استطاع نظام البعث منذ توليه السلطة في سبعينيات القرن الماضي أن يحكم قبضته على الفضاء العام فارضاً سيطرته المطلقة، ما أدى إلى إحداث فجوة في الذاكرة السورية امتدت حتى اندلاع الثورة في آذار 2011. In English
Many Syrian activists have
left Syria voluntarily, either being refused permission to return or being
threatened with imprisonment or death. They face an unknown destiny in exile.
Razan Ghazzawi delves into her relationship with her mentor, namesake, and towering figure within the Syrian uprising: Razan Zaitounah. An insight into the complicated and deeply personal relationship with a cause.
"It is the most monstrous thing they can do to the Syrian
people”. Fadwa
Mahmoud, mother, wife and comrade to forcibly disappeared leftist activists,
tells us her story of pain and perseverance on the second anniversary of her family's abduction by the Syrian security forces.
After many
decades of strict control over historical
narratives under the Baathist regime, the uprising broke this hegemony allowing Syrians to
reexamine their inherited history.
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