An Artistic Uprising: 3 Collectives Re-framing the Syrian Conflict

3 COLLECTIVES RE-FRAMINGTHE SYRIAN CONFLICT

ANARTISTICUPRISING

James St. John [CC BY 2.0]

WHAT

From cartoonists to filmmakers, artists

across Syria have utilised their craft to

formulate a human response to the

ONGOING crisis...

All three of t

hese collectives

frequently o

perate under c

onditions

of anonym

ity to

protect t

heir

members...

WHERE

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ABOUNADDARA

Perhaps one of the most prolificcollectives, Abounaddara has been

publishing a short-film every week sinceMay 2011 and has over 400 to date.

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"Abounaddara"meaning...

LENS YOUNG

This loose coalition ofamateur andprofessional

photographers document,often covertly, various

cities in Syria

COMIC4SYRIA

comic4syria has been a fertile ground for

comics covering a range of topics from

political satire, to cartoons criticising

the lack of international support.

comic4syria started as a

facebook group in 2012

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