Routine life can often be a graveyard for our dreams without being aware of that, the boredom and delay that many fall into can be one of the most serious problems that may not be seen or quickly realized.
The story of Baraa and her insistence on achieving her ambition can be an important experience for everyone who tries to achieve their dreams in the light of the difficulties we face in our simple daily lives.

“Inspiration is the luck of the skill, Should it strive” With this phrase, our heroine for this month summarized her success story, Baraa AL-Trn, a young Syrian woman. She entered the field of writing strongly, and proved herself with a beautiful promise that will be fulfilled by releasing her first book, titled “Fourteen sad faces” The book will be published soon by the “ALmutawassit House”.

Who is Baraa?

A young Syrian woman, born in 1995, studied law at Damascus University. So, I am now a lawyer and writer.

How and when did you take the first steps in the world of writing?

I started writing in the fifth grade of primary school, with the great support of the Arabic teacher, who openly expressed her vision of an amazing ability I have in writing expression topics, and this statement and support may be from the teacher, and this was the first step in the world of writing.

The first real step was in 2019 within the “Innocence” page in the Syrian Al-Ayyam newspaper, which is an independent Syrian newspaper that was published on a weekly basis.

What difficulties did you face and how did you overcome them?

Baraa talks about the most prominent difficulties she faced during her journey to prove herself in the world of writing, and comes first, the challenges of daily life in Syria, from power outages, followed by turning off the “laptop” at critical moments, such as your need to finish a job you started or The moment of revelation or a moment of inclusion in the story must not be interrupted.

They are insurmountable difficulties, so the only solution is to accept them and adapt to them. Difficulties of another kind, manifested by anxiety and fear of failure, which are natural feelings that every person experiences, especially when he approaches the realization of his biggest dream, with moments of fatigue and anger directed at me, but the most difficult are the moments when a person feels that he wants to give up but to overcome them is a great victory.

What are your tips for everyone who is still looking for the way?

I don’t have a ready-made book of advice that I can give to others who would like to go through the same experience. Everyone has their own story, their own unique experience, and a journey with its hardships and accomplishments, but the important thing is not to give up.

What is the difference between a successful and an ordinary person from the point of view of your experience?

In fact, I see that the successful person is the one who decides to give more time and make more effort to achieve his dream. Here, I would like to mention a sentence by the poet Mahmoud Darwish:  “Inspiration is the luck of the skill, Should it strive”

The measure of success for me is always related to skill and effort. As for her goals, Baraa said: “I have a permanent goal to say that we, as Syrians, still exist, and our dreams are still big, and we will find the ways that will lead us to it in the end.”

From the Uplifting Syrian Women family, we wish Baraa every success in her life, and in all her steps, and we are happy and proud to shed light on her inspiring success story.

‏♀️ Uplifting Syrian Women Initiative aims at sustainable peace building in Syria through targeting women and providing them with free online courses, workshops, discussion sessions and trainings, with a view to achieving the goals of Gender Equality, Quality Education and Decent Work and Economic Growth, which all fall into the interest of society as a whole and serve the purpose of rebuilding it.

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