A Small Group of Syrians
FJP: Syrian photographer Jaber Al Azmeh’s latest work takes the government’s newspaper to share the revolution’s thoughts. It’s quite astounding.
The project’s description, as found on Azmeh’s Facebook page:
A small group of Free Syrians offer their words…. This project takes on one of the Syrian Government’s most prominent symbols – The Ba’ath Newspaper – as part and parcel of the Baath Security State – and here turns it upside down to be a surface of new thoughts written by the Syrian people thus overturning the daily chronicle of government lies. We emphasize also that the comments are directed not particularly to the Ba’ath but rather to ‘The Regime’ itself. Each participant was invited to use the news paper or write some words to symbolize his or her thoughts within the general idea of the revolution. Those are Syrians; Here are their words. This project began from the earliest months of the revolution. It was a time when the camera was, and continues to be, one of the revolution’s most important weapons. It was also important to work in simple and easily accessible ways while remaining discreet and not attracting too much attention. Participating in this project gave birth to new friendships, as has the revolution itself, in bringing together diverse Syrian individuals and their talks of revolution and freedom with all the complex emotional mix they entail – ecstasy, sadness and determination – they proudly express their allegiance to the one homeland, Syria.
(H/T to kawrage for the original Tumblr post)
457 notes
-
sailingstormysunsetskies likes this
-
arevka likes this
-
pineapplewino reblogged this from thepoliticalnotebook
-
peppidyme likes this
-
cherrysuleman likes this
-
coffeeisforpussies reblogged this from concretenothings
-
shm00s likes this
-
dancefloorpolitician reblogged this from intersectionalityis4lovers
-
dancefloorpolitician likes this
-
intersectionalityis4lovers reblogged this from thepoliticalnotebook
-
noorhafez likes this
-
demoniospropios reblogged this from thepoliticalnotebook and added:
EN SIRIA
-
demoniospropios likes this
-
moreleftthannot reblogged this from iamacollectionofmiscellanyandtea
-
eddietg likes this
-
puellapulcherrima reblogged this from ipraiksaas
-
watercoloredpots reblogged this from ya-lahwi
-
iamacollectionofmiscellanyandtea reblogged this from ya-lahwi
-
sarah-ashraf likes this
-
elektrokardiogrammatology likes this
-
ipraiksaas reblogged this from batasoda
-
faisal-j likes this
-
idterab likes this
-
batasoda reblogged this from ya-lahwi
-
ya-lahwi reblogged this from banaati
-
ya-lahwi likes this
-
adulationandaversion reblogged this from aloofshahbanou
-
toiletdemon likes this
-
thentheysaidburnher likes this
-
aloofshahbanou reblogged this from banaati
-
electricsoulmachine likes this
-
unshakableandassured likes this
-
thedecemberkid reblogged this from syriaonmymind
-
fanshii likes this
-
sheissaa reblogged this from syriaonmymind
-
thearcanetheory likes this
-
syriaonmymind reblogged this from kawrage
-
yasminekhalil likes this
-
westsalem likes this
-
amillionparachutes reblogged this from banaati
-
thetproject reblogged this from labaneh-lover
-
madeitwork reblogged this from banaati
-
labaneh-lover reblogged this from se7enhours
-
aloofshahbanou likes this
-
opiumjoy reblogged this from banaati
-
kalisherni likes this
-
banaati reblogged this from kawrage
-
banaati likes this
- Show more notes
