Freedom—Ruminations of a Syrian Refugee
It is obvious that we will never forget; but it is unclear how to proceed with “un-forgetting" writes Reem Alghazzi on her experience of the Syrian revolution.
Reem Alghazzi
Reem Alghazzi, a Syrian documentary filmmaker and writer, lived through the entire Syrian war. She was imprisoned twice for her political stance against the current regime. Her films have been screened at international and local festivals, and several of her texts have been published in Arab-language newspapers. She established the Stories Film Lab, a filmmaking training laboratory for young directors in Damascus. She holds a degree in literature and theatre criticism from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts and English literature from the University of Damascus. Currently, she is co-teaching a course on exile, migration, culture, and documentary filmmaking at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, U.S.A.
Manal Shalaby is an Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature. Her research interests include mythology and folklore, posthumanism, film and media. She has published articles in ArabLit, John Libbey’s Scaled for Success, Peter Lang’s companion The Deep, and several academic journals. Currently, she is a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence at DePauw University in Indiana.