Abo Alwan is a multidisciplinary artist, humanitarian activist, and field researcher with a background in analytical psychology. She fled her hometown of Suweida in the first half of 2025, due to death threats from extremist factions and government affiliated forces, shortly before the attacks launched by the Syrian Interim Government and aligned forces.
Abo Alwan has focused on performance, painting, music, and mural art as tools to raise awareness of peaceful communication and to combat discrimination in all forms, especially regarding minorities in the Middle East. She believes art can serve as a powerful tool to advance political and cultural transformation and the betterment of mankind. Abo Alwan graduated from Arab International University with a degree in audio & visual communication. She has continued her study in fine arts, remotely, at the Vienna Academy of Visionary Art, and recently completed her diploma in Jungian psychology from the Jung Centre of Ireland.
When Syrian government forces and aligned fighters attacked the Druze heartland of Suweida, in southern Syria, Abo Alwan worked to raise political awareness of the conflict, documenting the massacres, kidnapping, and sexual violence perpetrated against Druze civilians. She has been active on social media and collaborated with several leading institutions in the analysis and documentation of crimes, including the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Syrians for Truth and Justice, Human Rights Watch, and UN institutions, also serving as a translator and fixer for journalists and researchers during and after the attacks. She has been quoted in Reuters, BBC, the National News, the Globe and Mail, and other outlets, sharing her perspective on developments in Syria and the concerns of the Druze community.