"Umm Adnan’s pregnancy transformed her from one of those women who live their lives 'normally,' like millions of other women born in those remote villages who marry, give birth and serve their husbands for the rest of their days, into a woman discarded and shunned."
Nearly two years have passed since the announcement of an oil development deal between a little-known American company and governing authorities in northeastern Syria. The months since the deal have seen the Trump administration, which sponsored the agreement, leave office, allowing the new Biden administration to effectively nullify it. However, mystery still surrounds the terms of the 2020 agreement.
Nimat entered an arranged marriage as a teenager and endured years of sexual abuse. Now in Germany, she’s rebuilding her life and relationship with her body.