Syria Speaks (eBook, ePUB)

Art and Culture from the Frontline
Redaktion: Halasa, Malu; Mahfoud, Nawara; Omareen, Zaher

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In Syria, culture has become a critical line of defence against tyranny. Syria Speaks is a celebration of a people determined to reclaim their dignity, freedom and self-expression. It showcases the work of over fifty artists and writers who are challenging the culture of violence in Syria. Their literature, poems and songs, cartoons, political posters and photographs document and interpret the momentous changes that have shifted the frame of reality so drastically in Syria. Moving and inspiring, Syria Speaks is testament to the courage, creativity and imagination of the Syrian people. 'Syria Speaks is a remarkable achievement and a remarkable book - a wise, courageous, imaginative and beautiful response to all that is ugly in human behaviour. This extraordinary anthology gives a voice to those we may have forgotten, or whom we may classify as simply passive and silent victims. The people shown living, dreaming and speaking here are far more than victims and only silent if we refuse to hear them.' A.L. Kennedy 'An extraordinary collection, revealing a dynamic and exciting culture in painful transition - a culture where artists are really making a difference ... You need to read this book.' Brian Eno

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Saqi Books
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780863567926
• Artikelnr.: 41063948

Autorenporträt

Malu Halasa: Malu Halasa is an editor and writer based in London. Her books include The Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie: Intimacy and Design(Chronicle, 2008), with Rana Salam. She co-curated three exhibitions of Syria's art of resistance in 2012-13 in Amsterdam, Copenhagen and London. Zaher Omareen: Zaher Omareen is a Syrian writer, who has worked on independent cultural initiatives in Syria and Britain. He is a PhD candidate in Contemporary Documentary Cinema and New Media at Goldsmiths College, London. Nawara Mahfoud: Nawara Mahfoud is a Syrian freelance journalist who has worked for the New York Times. She blogs for the New Yorker's website, among other publications. She was a co-curator of the Culture in Defiance exhibition in Amsterdam, Copenhagen and London.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction vii Hama '82 1 Gateways to a Scorched Land
Samar Yazbek 2 Ongoing
Sulafa Hijazi 10 The Thieves' Market
Ossama Mohammed 17 Lettuce Fields
Khaled Khalifa 27 Revolution 2011; Chicken Liver
Khalil Younes 36 Between the Cultures of Sectarianism and Citizenship
Hassan Abbas 48 Banners in the Colour of the Euphrates
Kartoneh 60 The Art of Persuasion
Alshaab alsori aref tarekh & Charlotte Bank 66 The Symbol and Counter-Symbols in Syria
Zaher Omareen 84 Cartoons by Kafranbel
Photographs by Mezar Matar 102 Mystery Shopper: Interview with Assaad al-Achi
Malu Halasa 104 Popular Collision
Omar Alassad 112 Lens Young 118 A Black Cloud in a Leaden White Sky
or Death by Stabs of Sorrow
Ali Safar 130 Literature of the Syrian Uprising
Robin Yassin-Kassab 138 Loneliness Pampers Its Victims
Dara Abdullah 145 Have You Heard the Testimonies of the Photographs
about the Killings in Syria?
Fadia Lazkani 149 Regarding the Pain of Others and Damascus 15 Feb 2012 19:47:31
Khaled Barakeh
Photographs by Jens Steingässer 157 I'm Positively Sure about the Event
Rasha Omran 165 Two Cartoons
Ali Ferzat 168 On the Intellectual and the Revolution: An interview with Yassin al-Haj Saleh 172 Cocktail
Comic4Syria 181 Lifetimes Stolen
Yara Badr 192 Letter for the Future
Mazen Darwish 202 Daily Occurrences
Mohamad Omran & Golan Haji 205 Song in the Revolution 210 'Come on Bashar
Get Out!'
Qashoush 211 'Female Refugees'
Monma
Al-Raas and Al Sayyed Darwish 214 The Lure of the Street
Hani al-Sawah 220 Tashriqa: Prayer for Homs
Faraj Bayrakdar 222 From the Outside Looking In
Daniel Gorman 224 Youssef from the Inside
Paintings by Youssef Abdelke
Photographs by Nassouh Zaghlouleh 235 Art & Freedom
Amer Matar & Artists 240 Syria's Imperfect Cinema
Chad Elias & Zaher Omareen 257 Who Wants to Kill a Million?; Top Goon: Diaries of a Little Dictator
Masasit Mati 269 A Plate of Salmon is Not Completely Cleansed of Blood
Rasha Abbas 276 The Smartest Guy on Facebook
Aboud Saeed 279 Stencilling Martyrs 284 Acknowledgements 290 About the Contributors
Translators and Editors 291 Permissions 299 Index 303