Syrian rapper battles on all fronts in war-torn Idlib
Amir, a student, protests against air strikes and extremists in Syria's Idlib province - by rapping.
President Bashar al-Assad, his Russian and Iranian allies, the extremist groups that dominate Idlib, and corrupt local officials all get a lyrical tongue-lashing from the riled rapper. "I returned because after the death of my brother, I became the eldest member of my family... and I have three-year-old siblings, and need to support them," he says.Before he left Turkey, Amir bought a microphone and laptop with a little help from his dad.
Amir says:"Here, every faction follows a different religious school and sees the others as blasphemous, because every doctrine disagrees with the others, and they use these divergences as a pretext to fight against each other."One claims to be caliph; another judges wrong and rightTake off your niqab [face veil]: this land is pure.
The day after I interviewed Amir, he was forced to flee his home due to the intense bombardment of Maarat al-Numan, as pro-Assad forces stepped up their assault on southern Idlib.
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