Reports
Reports
Ingenuity in
the midst of pain
Mistaken are those who think that Syria
is a country of nothing but war, blood and
death. For despite the violence that has
gripped this country for 3 years, despite its
destruction, there is a nation that loves life and
works to engage with these painful events in
intellectual activities; sometimes through art
and culture. Some of these activities came
to life as a result of the chaos that currently
grips the region, while others existed prior
to these events and have continued to grow
and expand in scope. Through these reports
we hope to shine light on a number of these
activities. On an intellectual, cultural and social
level we have come across initiatives such as
the ‘Syrian Centre for Documentation’, the
cultural organization ‘Directions’, as well as
the ‘Binaa Cultural Forum’. Other initiatives
include the youth group ‘Together, we read’
and from the suburbs of Idlib ‘Saraqib of
Hope’. In the artistic sphere, we came across
films by a young Syrian director; ‘The king
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does not die’, ‘Shakespeare in al-Za’tari’ and
‘Sparkle’. We then left the cultural and artistic
realm to a more virtual one, in ‘A story untold’
and interviews with two bloggers regarding
the issues of blogging. In the media world we
explored new types of media as an alternative
to traditional broadcasting outlets such as
online websites, electronic broadcasts, and
virtual news rooms –three samples of new
media broadcasting that have emerged as a
result of current affairs in Syria.
By: Delta-N reporters