Loubna Mrie

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Loubna Mrie

Loubna Mrie ( Arabic لبنى مرعي, DMG Lubnā Marʿī ; * January 25, 1991 in Jabla ) is a Syrian civil rights activist .

Life

She comes from an Alawite family, her father is a senior official in the Air Force's secret service . Her parents separated when she was 10 years old. After her parents separated, she grew up with her mother and attended Latakia University when the riots broke out.

With her mother's consent, but against her father's will, she joined the protest movement and left Latakia to take part in demonstrations in other parts of the country, sustaining a gunshot wound. She supported the rebels first with the transport of food and medical aid, then also with the smuggling of ammunition. She also tried to promote the aims of the revolution in the Alawite community and spoke to victims of troops loyal to the government. After her father issued an arrest warrant against her, she fled to Turkey in August 2012. While on the run, she gave an interview to the FSA rebels, which was uploaded to YouTube . Mrie also worked on the exploitation of films smuggled out of Syria on cell phones.

Her mother was then kidnapped on August 11, 2012, according to her belief at the instigation of her father, who broke off all contact with her. After that, she was only able to contact her mother once by phone. According to her own account, she received news from a friend on November 2 that her mother had been killed. Her father is said to have boasted of the deed towards his brothers. In a statement to the BBC , her father described her allegations as inaccurate and called his daughter a "traitor".

She currently lives in New York , where she is studying Middle East Studies at the University of New York .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The National, UAE, September 20, 2012
  2. ↑ a b Video, The Guardian, November 11, 2012
  3. ↑ Interview with Amira Asad , Vice.com
  4. ↑ a b c d The Guardian, November 11, 2012
  5. ↑ a b Arte TV Blog, September 25, 2012
  6. ↑ Akşam, November 13, 2012
  7. ↑ Syria conflict: 'My father wants me dead', BBC News, May 2, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Mrie, Loubna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Syrian civil rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Jabla