Education Jan 27 Air strike threats don’t deter these Syrian children from going to school By Ali Rogin, Morgan Till, Dan Sagalyn
Arts Jul 02 This traveling clown troupe brings moments of joy to Syrian refugees Clown Me In is a Beirut-based clowning group that performs for young Syrian refugees. By Corinne Segal
Arts Jun 11 Stranded in a refugee camp, this Syrian photographer teaches budding artists Syrian refugee Mohamad Khalf, 25, photographs life in Zaatari while teaching photography workshops to other refugees. By Corinne Segal
World Mar 11 Watch 5:53 Surrounded by violence, Syrians seek solace in art As the fighting in Syria approaches a fifth year, leaving hundreds of thousands dead and displaced, the nation’s artists have sought ways to respond to the destruction of their homeland. Some try to tell the stories of their fellow Syrians,… By PBS NewsHour
Arts Feb 12 Exiled Syrian artist Tammam Azzam paints haunting images of his destroyed homeland After completing "Storeys," a large-scale abstract painting project based on photographs from Syrian cities, Tammam Azzam has seen enough: buildings gutted by bombs, empty streets, a sense of stillness. By Corinne Segal
Feb 03 Using only materials from a refugee camp, artists recreate Syria’s lost treasures By Corinne Segal Palmyra, Syria, was invaded by the Islamic State last year. But the ancient city was still standing in the winter of 2014 when Mahmoud Hariri began recreating it in clay and wood. Continue reading
Jan 21 ‘Imagine our helpless feeling’ — a Syrian writer’s plea to the world By Corinne Segal Read two new stories from Najat Abdul Samad, a writer living in Syria who has emerged as one of the most striking voices in Syrian literature today. Continue reading
Jan 04 Syrian filmmakers tell the stories you aren’t hearing about the Syrian war By Corinne Segal A group of Syrian documentary filmmakers is working to put a human face to a conflict defined by numbers. Continue reading
Dec 07 Refugee life is hard enough on a kid, this artist is trying to brighten up their school By Corinne Segal More than 2.6 million Syrian children are not in school, many of them having left in the midst of a war now in its fifth year. Continue reading
Nov 20 WATCH: The psychological toll of Syria’s war in one breathtaking minute By Corinne Segal Filmmaker and dancer Amer Albarzawi was living in Raqqa, Syria, two years ago as it became the stronghold of the Islamic State. Continue reading