Celebrating the anniversary of Syria's independence I would like to share with you BBC Documentary : The Syrian School "Via : Mohamed Shohaieb"
BBC Four aired last February a series from 5 episodes about four Syrian schools but believe me the documentary is far from education , it is more about the socioeconomic and political changes in Syria. It is narrated by Khalid Abdullah , his voice is great I must say.
Each episode covers a certain group of students in Damascus , here is a synopsis about each episode in BBC websites :
Here is the first episode : Changing school
If you are interested enough ,you can download the rest of the episodes here.
Of course as it was filmed in Syria , in an Arab country it was normal to be staged when it comes to schools as Asama El-Assad would not show up surprisingly at the Zakia Al Arsouzi Girls' school without knowing that BBC filming there !!! Nor would that school headmistress Amal Hassan would go debating with a new student coming from the Sharia school over the headscarf on the second day school which is the official day of the school as it seems in Syria. people in the west must know that the regime during the Baath hard time of Hafiz Al-Assad used to fight aggressively all sorts of religious symbols in a disgusting way in a country known for its conservatism whether for Muslims or Christians.
I like Maya so much , yes she is being brainwashed by the Baath shitty activities but she seems to be cool. Sarah , the head of the girls' union and the future Baath leader should rethink about her life's choice as the Baath party will not open the doors of heaven for her. I can't deny that I felt so angry from Sarah's father who is humiliating her in front of the whole world , the girl wanted to cry for God sake when her dad was complaining about how fat she is.
I wish all the luck to Youssef and his brothers also his little adorable nephews , hopefully he will be a famous footballer playing for Iraq regardless of Jaramana Boys' School's Sue Sylvester's basketball craze !! In fact I wish that he would return back again to a peaceful Iraq.
Thank goodness that BBC has not chosen yet Egypt to feature in its future documentary series.
Shitty regime or not, Syria, with all the sanctions and refugee influx is far better, prouder, more honourable than the government in Egypt - even with the American Aid !!! A corpse, that has sold out and has been prostituting itself for a generation. I, as a Palestinian adore Egypt and its Mild - mannered people like my late father before me. But as I grow older, I fear and rend my heart that I and my generation are to pass away with THAT illusive goal of all Arabs in tatters, thanks to Kissingers famous strategic coup of removing THE CENTRE OF GRAVITY FROM THE EQUATION.
ReplyDeleteIs this the same school that featured in the documentary? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15104858
ReplyDeleteSeems the regime likes to showcase this particular girls' school.