AWARDS: SFJ 2020, digital features, CASE 2020, feature writing, AMPA 2020, Finalist
A working physician in his fourth year of residency as a pulmonology specialist at Damascus University, he was enjoying a bright spring day. The passenger window eased down and a bulky man with a shaved head and dark sunglasses motioned to him. “Can I help you?” asked AlMasri, figuring the four men in the car needed directions.
Help? No.
They jumped out of the car, pulled AlMasri’s hands behind his back, ratcheted plastic ties around his wrists, pulled his shirt up to cover his eyes and…
