Amina lives with her family of 11 in an abandoned mill in the countryside of Tal Tamar, in the Syrian northeastern province of Hasakah. After being displaced from their home near Ras al-Ain in 2019, the family lived in the open for many months until they found this place. But they now risk being expelled by its owner.

This is the first episode of “The Hope to Return,” a podcast series by Syria Direct.