Syria in Transition: The Widows of Ghouta

Syria in Transition: The Widows of Ghouta

There is a blue notebook that Abu Ali always keeps on his desk. It is easy to miss among the clutter of civil war memorabilia filling his office in the shattered suburbs of Damascus. But to the widows of Hazeh—the neighborhood where Abu Ali serves as a community leader—the notebook is a lifeline.Twelve names are scrawled down one of its pages. They belong to women whose husbands were either killed or went missing during Syria's 14-year civil war…