Tim Al-Sioufi: 'During the earthquake I relived Syria's Ghouta massacre'

In 2020, Tim Al-Sioufi heard a notification come through on his mobile phone. He checked the screen; there were two Whatsapp messages from an unknown number, so he tapped on the green bar. It opened out into a video, and a message: "This is your deceased father; make prayers for him." Tim stared at the play symbol for hours. His father, a former political prisoner, had disappeared eight years earlier whilst on his way home from Damascus, and Tim had waited so long to discover his fate. Yet, here it was right in front of him, and he could not bring himself to look at it. A photographer, film maker and podcast presenter, Tim played his role in the Syrian […]

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