Salwa Hannan

Salwa Hannan: There is not enough money for food or heat. They can barely afford the rent in their Istanbul apartment, according to The Star. Read more on thestar.com: Salwa Hannan sits on a torn, brown plaid couch beside her daughters Roqyyah, 8, and Ameena, 12, and she cries. Hannan cries because her 13-year-old son, Ghadeer, works all day in a garment factory along with his father, Ali. And because Ameena has been forced to work in an underwear factory. And because Roqyyah, with green eyes and a pink ribbon in her hair, lost her hearing after a bomb went off near their Damascus home two years ago. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.