A project about Syria عدسة شاب دمشقي
"Look! We're touching the clouds!"
Children in the Asali neighbourhood of Southern Damascus celebrate the first day of the Eid festival on a small fairground wheel, beside a building that has been severely damaged from shelling campaigns led by the Assad regime on the area.
Asali, as well as several other neighbourhoods in Southern Damascus, has been under siege by the regime for over four years so far. A complete restriction on the entry of basic living supplies, including food and water, is still in practice. A large number of the population in Asali starved to death, and the survivors are currently fending each day for every scrap of food left, whilst some are managing to grow their own food locally.
Despite the threat of death that always looms among the piles upon piles of rubble, the harrowing sounds of warplanes from above, the screeching blasts of the military rockets and their own exhausted empty stomachs within, they live on and laugh as childishly as ever in the face of it all. They still look to the clouds above and dream; of peace, and of a world where people still remember to love.
To view other images from Asali by our photographers, follow this link:
dimashqilens.com/en/photos?utf8=%e2%9c%93&search=Asal...
Asali, Southern Damascus
12/09/2016
"Look! We're touching the clouds!"
Children in the Asali neighbourhood of Southern Damascus celebrate the first day of the Eid festival on a small fairground wheel, beside a building that has been severely damaged from shelling campaigns led by the Assad regime on the area.
Asali, as well as several other neighbourhoods in Southern Damascus, has been under siege by the regime for over four years so far. A complete restriction on the entry of basic living supplies, including food and water, is still in practice. A large number of the population in Asali starved to death, and the survivors are currently fending each day for every scrap of food left, whilst some are managing to grow their own food locally.
Despite the threat of death that always looms among the piles upon piles of rubble, the harrowing sounds of warplanes from above, the screeching blasts of the military rockets and their own exhausted empty stomachs within, they live on and laugh as childishly as ever in the face of it all. They still look to the clouds above and dream; of peace, and of a world where people still remember to love.
To view other images from Asali by our photographers, follow this link:
dimashqilens.com/en/photos?utf8=%e2%9c%93&search=Asal...
Asali, Southern Damascus
12/09/2016