‘They’ll hear my voice’: Syrian siblings hearing for the first time

Celine was not old enough in April to get a cochlear implant like her brother, but now she can hear [Ali Haj Suleiman/Al Jazeera]

Reyhanli, Turkey – Celine Abu al-Zumar is nearly four years old, and as she was about to hear for the first time in her life, her mother was near tears.

“In less than three months, the dream became a reality,” Fatima al-Essa exclaimed.