Today we want to honour the revolutionary and photo journalist 🎗️Khaled Al-Issa🎗️, who left us on this day four years ago, 24th June 2016.

He was one of the youth who decided to stay in Syria and participate in the country’s struggle for freedom. Khaled was born in Kafranbel in the countryside of Idlib, north-western Syria. As the revolution began, Kafranbel became famous for its witty protest banners. Khaled found his way to journalism hoping to convey and document the Syrian people’s struggle and living conditions.

This same day, eight years ago, 🎗️Bassel Shehadeh🎗️ was killed by the Assad regime.

“Imagine, how many times will we have a revolution in our lives? How can I leave a dream that is coming true? And what will I tell my children when they ask me about my work in it?" "Will I answer them “When the revolution started, I left my country and went to take care of my future”. How could there be a future without a free homeland?"

Today, we share with you the beautiful words left by the peaceful activist Ghiath Matar, Syria's "Little Ghandi". He was killed by Assad, but his ode to freedom and to the Syrian revolution will forever remain.

"My brothers and sisters, the free youth of the revolution" "My brothers and sisters, the free youth of the revolution, you who walked with me on the path of freedom during the most beautiful days of my life.

🎗️Muhammad Sa’eed al-Khateeb🎗️hails from the Misqaan, near Tal Rifaat in rural Aleppo. He was the first journalist of Aleppo and its countryside to report with his real name-- not a pseudonym. During the early days of the revolution, he was an English student at Univ. of Aleppo. Muhammad Saeed was a bold libertarian, inclined towards emancipation from the slavery of the Ba’ath regime. He was known for his anti-regime position even before the revolution, refusing to join the Baath Party, which is rare among university students.

🎗Fadwa Suleiman🎗 was an actress from Syria’s Alawite community, and a prominent voice for the Revolution. She was known for her work in radio, theatre and TV shows. When the uprising began, she used her position to speak out against the Assad regime and cross sectarian divides Despite being from the same community as al-Assad, she said that she does not belong to any religious group but to the Syrian people, and outlined the regime’s responsibility in dragging the revolution into sectarianism & militarization, by choosing a brutal military solution

🎗Mashaal Tammo🎗 was a Syrian Kurdish dissident who fought for a pluralistic and inclusive Syria. He was born in 1957 in the city of Derbasiya in the countryside of Hasaka. He graduated with an agricultural engineering degree from Aleppo University. #100faces #9yearsstrong Tammo was a member of the Kurdish Popular Union Party for +20 yrs. In 1999 he co-founded the Committees for the Revival of Civil Society in Syria and the Bedir Khan Cultural Forum, where people discussed political reforms, human rights and issues related to the Kurdish minority.

🎗️May Skaf🎗️ was a Syrian actress, born in Damascus. She had a distinguished career, and acted in many films, plays, and series. She also founded the Teatro Institute of Performing Arts in 2004. #100faces #9yearsstrong Even before the Syrian Revolution, May Skaf was known for her opposition stances as she signed the "Damascus Declaration" in 2005 and then threatened to cut her tongue to make people see what was happening in Syria.

🎗️Hamza Ali Al-Khateeb🎗️ is a Syrian child in the seventh grade from the town of Giza. He was arrested on April 29, 2011 while going to a protest with his family against the siege imposed by the regime on the people of Dara’a. #100faces #9yearsstrong His body was handed over to his family with marks of torture, cigarette burns, wounds of bullets in his arms and chest, broken bones, a broken neck, and mutilated genitals. Other injuries were consistent with the use of electroshock devices and being whipped with a cable.

100 faces, 100 stories, 1 cause. ✊🏼 Meet 100 icons behind the Syrian Revolution. These men, women, and children built and propelled one of the greatest social movements in modern history. 🗣️The Syrian uprising sparked on March 15, 2011. Amidst the Arab Spring and in response to decades of oppression, the Syrian people mobilized for the downfall of the Syrian dictatorship (in power since 1972), an end to pol’ and ec’mc corruption, and freedom for all its people. 🗣️