Gunshots, bombings and scenes of death are images of the war in Syria recreated through the drawings of children here.
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| The paintings reveal the brutal scenes that children witness every day as Syrian cities are bombed and rebels battle the army. They were created by children who have escaped Syria and are being cared for at a rehabilitation centre in Istanbul, Turkey, run by the charity Muntada Aid. "These images tell us about the reality that the war continues in the minds of children," said clinical psychologist Professor Tugba Ozturk. |
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| Hana, 10, drew the skeleton of a dead body she saw in Syria. "Every time I closed my eyes, I saw that man's face. I saw him on the wall of my house. He was always following me. I was so scared," Hana recalled of her nightmares. |
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| Amine, 7, woke up screaming in the middle of the night and couldn't go back to sleep. She drew a picture of her sister's school being attacked by soldiers. |
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| Ahmed, 10, was also severely depressed when he arrived at the centre. He had lost his mother and brother in a shelling in Syria. Ahmed drew a child surrounded by falling bombs. “This boy is very sad but I don’t want to talk about him,” Ahmed said. |
![Bức tranh thoạt nhìn có vẻ tươi sáng là tác phẩm của cô bé Rima, 10 tuổi.]() |
| The seemingly bright painting is the work of 10-year-old Rima. "No one plays with her at school, they call her 'beggar', tell her to 'go home'," Rima said. "The teacher yells at her, no one talks to her, she has no friends and is very sad." |
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| Elin, 8, drew a picture of someone being shot: "It was the first time in my life I saw a dead body lying on the ground." She fled to Türkiye with her mother and two siblings. Her father is still in Syria and they don't know if he is alive or dead. |
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| Muhammed, eight, draws the dangerous sea journey that took him to Türkiye with his mother and two-year-old sister after his father died in the war. "Those men were about to drop bombs and this one was pumping up the boat," he explains. Rebecca Spence, a worker at Muntada Aid, says the war could leave a generation of children with long-term mental health problems. But there are positive signs among the children at the centre. Some draw images of Spiderman or superheroes saving the city. It shows that they are starting to have hope again. |
According to VNE
