SYRIA - Child Artist Dreams of Return to Iraq - 08.20.2007


As we’ve reported recently, children are having a tough time living with the war. This week Hayder introduces us to Sameer Muhammad and is father, Muhammad Rubaie.

Sameer and his father are now refugees living in Damascus. They, like many Iraqis, have been forced to flee their country and taken refugee in Syria. They talk about their lives as artists, and how they are continuing their work despite the circumstances.

For more stories of Iraqis in Syria, please watch this video about the Sadr Movement offering support to Iraqis in Damascus, or this video about the Saeda Zeinab neighborhood in Damascus.

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