Fairlawn Avenue United Church and Jana Joudy

Abu Sitta: Leaving Syria The Syrian widow has been looking for a fresh start for her family since the day she, the twins and her husband Ghassan were driving home outside Damascus on Jan. 13, 2013, according to Huffington Post Canada. A sniper bullet pierced the car and Ghassan was killed. You are my family," she said, gesturing to her sponsors at Fairlawn Avenue United Church helping to sponsor the family. "Now I have brothers, sisters." Abu Sitta eight-year-old twins, Jana and Joudy, play next to a Christmas tree Sunday, as their mother recounts the journey that brought them to Toronto, using English words she began learning nine months ago. It unclear exactly who was responsible, but Abu Sitta said that she knows she has since been blacklisted by Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad regime for her work documenting human rights abuses. Buildings are damaged after Assad regime forces rocket attack to Yarmouk refugee camp on April 7, 2015 in Damascus, Syria. She, the twins, and her 21-year-old fled to their home in Yarmouk, a permanent refugee camp for Palestinians just outside Damascus in Syria. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.