So that it wouldn’t be said that the people of Kafr Sousseh had expelled the neighborhood’s minorities, I insisted on staying alone without electricity, and sometimes without water, with my...

On Syrian filmmaking, ‘national cinema’ and the role of art amid war

Founded in the wake of the Syrian revolution, Comic4 Syria brought together young Syrian artists hoping to make sense of the violence and everyday brutalities going on in their country.

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“At the revolution's core was the question of self-determination. To what extent can individuals and communities choose how to live on their land, to exercise their power?”

The regime’s lie of reform revealed itself amid increased violence against protesters. And as foreign forces, both with and against the regime, joined the equation, two narratives started to emerge....