Noura al-Ameer al-Jizawi[1] is a Syrian anti-government activist and vice-president of the Syrian opposition.[2] When she was 26, she was jailed for six months imprisoned in Damascus and Homs, released late in 2012.[3]

Biography

In 2016, she and her husband, Bahr Abdul Razzak, were living in Gaziantep, Turkey. She received a suspicious email, and Razzak, a security expert, found evidence she had been hacked by the Iranian government.[4]

She was able to study at the University of Toronto for a masters at the Munk School of Global Affairs through a Scholars-at-Risk scholarship.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Nebehay, Stephanie (March 14, 2017). "Syria a 'torture-chamber', U.N. says in call to free detainees". Reuters. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 "SCHOLAR-AT-RISK: U OF T'S NOURA AL-JIZAWI, A KEY PLAYER IN THE SYRIAN UPRISING, BECAME AN OPPOSITION LEADER". Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  3. ↑ Atassi, Basma (January 25, 2014). "From Syrian prisons to diplomacy in Geneva". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  4. ↑ Satter, Raphael (August 2, 2016). "Experts see Iranian link in an attempt to hack Syrian dissident". AP News. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
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