He was one of the most active doctors in Al Ghouta after the 2013 chemical weapons attack. When the uprising in Syria began in 2011, he treated injured protestors and adopted the pseudonym Sakhr to avoid being identified by the Assad regime and its supporters. Salim is a general surgeon and previously volunteered in the medical rescue and relief of civilian victims of the Iraq war as well as the Lebanese-Israeli war in 2006. He also works closely with Samaher as he performs the most difficult surgeries at the Cave, always with classical music playing on his mobile phone.ĭr. Amani, he and makes it clear to everyone that he respects and believes in her. In the early days of the 2011 uprising, he adopted a pseudonym, Sakhr, which means “rock.” And he is very much the rock his colleagues can always count on: calm, supportive, loyal. Salim Namour is the oldest doctor working at the Cave, as well as the most experienced. She was forcibly displaced to northern Syria in 2018 and currently lives in Turkey.ĭr. She kept detailed journals about the attack and the days that followed, and wrote and blogged about the attack’s impact on people and the environment. Amani’s life and perspective as she worked in rescue and relief operations. The 2013 chemical attack on Al Ghouta altered Dr. She began treating children - particularly those who were injured under bombardment in remote areas of the province - in emergency rooms. She began studying for her specialty in pediatrics but abandoned her studies to help the people of Al Ghouta, who were coming under attack from the Assad regime. Amani was born and raised in Eastern Al Ghouta and completed her general medical studies at the University of Damascus in 2012. She lives her beliefs, too, whether she’s encouraging little girls to see themselves as important and capable, or offering jobs to civilian women who need a means of income.ĭr. She fights back against the patriarchal conservatism that designates women as weak and inferior to men, and is staunchly committed to standing up for women’s rights to live and work as they choose.
Amani is a compassionate and reassuring figure to the infants and children she treats, and to their parents. Meanwhile, she continued to work as a pediatrician, tending to the constant stream of sick and injured children who needed treatment. Amani contended with the grave realities specific to running a hospital under siege conditions: finding solutions to equipment and medicine shortages protecting the structure itself by adding aboveground and underground fortifications and, above all, ensuring the safety of patients and staff. Amani Ballour was only 29 when her colleagues elected her to oversee the Cave in 2016. This is the first level in the Subspace Emissary that does not introduce new enemies.A natural leader and problem solver, Dr.For the whole level, Step: The Cave plays.Meanwhile, Ganondorf is in his control room when he receives a new message from Master Hand. The four heroes look on in despair while Kirby investigates a Dedede Brooch that had fallen off the princess earlier.Īfterwards, two R.O.B.s activate a Subspace Bomb that pulls King Dedede's castle, along with the trophies of Dedede, Luigi, and Ness into Subspace. Bowser barely manages to escape with the trophy by riding on his personal vehicle. Instead of Dedede and the trophies however, they find Bowser and only the trophy of Peach/Zelda, the former of whom had infiltrated the castle earlier. The whole stage is littered with booby traps that can crush the smashers. This level starts with a cutscene depicting the group finding a hole in the wall of Dedede's Castle leading into the cave. The stage follows the events of The Lake Shore, in which Dedede fled the group with the trophies of Ness, Luigi, and either Peach or Zelda, based on the player's initial rescue during Midair Stadium. The stage consists of Pit, Mario, Link, Yoshi, and Kirby continuing their pursuit of King Dedede.