Real stories and honest insights on water, and the quiet ways it flows through me.
A 2025 UNU-INWEH report entitled “The Drought-Migration-Conflict Nexus: Was the Syrian Civil War Really Caused by Climate Change?” provides a comprehensive reexamination of the commonly held narrative linking Syria’s 2007-2009 drought to the 2011 uprising. Summary of UNU - INWEH Findings The study employs a mixed-methods approach (meteorological analysis,
I have been asked many times why I write my own blog. Why I don’t limit myself to academic papers, project reports, or policy briefs. Why I choose to write publicly, and in my own voice, about water and environmental challenges in Syria. At first, I told myself it
When I packed my bags couple of years ago, I thought I was only leaving home to study. I didn’t realize I was also stepping into a journey that would change me at the deepest level. A PhD sounds like an academic title, but when you do it far
