UNHCR / ALEPPO RETURNEES

For five years, Khadijah Horo, Um Abdo, sought refuge with her husband and two daughters in four different areas in Aleppo as war ravaged the city. Finally, the family decided to return to their home in eastern Aleppo. UNHCR

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:16
• Production Date: 18 January 2018
• Asset Language: Arabic
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: CONFLICT SITUATION; REFUGEES
• Geographic Subject: SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 2077271
• Parent Id: 2077271
• Alternate Title: unifeed180118b

Description

STORY: UNHCR / ALEPPO RETURNEES
TRT: 01:16
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS

DATELINE: 22 OCTOBER 2017, ALEPPO, SYRIA

Shotlist

22 OCTOBER 2017, ALEPPO, SYRIA

1. Med shot, Khadijah opening door and entering home
2. Pan right, Khadijah’s daughter going inside the room and kissing parents
3. Med shot, family sitting together
4. Med shot, Khadijah reading with daughter
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khadijah Horo, Syrian returnee:
“I went to my house in Al-Safa and found it destroyed.”
6. Med shot, destroyed building
7. Wide shot, elderly man walking down street
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khadijah Horo, Syrian returnee:
“East Aleppo is everything for me. I feel like my soul is here.”
9. Med shot, Khadijah walking down stairs
10. Tracking, Khadijah walking down street
11. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khadijah Horo, Syrian returnee:
“My daughter Nour is going to the school. She’s in the first grade.”
12. Wide shot, women sitting at the UNHCR community centre
13. Med shot, Khadijah at community centre
14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khadijah Horo, Syrian returnee:
“I ask God that I stay healthy to work and provide for them until one becomes a doctor, and the other a teacher.”
15. Wide shot, woman holding bread walking in street
16. Wide shot, young men removing debris
17. Wide shot, damaged buildings

Storyline

For five years, Khadijah Horo, Um Abdo, sought refuge with her husband and two daughters in four different areas in Aleppo as war ravaged the city. Finally, the family decided to return to their home in eastern Aleppo.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khadijah Horo, Syrian returnee:
“I went to my house in Al-Safa and found it destroyed.”

They found shelter in a relative’s house. Many parts of Aleppo look like this. Still, in 2017, 800,000 people returned to their neighbourhoods.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khadijah Horo, Syrian returnee:
“East Aleppo is everything for me. I feel like my soul is here.”

With a sick husband at home, Khadijah has taken on the task of rebuilding the family’s life.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khadijah Horo, Syrian returnee:
“My daughter Nour is going to the school. She’s in the first grade.”

Um Abdo attends awareness counselling sessions at a locally sponsored UNHCR Community Centre in her area. Her daughters attend remedial classes at the same centre.

SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khadijah Horo, Syrian returnee:
“I ask God that I stay healthy to work and provide for them until one becomes a doctor, and the other a teacher.”

There are some 1.2 million Syrian families displaced inside their own country, almost six million people.