"There is profound power as a documenter. You do have the ability to make a survivor’s perspective of their experience feel better or worse. You can leave a survivor feeling that they are worthwhile or that they are dirty. It’s incredible power. You can bring us accountability and bring justice to our lives, or bring us more trauma."
"Only 1% of survivors can stop a documenter and say they don’t understand. Whenever a survivor is asked to speak to a documenter, they feel obligated to talk with them. From a survivor, it would be due to our inferiority complex. We are poor and don’t give ourselves that value. That has an impact on information given to a documenter too. We are not able to give all information."
"I had the experience of talking with a journalist who wanted to talk to me as a former detainee. The experience of talking to her destroyed me because she did not believe what I was saying. Mostly because she does not know the Syrian context. Then I decided to cut off any communication with any parties wishing me to disclose what happened to me."