Following more than five decades of repression under the Assad regime, these artists are seizing the moment of cultural ...

In the heart of a healing Damascus, creativity has carved out an unlikely refuge. A once-abandoned building – left skeletal ...

“It might take time as we are still paying the debts Assad left behind, but Syria’s history shows that nothing can stop it from being a source and a hub of music, art and culture," he said ...

I was curious about the room’s presence in the Cathedral during a time when Syria’s architecture, art, and archaeology were being violated and erased. The room, I learned from correspondence ...

Trying to rebuild a war-ravaged country without humanitarian aid or sanction relief is like trying to get up with a boot on ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Syrian artist Akram Abu Al-Fawz paints on empty artillery shells and bullet casings to bring awareness to the 11-year war in Syria. More from News Syrian artist ...

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Electricity in Syria is down to two hours a day ... Last spring, she created the exhibit, “Through Your Eyes,” at the College of Fine Arts, which featured photographs of women wearing the hijab. It ...