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Rama Jarmakani
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Rama Jarmakani

Reporter, DW Middle East and North Africa.

German-Syrian journalist based in Berlin, reporting for DW's Middle East and North Africa programs

Skip next section Featured stories by Rama Jarmakani

Featured stories by Rama Jarmakani

Bar owner Kifah Zainie is seen here standing close to woman at his bar in Damascus

Damascus bars dare to reopen after fall of Assad

Despite fears the future could see an end to personal freedom, some barkeeps have risked reopening their establishments.
SocietyDecember 31, 202403:44 min
Skip next section Stories by Rama Jarmakani

Stories by Rama Jarmakani

Ali al-Bee, a former detainee in Saydnaya prison, speaks to DW in Damascus, Syria

Syrians imprisoned under Assad reunite with families

Syrians imprisoned under Assad reunite with families

Under Bashar Assad, thousands disappeared into Syria's prison system. Now, some are being reunited with loved ones.
ConflictsJanuary 3, 202503:31 min
A crowd of people, some holding up signs

Civil society seeks role in shaping post-Assad Syria

Civil society seeks role in shaping post-Assad Syria

Since the fall of Bashar Assad's regime, civil society advocates are raising their voices about Syria's future.
PoliticsJanuary 1, 202502:47 min
Rights organizations are calling on Syria's new rulers to protect the rights of women and minorities

What women hope for in a new Syria

What women hope for in a new Syria

DW's Aya Ibrahim and Rama Jarmakani have been talking to women who are fighting for a better future.
EqualityDecember 19, 202404:05 min
Berlin Museum für Islamische Kunst | Führung für Flüchtlinge

Multaka provides tours of museums in Berlin to refugees

Multaka provides tours of museums in Berlin to refugees

A project in Berlin aims to provide newly-arrived Arabic-speaking refugees free tours of museums in Germany's capital.
SocietyJune 14, 2017
My picture of the week MPOTW

My picture of the week | Heartbreaking pictures from Syria

My picture of the week | Heartbreaking pictures from Syria

DW's Rama Jarmakani says that the world is doing nothing to stop the war. Watching these pictures breaks her heart.
SocietyApril 6, 201701:44 min
Rama Jarmakani, journalistischer Trainee aus Syrien, Pilotprojekt der Aus- und Fortbildung

A Syrian journalist in Germany

A Syrian journalist in Germany

When Syrian journalist Rama Jarmakani traveled to Germany in 2015 for a training course, she planned to go back home in Damascus afterwards. But then she got word that the regime's secret police were looking for her - and it would be safer not to return to Syria.
ConflictsMarch 31, 201710:08 min
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