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Winning the FJA award is such an honor!
congrats to all the winners, Huge gratitude to @fjawards for this incredible recognition! Special thanks to @Daraj_media for the support and to @tinyhand5 for believing in the power of every tiny hand's story ,which we'll keep sharing.
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Hadeel Arja writes: There are no official statistics on children killed by family members in Syria. Yet several documented cases reveal warning signs that, had they been taken seriously, might have saved some of these children's lives. These killings were preceded by indications of danger: a complaint, an injury, an intervention by a relative, or a custody decision.
The question is not simply who killed these children, but what happened after the first warning signs emerged.
Over the past few days, we spoke with people close to Jannat, Lujain, and Kinan to understand what happened to them and whether there were opportunities to intervene before the violence turned fatal.
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To read more, see the thread below 👇
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Está curioso sobre a programação do #Jeduca2026?
Um dos temas que será abordado na edição deste ano é sobre como o jornalismo internacional tem dado voz para as crianças em regiões de guerras e com muitos imigrantes.
ALT Card do 10º Congresso Internacional de Jornalismo de Educação da Jeduca anuncia a palestrante confirmada Hadeel Arja. A imagem mostra uma mulher de cabelos longos e escuros, vestindo blazer preto e sentada diante de uma mesa, olhando para a câmera. O texto informa que ela é jornalista investigativa e documentarista síria, fundadora e editora-chefe do Tiny Hand, plataforma de mídia independente que conta histórias de crianças afetadas por conflitos, deslocamentos e violações de direitos humanos. O card também destaca os 10 anos da Jeduca.
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Uma das participantes para falar sobre esse tema será a jornalista síria Hadeel Arja (@Hadeelarja), fundadora e editora-chefe do Tiny Hand.
Em breve, mais sobre a programação! O 10º Congresso Internacional de Jornalismo de Educação acontece nos dias 22 e 23 de setembro.
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تناقش الصحافية هديل عرجة تحقيق "أطفال سوريا المفقودون"، الذي أنجزته مع الزميل خليل عشاوي ونُشر في "درج"، تتبّعت عرجة وعشاوي البنية التي اختفى عبرها أطفال سوريون اعتُقل ذووهم، فانتهى بهم الأمر في دور الأيتام والرعاية التابعة لأسماء الأسد.
يكشف التحقيق عن كمّ العنف الذي تعرّضت له الأسر السورية، وجهود التزوير والتلاعب بالأنساب الذي قامت به المؤسّسات الأمنية في سوريا، بالتعاون مع دور الأيتام ووزارة الشؤون الاجتماعية والعمل.
إنه واحد من أكثر الملفّات مأساوية وحساسية في السياق السوري…
In Bern, Switzerland, during the True Story Festival, I had the opportunity to present our investigation into Syria's missing children.
For the past months, I have been investigating one of Syria's most painful and complex files one that exposes a systematic pattern of enforced disappearance, identity erasure, and family separation.
"Children are often the first victims of conflicts, and the last ones whose stories are fully told."
@tinyhand5 @FrontlineInFocu @khalelashawe
ERASED PAST.. Inside Syria’s Missing Children Files
After more than a year of research, investigation, and gathering documents and testimonies, we publish today our new investigative report that uncovers a side of one of the most complex files in Syria.
The investigation documents how children were separated from their families during the years of the Assad regime, and how some of them had their identities and lineages altered through administrative and legal channels, under a web of procedures and documents that contributed to erasing their true identity.
You can read the full investigation and watch the documentary film via the link in our bio, or through our platforms on YouTube.
Watch:
youtube.com/watch?v=j_3avk1D…
Read:
tinyhand.shorthandstories.co…
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Syria’s Missing Children Under Assad: They Could Walk Past You, and You’d Never Know
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In this investigative report by the Tiny Hand Foundation, journalists Hadeel Arja and Khalil Ashawi trace how children with known identities were assigned new identities and family lineages after their parents were detained or they were separated from their families. The investigation reveals a network of security and social institutions that enabled this system under the Assad regime.
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To read the full article, see the thread below 👇
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✨ These are just some of the incredible journalists, data experts & media leaders from nearly 100 countries who will be at #GIJC25.
🔗 More info & registration twp.ai/4iqOsK
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🇳🇬 @PhilipObaji — jurnalis investigasi
🇨🇲 @NgeungaM — editor regional, @pulitzercenter
🇵🇸 @aselmousa — jurnalis pemenang penghargaan
🇸🇾 @Hadeelarja — co-founder, @FrontlineInFocu
🇹🇼 Sherry Lee — COO, @tw_reporter_org
#GIJC25
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مبروك لخليل العشاوي على فوزه بجائزة التقرير السمعي البصري 👏! تحية لصحافة تنقل صوت الأطفال السوريين في زمن الحرب. وشكر كبير لـ @SK_Eyes و @EUinLebanon على التزامهم بحرية التعبير ودعمهم المتواصل للصحفيين في المنطقة.
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Our Executive Editor, @Hadeelarja , participated in the Women’s Voices Without Borders Forum, where she shared the challenges we face, the technologies we use, and the impactful stories we’ve produced.
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@Hadeelarja says female journalists should not be dragged into social media battles. "Some of them stopped working, stop publishing reports without their names" #VFSFFORUM
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The first European screening of Under the Same Sky, a powerful 360° doc on #Gaza, took place at Norway’s top journalism event, SKUP. Our Executive Editor @Hadeelarja shared the story behind the film and its mission to amplify unheard voices.
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في هذا الشهر الكريم، ومع اقتراب انعقاد مؤتمر بروكسل الأسبوع المقبل، سعدتُ باستضافة الشباب السوري والصحفية البارزة هديل عرجا، إلى جانب أعضاء من المجتمع الدبلوماسي، في ليلة رمضانية تمحورت حول فن السرد القصصي.
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❞عند العمل على أي تحقيق، لا نكتفي فقط بالوثائق بين أيدينا، فهذه الوثائق ما هي إلا البداية. من المهم التوجه إلى الأشخاص المعنيين بهذه الوثائق، وتوثيق شهاداتهم. نحن اليوم في #سوريا بحاجة إلى التعرف بشكل معمق أكثر إلى الصحافة الاستقصائية، ومن المهم أن تكشف تحقيقاتنا عن الجديد، وفي سوريا اليوم، هناك الكثير من الموضوعات التي يمكن العمل عليها❝.
هديل عرجة، صحفية استقصائية - @Hadeelarja
Syria... Children in an Ongoing War أطفال سوريا في حرب مستمرة
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The Dark Truth Behind Syria's Deadliest Prison
For decades, what went on behind the walls of the Sednaya military prison in Syria was largely hidden from the world. But after Bashar al-Assad lost power in 2024, droves of inmates were released. They are now sharing the horrors they experienced in the country's deadliest and most violent prison.
Watch this story, in which Frontline in Focus was part of the production. @FrontlineInFocu
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كما ذكرت @HeleneLeGal، المديرة العامة لشؤون الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا @eu_eeas، بعد زيارتها إلى دمشق، تقف سوريا اليوم بين الأمل والتحديات… وفي هذا الإطار، يجدد الاتحاد الأوروبي دعمه للشعب السوري والتزامه بالعمل مع جميع الشركاء من أجل مستقبل أفضل.
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Very proud of hosting “Under the Same Sky” VR documentary at ARIJ 2024 forum.
After the first screening of "Under the Same Sky", we interviewed participants who experienced the film through virtual reality headsets. The film by @FrontlineInFocu immerses viewers in #Gaza, letting them live through the daily lives and challenges of the people there.
This feedback is from some participants at @ARIJNetwork conference, where we had the opportunity to showcase the 38-minute VR documentary that takes you to #Gaza and makes you question whether we all truly live under the same sky.