Raqia Hassan 'will never be forgotten’ for standing up to ISIS

Raqia Hassan risked her life by openly criticising ISIS on Facebook. Her friends, family, and fellow activists remember her determination to tell the world the grim truth about life in Syria. 

IN JULY 2015, Ruqia Hassan posted a message on her Facebook page: “Greetings to every girl celebrating Eid in her pyjamas!”

It was the kind of dig her followers loved; a sarcastic acknowledgment that small pleasures — such as wearing new clothes on Eid — had become impossible since Raqqa, a small city on the north bank of the Euphrates river, had turned into the dark heart of the Islamic State.