying to educate the public through posters and graffiti – about the challenges these women and their children face. The campaign founder, Asem Zeidan, told the British Guardian that foreign fighters who disappear or get killed leave behind their children and wives which negatively affects their lives. Zeidan pointed out that since the start of the campaign, their team of 150 volunteers recorded around 1,735 women in Idlib and west Aleppo who have wed foreign jihadists, and that 1,124 of those women have given birth to some 1,826 children. The campaign, Zaydan went on to explain, has another goal, which is to help the children born of such marriages to receive recognition from their local councils, noting that only these councils can give children the required official documentation. On the subject, The Guardian said in a report published on March 21 that the reasons for marriage to foreign fighters vary in degrees. Some women feel that they have no other options, while others seem to be excited and thrilled to marry someone who they believe is brave and dauntless. These women, the Guardian added, have many things to worry about, especially that the Syrian woman cannot pass nationality to her husband. (For the full report, please visit the link below: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/mar/20/syrian-women-wed-foreign-fighters). (Al Diyar, March 23, 2018)
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