On April 29, Ahmed al-Shatri and his 19-year-old brother joined a group of protesters on a march to Deraa, a city near the border with Jordan where the torture of 15 young boys in early March had ...

The Iraqi producer-director is making award-winning short films that portray the chaotic complexity of life in his home country. It was the noise he remembers most. Iraqi director and producer Ayman ...

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