(deutsch) This very brief account of the long and eventful history of Syria should serve to clarify and to develop a better understanding of the country’s origins. Ancient Syria was included under the heading „The countries of Syria“ (bilad …
(deutsch) The Syrian population consists of about 88% Muslims and 12% Christians. However, this classification is not as simple as it may sound at first. Syria is characterized by a variety of religious and ethnic groups. The Christian population alone …
(deutsch) [slideshow post_id=“178″ rel=“lightbox“] Damascus Legend has it that the Prophet Muhammad was travelling out of Mecca when he glanced down the mountains to Damascus, and refused to go there because he only wanted to enter Paradise once after his …
(deutsch) Watching the news on TV or reading the latest reports in newspapers about Syria is shocking, and often enough leaves one with a feeling of paralysis. The war seems far away for somebody enjoying life in Europe and, after …
(deutsch) A Syrian friend here in Germany mentioned Mahmoud (name changed) one day some months ago. Living in Damascus, he made incredible efforts to support refugee families coming into his neighbourhood. As the area was closed by checkpoints of the …
(deutsch) I met Bayan in Aleppo. She’s a young and strong woman helping in a hospital every day with the urge to support the revolution and to help people suffering from the brutality of war. Here’s a link to a …
(deutsch) The question “What can I do?” is often best answered with an urge to donate, to give a bit of oneself, be it money or goods. Besides big organisations with complex, efficient structures like the UN refugee agency (http://donate.unhcr.org/) …
(deutsch) Al-Jazeera, English, from 16/11/2011:http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NfTNmYETMLc Al-Jazeera, English, from 10/11/2011:http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wXBQMfl4ZAY ARD (German TV) from 25/10/2011:http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_KhU6O1VQnA ZDF (German TV) from 17/08/2011:http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=4qbqOAM7HKI
(deutsch) [slideshow post_id=“4″ rel=“lightbox“] Tamer was born in 1977 in a small village near Suwayda, a city in the South-West of Syria. He moved to Damascus to study Arabic literature and journalism at the city’s University. He was a joint …
[slideshow post_id=“130″ rel=“lightbox“] (deutsch) (العربية) Some very touching obituaries were published all over the world after Tamer’s death. You can read and watch some of them here: – in German on ZDF: http://www.zdf.de/ZDFmediathek/beitrag/video/1729846/Trauer-um-Tamer-Al-Awam#/beitrag/video/1729846/Trauer-um-Tamer-Al-Awam – in Arabic on Al Arabia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Cog2xK3yo1k …
Claudia Ruff writes about her last days with Tamer Alawam in Syria: We arrived in Aleppo on August 28th, finding the city in a state of war, with bombing and shelling going on 24 hours a day. People were trying …
(italiano) Mariangela Sglavo wrote an article (also published on the Italian website sirialibano.com) about her experience of the death of a dear friend of hers, seen through the cold screen of a laptop. Have you ever been confronted with the …
Producer Jan Heilig writes about his friend: I met Tamer on a demonstration for Syrian freedom at the beginning of 2011 in Berlin. I saw him with a cameraman, and he saw my camera, so we soon came into contact. …
(deutsch) (italiano) The Internet connects up the world in an exemplary manner. It can happen that you encounter people online who are closer to you than you could imagine. Here is an article written by Valentina Perniciaro, an Italian girl …
(deutsch) The German theater group Basamat also published an obituary. Here the German text and the link below: Zum Tod des syrischen Regisseurs Tamer Alawam 10. September 2012 von Marteng Halle(Saale), 10.09.2012 In Trauer und tiefer Anteilnahme an Tamer …
(deutsch) Did you know Tamer? Tell us all your stories about this very special man by writing to us! We will be happy to publish your memories here.
(deutsch) The first cinema co-production with a country that does not exist yet: the FREE Syria. Directed by Syrian filmmakers themselves – not just about the Syrian revolution, not from the outside, but from within! (Produced by a German independent …
(deutsch) This very touching film, first published on Arabic TV channels in August 2012, was presented as „23min smuggled from Aleppo“ at Alexandria Film Festival. Tamer received a memorial price for his courage in his media work. It was also …
(deutsch) 2009 written and first published in Arabic and English for the Danish Culture Center in Damascus, this very modern screenplay not only describes the oppressive system in Syria from the perspective of a hounded man, enduring torture and isolation, …
(deutsch) Tamer Alawam wrote many poems and presented them on stage in Damascus over several years. One of his last lyric works was a song he wrote for the revolution. Here is the link to listen to his words, with …