article_snippet: (CNN)I was finishing my studies when the war began four years ago.
article_snippet: Three years ago, my family was forced to flee our home near Damascus, in east Ghouta.
article_snippet: Thankfully, our got out before chemical warfare was used there.
article_snippet: our stayed in Syria for the next year, moving from one house to another, from one village to another.
article_snippet: When you feel unsafe in a place that is being bombed nearly every day, you eventually must make a choice: our was to leave.
article_snippet: I've thought of returning to Syria.
article_snippet: When our arrived in Jordan, I thought I would return soon to Syria -- in only a few weeks.
article_snippet: In Syria, I was responsible to my parents, now I am responsible for my parents.
article_snippet: One day, I will tell theirs of the crisis we faced in the Syria that I left.
article_snippet: we must be aware of this history, and learn from this history.
article_snippet: My question to the U.S. people and the international community is this: Imagine your life has been turned upside down after you lose everything in a matter of hours:
highlights_snippet: Four years of war means four years without schools and education in Syria .
  