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When Leila was a young
girl in Syria, her
family grew cotton
and wheat on
their land in
the countryside
south of
Aleppo.
Leila, 16
Household size: 10
Occupation in Syria: Student
Birthplace: Southern Aleppo Province, Syria
Current location: Zahlé District, Lebanon
Soon after the war started, there was heavy shelling in the area and
her father was injured, so her family decided to flee to Lebanon.
Ten years later, Leila is 16 years old and her family of ten lives
in a small two-room apartment in the Beqaa Valley of Lebanon.