Jamal

UNHCR campaign ahead of World Refugee Day sheds light on people behind the numbers

By Lina Giannarou

Jamal and Amira worked together at a bank in Damascus, Syria. They were young and their dream was just to be together for the rest of their lives. All that changed one day when Jamal was kidnapped on his way to work. Abductions are not rare in war-torn Syria. The two did not want to leave the city, but they were left with no other choice.