Fatima’s journey back to Syria

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After more than a decade of war that displaced over 14 million Syrians and ended with the fall of Bashar Assad’s regime in late 2024, thousands have begun returning to rebuild their homeland. Among them is Fatima Zahraa

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00:00After more than a decade in Germany, Fatima returned home to Aleppo,

00:04where her turtle Shakira lived through the war. But more about Shakira later.

00:15During the civil war in 2012, Fatima fled Syria with her family. After the fall of Assad's regime

00:21in 2024, she was among tens of thousands who returned home with her children while

00:26her husband remained in Germany for work. Despite the destruction in Aleppo,

00:38Fatima reconnects with small reminders of the past.

00:56Fatima believes those who witnessed the renaissance of a country after a war

01:00become more connected.

01:01In Syria, I hope that the effects of the revolution will be achieved.

01:05But for my family, I hope that we will come back to society as a family

01:11and they will come back to their children in the country,

01:15to support their children and to feel connected in the country.

01:17Because in Germany, as we have done, we will stay in the end of Ausländer.

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