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Hassan Akkad: Between the Camera, Damascus and the Courage to Ask Questions
By: Leen Shoura An interview for From Syria, With Love It is August in Damascus, and the heat is relentless. Hassan Akkad is sitting at Nash bakery with a Spanish latte in front of him. Outside is the city he has left, returned to, filmed, defended, criticised and continued to call home through several different versions of himself. Teacher. Filmmaker. Refugee. NHS worker. Artist. Activist. Ask Hassan which of those identities describes him today, however, and he reaches for

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