'Syria Speaks is a celebration of a people determined to reclaim their dignity, freedom and self-expression. It showcases the work of over fifty artists and writers who are challenging the culture of violence in Syria. Their literature, poems and songs, cartoons, political posters and photographs document and interpret the momentous changes that have shifted the frame of reality so drastically in Syria.' - from back cover.

Includes an index.

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Onsite

practitioner
Location code
REF.HAM9
Language

English

Publication/Creation date

2014

No of pages

312

ISBN / ISSN

9780863567872

No of copies

1

Content type

anthology

Chapter headings

Introduction

Hama '82

Gateways to a Scorched Land - Samar YAZBEK

Ongoing - Sulafa HIJAZI

The Thieves' Market - Ossama MOHAMMED

Lettuce Fields - Khaled KHALIFA

Revolution 2011; Chicken Liver - Khalil YOUNES

Between the Cultures of Sectarianism and Citizenship - Hassan ABBAS

Banners in the Colour of the Euphrates - Kartoneh

The Art of Persuasion, Photographs by Jens Steingasser - Alshaab Alsori AREF TAREKH, Charlotte BANK

The Symbol and Counter-Symbols in Syria - Zaher OMAREEN

Cartoons by Kagranbel - Mezar MATAR

Mystery Shopper: Interview with Assaad al-Achi - Malu HALASA

Popular Collision - Omar ALASSAD

Lens Young

A Black Cloud in a Leaden White Sky, or Death by Stabs of Sorrow - Ali SAFAR

Literature of the Syrian Uprising - Robin YASSIN-KASSAB

Loneliness Pampers Its Victims - Dara ABDULLAH

Have You Heard the Testimonies of the Photographs, about the Killings in Syria? - Fadia LAZKANI

Regarding the Pain of Others and Damascus 15 Feb 2012 19:47:31 - Jens STEINGASSER

I'm Positively Sure about the Event

Two Cartoons - Ali FERZAT

On the Intellectual and the Revolution: An Interview with Yassin al-Haj Saleh

Cocktail - Comic4Syria

Lifetimes Stolen - Yara BADR

Letter for the Future - Mazen DARWISH

Daily Occurences - Mohamad OMRAN, Golan HAJI

Song in the Revolution

Tashriqa: Prayer for Homs - Faraj BAYRAKDAR

From the Outside Looking In - Daniel GORMAN

Youssef from the Inside, Photographs by Nassouh Zaghlouleh - Youssef ABDELKE

Art & Freedom - Amer MATAR

Syria's Imperfect Cinema - Chad ELIAS

Who Wants to Kill a Million?; Top Goon: Diaries of a Little Dictator - Masasit Mati

A Plate of Salmon is Not Completely Cleansed of Blood - Rasha ABBAS

The Smartest Guy on Facebook - Aboud SAEED

Stencilling Martyrs

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