In this episode, we listen to the story of Heba —a mother, a social worker, and a survivor. Detained twice by the Assad regime,Heba shares her harrowing experiences in Syrian prisons and the psychologicaltoll they inflicted.

She speaks with honesty and grace about family tensions, the cost of dissent, the gendered dimensions of detention, and the emotional weight of losing friends to the prison system.

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Syrian psychiatrist Dr. Jalal Nofal shares his harrowing prison memories, spanning from the 1980s to 2014. Accused of opposing the Assad regime, Dr. Nofal endured various forms of torture and witnessed firsthand the devastating psychological toll Syrian prisons take on detainees.

Drawing from his experiences as both a prisoner and a psychiatrist, Dr. Nofal provides profound insights into how detention, torture, and dehumanization affect the mental health of prisoners. He explains the behavioral changes people undergo to survive such unimaginable conditions in Syria's notorious prisons.

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The Shell: Prisons of Syria is coming soon...

Stay tuned to uncover the untold stories of survival, loss, and resilience through interviews with former detainees of Syrian prisons under the Assad regime.

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