Even though we had no formal training, my friends and I became citizen journalists to expose the atrocities committed by the Islamic State. We called the group Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS). We even created a local magazine called Dabaq, a name similar to that of the ISIS magazine Dabeeq. The cover of our magazine was the same as the Islamic State magazine, but inside we published information to discourage residents from joining the terrorist group. Now, when people search for Raqqa on the Internet, instead of finding ISIS propaganda, they find our website listing the abuses carried out by ISIS.

Source: New York Times July 06, 2017 13:52 UTC