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The diasporic alienation of Syrian cinema

In the absence of Syrian screening platforms, who is the audience?

By Guevara Namer
The diasporic alienation of Syrian cinema
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This article is part of a dossier in partnership between SyriaUntold and openDemocracy's North Africa, West Asia page, exploring the emerging post-2011 Syrian cinema; its politics, production challenges, censorship, viewership, and where it may be heading next.

My Syrian friends often approach me to ask: "What do you think of this or that movie…of course we didn’t watch it, but you surely did!"

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