 I remember growing up as a teenager, and every day I would come back from school, Syria would be on the news. I would see images of destroyed cities, bombs, and people lying severely wounded in hospitals. And I would think to myself, how is anybody still alive in that country? If you had told me back then that I, as a young woman, would travel to Damascus alone, I probably would have laughed in your face. My name is Zaynab Amy. I'm a British revert to Shia Islam, and I'm going to Syria to complete the pilgrimage of Lady Zaynab, the granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him and his family. And I want to take you all there with me.