Abu Firas

Rebel fighters eat in the Damascus suburb of Arbeen October 6, 2014.

Some Syrian rebels struggle to separate their real identities and their nom de guerre

Conflict

When reporter Raja Abdulrahim interviewed Syrian rebels about the war in Syria, she asked them for their names. Soon she found out that many of them are stuck between their identities before the war and the one after.

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