“Every image was a victory against the regime”: a Syrian film-maker speaks out
The Paris-born, Damascus-raised director Soudade Kaadan reflects on life under Assad – and looks ahead with hope to a future free from censorship ...
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Effectively Banned by the Government, a Syrian Film Resurfaces
“Stars in Broad Daylight,” with a domineering character who strongly resembles Hafez al-Assad, had one official showing in Damascus. Now it’s been restored. By Ben Kenigsberg On the phone ...
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Syria’s once-empowered Alawite minority faces uncertain future after fall of Assad
In Latakia, the homeland of the Assad's Alawi sect, the enormous statue of former President Hafez al-Assad that sternly watched over this central junction for decades has been cut off at the ankles.
Global Voices Online4d
The fall of symbols: Toppling Hafez al-Assad’s largest statue in Syria
For decades, statues of Hafez al-Assad symbolized power and repression. Today, they fall as Syrians reclaim public spaces ...
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Lessons from Syria’s volatile past for its uncertain future
In 1970, Hafez al-Assad took power in Syria after a coup he dubbed the “Corrective Movement.” This was after years of intense conflict within the Baath Party, beginning with the 1961 coup ...
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Syrians Pose for Photos at Symbolic Attraction: a Colossal Toppled Statue of Hafez al-Assad
A colossal statue of Hafez al-Assad was once a powerful symbol of Syria’s ruling regime, looming over the Damascus-Aleppo highway. Now, like that regime, it is toppled, and Syrians have been ...