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12 days, 12 nights in Damascus /

The civil war has raged since 2011 and killed around 250.000 people. Roshak Ahmad is a Kurdish student. In 2013, she films during 12 days of urban combats. In the Al Hajar Al Aswad district, she accompanies the unit of Abu Omar's rebel fighters. They have barricaded themselves in a house. Assad...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ahmad, Roshak (Director, Narrator)
Format: Video
Language:Arabic
Language Notes:In Arabic with English subtitles.
Published: Paris : Windrose SAS, 2017.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Civil war > Syria.
Political violence > Syria > History.
Protest movements > Syria > History.
Syria > History > Civil War, 2011-
Guerre civile > Syrie.
Violence politique > Syrie > Histoire.
Contestation > Syrie > Histoire.
Syrie > Histoire > 2011- (Guerre civile)
Civil war
Political violence
Protest movements
Syria
2011
Documentaries and Factual Films
documentary film.
Documentary films
History
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:The civil war has raged since 2011 and killed around 250.000 people. Roshak Ahmad is a Kurdish student. In 2013, she films during 12 days of urban combats. In the Al Hajar Al Aswad district, she accompanies the unit of Abu Omar's rebel fighters. They have barricaded themselves in a house. Assad's snipers have taken up position just 150 metres across the road. There are no civilians left, only the skeletal remains of houses. We witness a house-to-house battle.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed October 19, 2017).
Physical Description:1 online resource (53 min.)
Playing Time:00:52:07