Syrian Store Tries to Keep Traditional Music Alive
Battling against the tide of modernisation, Mohamad al-Masri has been trying to save the recordings from the golden age of Arabic music.
Battling against the tide of modernisation, Mohamad al-Masri has been trying to save the recordings from the golden age of Arabic music.
A Syrian doctor has developed an unusual music therapy to treat conditions like autism, depression, anxiety and speech impediments in children.
Film makers in Syria are raising their voice against the lack of support and continuing censorship of their work in a country where production of films remains a state monopoly.
Audio slideshow produced during an IWPR workshop for young Syrian journalists held in Damascus, November 2009.
Video produced during an IWPR workshop for young Syrian journalists held in Damascus, November 2009.
Audio slideshow produced during an IWPR workshop for young Syrian journalists held in Beirut, February 2010.
Video produced during an IWPR workshop for young Syrian journalists held in Damascus, November 2009.
Audio slideshow produced during an IWPR workshop for young Syrian journalists held in Beirut, February 2010.
The Barada River, once a source of life for the people of Damascus, is now dried up and polluted but a group of young environmentalists are out to change that.
Young Syrian rappers are starting to appeal to a broad spectrum of Syrian society with many political and social aspirations.