Noura is a Syrian human rights lawyer and the co-founder and director of Nophotozone Foundation, an NGO providing legal assistance to victims of arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance and their families. The organisation was established in honour of Noura’s husband, activist Bassel Khartabil Safadi, who was arrested by Syrian government forces in 2012 and executed in 2015. Noura authored “Waiting…”, a collection of poetry and prose she wrote to her husband while he was detained. In 2018, Amnesty International named Noura among “8 kick-ass women standing up for our rights”.