Rayan Hamdoush
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Rayan Hamdoush is an Australian woman, from Sydney, who made her way to the al Hawl refugee camp, in Syria, after the collapse of the so-called Islamic State.[1]
According to press reports Hamdoush traveled to ISIS territory with her husband, Mustafa Hajj-Obeid, who is twenty years her senior.[1] According to The Guardian, her husband is missing.[2]
She gave birth to a boy in the al Hawl camp on November 30, 2019.[1][2] Her son is entitled to Australian citizenship, but that citizenship is not automatic, a formal application for citizenship must be submitted.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Michael Bachelard (2019-12-10). "A new Australian baby born in squalor in a Syrian detention camp". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2019-12-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20191210105022/https://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/a-new-australian-baby-born-in-squalor-in-a-syrian-detention-camp-20191210-p53ioi.html. Retrieved 2021-06-23. "Ms Hamdoush had not known she was pregnant when she left the final battleground of Baghuz, he said. She was in Syria alongside her husband, Sydney man Mustafa Hajj-Obeid."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ben Doherty (2019-12-11). "Birth of boy sparks renewed calls to rescue Australians in Syria's squalid al-Hawl camp". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/11/birth-of-boy-sparks-renewed-calls-to-rescue-australians-in-syrias-squalid-al-hawl-camp. Retrieved 2021-06-23. "Rayan Hamdoush, 24, from western Sydney, was pregnant when she entered al-Hawl. She gave birth to the boy on 30 November. The boy’s father, Mustapha Hajj Obeid, also from Sydney, is missing."
