Fighting in #syria sparks new #cultural_scene in #Damascus
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Syrians walk past a decorated wall that won the Guinness World Records award for the largest mural made from recycled material, on March 31, 2014 in Damascus’s al-Mazzeh neighborhood. (Photo: AFP-Louai Beshara) Syrians walk past a decorated wall that won the Guinness World Records award for the largest mural made from recycled material, on March 31, 2014 in Damascus’s al-Mazzeh neighborhood. (Photo: AFP-Louai Beshara)
Since the start of the crisis in Syria, the capital has been experiencing the bourgeoning of a unique kind of cultural scene. Individual and collective initiatives that the authorities once kept in check with an iron fist have a new found freedom. Musical performances, plays, and poetry reading sessions are (...)