Zahida and her husband Faisal Alkhaled were living with their family in Suran in the Hama district.

Rose and her family were living near Homs in a village called Karm Cham Cham. She was married and had two children, one who was studying in Year Six and the other who was four years old and hadn’t yet started school.

Previously, Micheline lived in Homs with her parents and her brother.  Her father worked as a joiner in the building.

Aysha is a young 21 year old girl studying at a university in Turkey. She left Syria in 2013 with her family following the war.

Mohamed Marwan and his wife Lamyaa Dada have three children - the oldest Mohamed Nour, then Alaa, 24, and the youngest Jawad who is 16.

Issa Malek Kubrisi

Issa Malek and his brother George are 23 and 22 years old. Their father, Malek, died in 2010 from complications of diabetes. Their mother, Josephine, is currently 56 years old.