Syrian School Episode 1 (BBC 2011)
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- Five-part series following a year in the life of four schools in Damascus, a high pressure crossroads in the Middle East.
It concentrates on some remarkable characters finding their way in a country that has never before opened ordinary life up to the cameras in this way, challenges the usual cliches of Arab life and charts the highs and lows of the school year.
Mrs Amal Hassan is the larger-than-life headteacher of Zaki Al Arsouzi Girls' School, intent on teaching her girls to stick up for themselves and 'be free'. She has a new girl at school, Dua'a, who comes from a devout Muslim family. Until now Dua'a has been educated at a conservative Islamic school, but this term she has moved to the more liberal Zaki Al-Arsouzi School. How will she get on with the big ideas of her new headteacher?
Across town at Jaramana Boys' School, Yusif is football mad. He's an Iraqi refugee who lived through the bombs of Baghdad. Now, in the relative calm of Syria, he must start to overcome his deep-seated fear of loud bangs.
Syria was just full of life, diversity, acceptance and tolerance. what just happened to us ? brought lots of tears to me.
Hussein Sultan Syria is such a wonderful country and it will be great again!! Love from Brazil!
Eduardo Michalany De Andrade ❤😔🇸🇾
@SpangeBab how? Its bashar russia and iran
most of syrians like other muslims betrayed the Islamic Movement ( which is for the Khilafah not ISIS )
Insha allah the war will end .
its so touching to see how safe life they used to live in, but now war removed all this
You can blame the FSA (Terrorists) for that :(
pharaonicvs im not american you moslima
pharaonicvs to be honost i see bad things happening on both sides.
lustige videos nee jij met je lustige en waarschijnlijk vrouwonvriendelijke videos haha. Maar volgens mij ben je zelf een vrouw of niet..je voelt je in ieder geval aangesproken😉
lustige videos er spricht wahrscheinlich Niederländisch
This was before the war, and the boy at the start was trying to overcome his fear of explosions? FUCKING HELL, i don't think he had luck with that.
the boy who was saying that is a palestinian refugee but they didnt include that in the translation luckily I speak Arabic. Before the war, Syria was absolutely SAFE. The only sounds we would hear were fireworks on Syria's independence day lol
Yeah very.
I'm sorry for your country, hopefully soon it will go back to that time.
Dan Chan poor guy running from a war to an even worse war
Depressed Ayrab What are the odds? Terrible just terrible. The world we live in is sick.
I wonder what happened to all the kids and teachers in this programme. So sad.
Actually Damascus is quite safe, especially the regions within the Arab Syrian Army full control. But there are of course some kind of instability in the area as a whole. Economical problems ( high to extremely high prices). The lack of water and electricity during long periods of the day (depending on the district)... etc and such issues are common.
*Source: My parents are living in Damascus.
Can you criticize the government publicly? Is there an opposition? Are Syrians more for Assad or against?
I read the 2012 constitution and it doesn't look liberal at all. How was the previous constitution?
Mr Right Killed by rebel traitors if they weren't muslims.
Vervelend Joch killed by everyone regardless of their beliefs
then who is the victim, a fly? and no both sides are not represented by muslims. No one in the middle east actually thinks Isis are muslims.
Damn 2 million refugees from Iraq to Syria 🇸🇾 just to be put back in the same situation..
ladydede88 I'm from Syria, where are you from?
Binary-Technique I'm from the US but my fiancé is from Syria (Aleppo)
ladydede88 and now over 4 million refugees from Syria to Lebanon , its heartbreaking
lmao and the lebanese treat syrians like shit
Mira Salamah
No.
I have lebanese friend that have a syrian as best friend
They are such beautiful people, it is so sad about middle east....
lausukchan lau thank you, Our educate system still acceptable, hope that we got the best in the future!
America invaded Iraq and created same situation now they invaded syria in a new "less evil" way to fight against Russia
The fact that I’m Syrian and I go there every summer 😢
I think it is remarkable that BBC have done such a documentary - it is worth so much especially now that the past years have changed everything. Having been to school in Syria as a child myself, I can honestly say that this is the most 'real life' documentary I have ever seen, it is true and it shows various facets of school & society at the time. Outsiders often have a 'black & white' sort of opinion of countries they don't know, and this is a real eye-opener, because nothing is just black or white. As you can see, yes it is mixed, you can see extremes to either side, but you can also see open-minded people and a great thirst for knowledge.
I have experienced this first hand in 2009-2010 when I co-ordinated a German-Syrian exchange project for university students, with students from both sides visiting the other country. There has never been a greater movement towards opening to Western countries, especially in education & research, than what was happening in that time. It was slow, yes, and it was within the restrictions of the political system, but nonetheless it was happening and it was positive & moving forward. It is unbelievable that all this has been destroyed and set the country backwards to a level that is now worse than 20 years before.
Thank you BBC, from the depth of my heart!
I love Syria and Syrians. I am not Syrian myself, I am from Saudi Arabia but we have so many Syrians living here and they are a prosperous community and have done so much. I just hope that things get better for the good, not only in Syria but in the entire Middle East. But dont worry the future is bright :)
Arabian_Semite_99 hope 4 ksa the best too
Armageddon so am I
It is a shame that BBC turned into a war propagating media outlet, that supported the destruction of your country with anti Assad, pro jihadist/terrorist propaganda.
@@Herhohu It was part of the way the BBC was set up. In wartime it turns into a Propaganda outlet. Allegedly very successfully in WW2
What happed to this beautifull Syria
Being destroyed by iran and the war crime Asad
According to the video title this was in 2011 so if the toxic and destructive arab spring bandwagon/fad hadn't started it was on the brink of doing so.
Billy Dewar dead
americans brought democracy and freedom to syria
Iran and Russia are trying to restore old, peaceful Syria
so devastating to see how Syria has changed drastically... ..... my heart goes out for the Syrians and country itself.
Thank you Hannah it's motivating. Please try to convey the message that those who started radicalism and terror in our country are Qatar, Saudi and Turkey. These three countries are supported by USA, UK and Israel. A Small online search will confirm what I say. It's devastating that a country such as Saudi with the worst human rights record wants to start democracy in my country. I appreciate every word you may convey.
:) no problem!
@@germantrainer442 Where the rational thinking -- are uk, usa, and Israel support isalimic values ? do Bashar have good human rights record ?
🙃when anything changed drastically without the pressure of government or with the government , you have to admit that ,they adopt what is very inner nature of human being . the culture you are refering perfect as taken by the west didn't come drastically it took hundred of years to reach to the naked beach.
zaki Alarsozi was my school
so sad 😟
I miss Syria
+antun nutna Im in Malaysia
وبالنسبة للمديرة مادا جرى لها ??
May Allah bless to Syria with peace and prosperity again ameen
and my school too :D
Fatima Ghirrly where are u in Malaysia?
الله يحفظ شعب السوري. تحيتي من أهل الصومال.
runepower909 asc walaalo iwaran
الله محييك
تحية لك من قلب سورية
❤❤
Tank you
The girls and the boys are so beautiful there...may god bless them and keep them safe..
Jilda z they're probably dead by now blame the west
Syrians save those people who run way from war, but nobody let mercy be on Syria. God bless Syria an Iraq.
rasha nasser Iraq is fine they have pushed out Isis from the country
treacherous people betrayed the revolution
🇸🇾🇮🇶🇵🇸🇱🇧 are one nation divided by 1918 colonialism
its so sad watching this knowing what's happened to Syria :(
+Nabeela Williamson if I understand well : Bachar suddently became a dictator in 2011, but before he didn't seem to...
Yeah, after a decade of leading a modernizing movement, promoting Syrian cultural resources to the world and providing education and health care to everyone for free (including the 3 million refugees Syria had taken in), suddenly Bashar al Assad "became a dictator" just as jihadist nut jobs started murdering police and postal workers, burning libraries and government buildings and demanding the imposition of Sharia law with the slogan "Death to the Alawis, Send the Christians to Lebanon." Interesting coincidence.
You wrote the above a year ago. Hopefully you've since then educated yourself better on the propaganda we in the West have been fed since the year after this documentary was filmed. Of course, the Syrian government had opposition All governments have opposition. But Syria was a beacon of modernity and inclusiveness in the region before Operation "Regime Change" went operational in March, 2011.
What happened?
Mr Caesar islam is peaceful, in the quran its said if you kill one person that mean you kill 10 people. Why do u judging the religion with out you know anything about it. Frist go and read about islam and then come to talk. People who do all this problems are not muslim they just use the name if islam
Would be interesting to see where these students who were featured have ended up after all of this
Evan Salmon The city is not longer there. Neither are most of the children. It's a depressing truth, but it's likely there is nothing to left to track down.
The city is not destroyed, however the countryside and its suburbs are. If I have to guess I would say many of these people are now scattered indifferent countries
Evan Salmon you misspelled "depressing"
Most of them are dead probably.. How sad
Ayham 003 No they are much likely in a neighbouring middle eastern country, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq, Jordan and gulf countries whom all have a lot more than 95% of syrian emmigrants while all europe share 5% and want to cry
so when i watched this video i wanted to cry , i missed my school i missed ma syria :)
Were you born in Syria? Which region?
+Lee W i born in alhassakeh
Ah, When did you leave Al-Hasakah? And where are you living now?
+Lee W in 8.2014 i moved to turkey in the first
and since 5 months i came to germany .
I hope things go well for you.
I can't but shed tears watching this , i was in high school when the documentary was been made, I never wanted to leave my country but i was forced to, but even with that i guess we are the lucky few who made it, it's devastating to have the life stolen from you and i wouldn't wish upon anyone , please be kind to people and try to understand what they've been through, a little smile can make the all the difference.
Syria is finished bro 😂😂
Now they can work as prostitute in berlin 😂😂 or messsagists in humburg 😂
😮😮
Thank you for uploading this! I will watch almost any documentary but this was quite interesting.
Glad you enjoyed it : )
Wow Syria was a beautiful country.. sad what its become.
Iris M
😢😢😢😢
Iris M Damascus is safe one of the only places in Syria that hasn't been war-torn so yes they are all still alive most likely
It's still a beautiful country sadly It's destroyed but we will get back even stronger and better than before!!!
We love you Syria from Algeria ,,,,Algeria on the side of modern secular Syria
الإرهابية
Now Yusif has(maybe had) to live with the explosions again.😭
Derick Gabrillo yup same happened with me he probably moved back to Iraq or Moved here to the USA like we did
Someone said that in the later episodes we find out that he moves to Canada
Piotr Rokosz see? Evry place supporting the govermemt is safe !!! All ppl now knows who destroyed syria 👈
Mr B you are a big fat liar
How messed up is that. Little did they know, that year everything was going to change for the worst. And that kid had to go through hell again. Most of these kids are probably dead now.
i'm syrian we never knew in syria something calls muslim or christian we were all just syrians
steve jobs is syrian yup that’s right I’m Iraqi and we all are one
steve jobs is syrian
I agree with you 👍
will turn out to be not so much of a unity {syrians} ..... the one who killed 750 thousand syrians was also syrian and you know why ?because they were sunni "99%of the refugees are sunni"th-cam.com/video/XBQXuzCpwtk/w-d-xo.html. so cut me some slack. i am all for accepting other culture and faith but the doesnt mean deny ur own in the process .
@@habibi.officiall nope.
@@khaledabodeeb1799 one person ≠ a whole country
Damascus....oldest capital in the World!!!
first lastname and it's fucked!
Christoffer Nilsson
Well not completely.....yet.
Look, I'm syrian myself, but I have the guts to say the truth.
Yes... you sound like a 'Syrian'.
first lastname
LOL!
So there's something as to "sound like a Syrian"
I'm Syrian from Damascus (living in Germany, specifically in Bavaria since a year and a half now) and I condemn both Israel AND Hamas!
Oh and I'm an atheist, so that doesn't "sound syrian" to you at all, right?
Bullshit.
انا عم شوف الفيديو وعم ابكي
انا كتير شتهيت يكون عندي مدرسة متل هالبنات
تركت لمدرسة بصف التامن وصرلي سنتين تاركتها بسبب الحرب يلي عنا بسوريا وانا بتركيا عم اشتغل بسبب انو لحنا بحاجة للمال حاليا
رجعو لهون رجعو عالساحل
poushra Alsode بتهون يا خيت انشاء الله بترجع متل اولي و احسن بس بدي اقلك شو عم تشتفلي
poushra Alsode الله يفرجها عنكم و يرجعكم بلدكم سالمين
الحمدلله انا صح تأثرت بالحرب بس رحنا لغير منطقة وما بطلع من بلدي معهما كان وما زلت بقلب بلدي وعم ادرس وما رح عليي شي.
الله يكون بعونك يا رب و عون كل السوريين و الله قطعتيلي قلبي يا خيتي
I am from this beautiful,old city. It doesn’t sadden me to watch this. On the contrary, it makes me proud and happy because I believe in us Syrians. It is the oldest city in the world and has been through more and more wars and disasters throughout history but it is still alive. And will get back to life in the end and build new memories and history. I might not see that in my life but I know that one day this will happen. That alone makes me relieved ❤️
❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉💜💙🌹🎉🩵so beautifully said
Yes Deema
Your words have given me hope
Your words shine with love joy faith ❤️
Such light enlightens not just Syria but the whole universe
I am Palestinian Syrian
I was there living in Daraa city but studied in Damascus university and now in Germany
Your words carries to me the perfume and the light of Jasmin rose of Damascus of Daraa of Syria ❤🎉
I was actually one of those Iraqis that went to Syria in 2007. I really miss old Syria
Thank you! I've been looking for this documentary since 2012.
Same. I wonder what the students are doing now?
+nahimgood I think Damascus is relatively safe for the moment compared to other bits of Syria, hope they're all ok.
+Lee Walsh
I hope so but cannot take for granted sometime someone drops large bombs from the sky, and also not to forget carbombs and snipers.
I hope u understood how life I'm Syria used to be before terrorism
Tawfik bakro what about others???
You mention only terrorist and forget who made them and were did they came and how did they came?? who's the main responsible for that?? and that government was killing it's own people before 2 years and 7 months of establishing isis!!! That besides the government there were countries that help the government for doing that and there were countries who help isis, first one who helped isis and the main one is ass ad, that fake president who you guys talking about him like he's a god or something!!! He helped isis very will along with other countries for 5 years and now he's buying petrol from them and live a happy life by the protection of Russia and their allies, USA and their allies also help him and help isis and they use media to appear like they are enemies, because USA has a lot of advantages of this war so they keep it as long as they can...
All thos politicals are the main responsible and the most one who start all these bullshit that what you worshipping him *ass ad* and yet you retarded worshipers of ass ad claims it terrorist group that have no heavy weapons nether planes to do such a things and with members that doesn't make more than 70 thousands of uneducated and weak to be the main artery of this problem??? For god sake are you talking from your heart or lying? For nothing or for your life?? Or you just a member of ass ad electronic and media armies?!?!?
And all that is gone now
no....its protected by our syrian arab army
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I don't know much of jack shit about how things really are in syria right now. All i know is that i tutored one refugee who didn't talk much about it at all, so i didn't ask.
I hope everyone in this video is alright.
It's unfortunately fucked up overall, but Damascus is quite safe (at least the region where my parents live).
by your government
When he said Ramadan is over for a next year it saddens me because Syria will be in war because of terrorists.
Worst part about these videos is the reminder of how quickly we were advancing. Secularism, peace, security and prosperity. We had it all...
Oh my god I hope Yusif is ok!!!!! It's unimaginably horrific that a person has to go through such things more than once in their life time.
I wonder what has been of him 😢🙏🏼
سوريا يا حبيبتي 💔
Yara Sa والله فكرتون حلووو انو يحكو عن الدراسة بسوريا و هنن اجانب كمان
احمد خالد صح وأنا تفاجأت كيف عم يحكوا عن نظامنا التعليمي مع أنهم أجانب بس التقرير كان كتير حلو وحبيته ويارب ترجع سورية متل ما كانت وأحسن💜
ahmad sah امين
Majd SH عم يحكوا كيف كانت المدارس ونظام تعليمنا وجودة التعليم كيف كانت وأنه اللاجئين العراقيين عم يكون ألهم نفس حقوق السوريين وهو بالأصل ما في فرق بين العراقي والسوري وكمان حكوا عن طقوس رمضان بسورية وخاصة أنه ابتدا مع بداية العام الدراسي وكتير شغلات....
Majd SH فعلا اتفاجأت كتير من هي الآنسة كان لازم توعيهم وتحبب الطلاب بالحجاب وتقنعهم فيه ...
My country 🇸🇾❤️
:(
It's beautiful and so are its people! I hope Syria will once again become glorious and happy as it was. To Syria! 🇸🇾
بنت الحرية، بنت الشام حيووو الحرية دخيل ربك 😍✌✌✌✌✌✌✌
بنت الحرية، بنت الشام انا بنت سوريا
بنت الحرية، بنت الشام .... nice.... where from you
Thanks a lot for the team & people who cooprate for this documentary.
Beautiful country, beautiful people, destroyed by war.
Thank you SO MUCH for saving and posting this documentary. I can't wait to watch the other segments. It's amazing how radically Western media presentations of Syria changed after Operation Regime Change went operational the year after this was filmed.
Excellent, Dua'a!!! Your attitude and learning of the negative aspects you were suffering at your old school has done a turn for the best. I wish you great success in your life and endeavors.
Greetings from Greece
Beautiful nation, I like the language too
Dave Reinter we love Greece 🇬🇷 too
I love Greece... from Syria
If a woman truly wears a hijab for herself and her own religious beliefs, then I have no issue with it. But the problem is that many do not. As the sharia-schooled girl in the video showed, her arguments are that the hijab helps a woman avoid harassment. First of all, that's is factually false, as even in countries where women are fully covered, they still face harassment and usually on levels higher than in countries where women are free to wear what they want. But most importantly, the girl acknowledged that she wears the scarf for _others_ (i.e. men). She covers herself so that men have an easier time not harassing her. Well dear girl, that is a shitty shitty reason. If men can't stop harassing women without hijabs, then men should be treated. It is not the duty of women to cover themselves up to help men behave like normal human beings.
Amen!
Afghan you're fucking lair. Many women who don't cover get raped because of their own actions. If we girks dress well then there's no way we would have raped . So the hijab is the best way to protect yourself and it was the orders of the one who create us who knows what's better for us and that's why he commanded us to wear the hijab . Dumb head .
I myself wear the hijaab and disagree with her. I personally wear it because God knows what is best for me and so I can show my Muslim identity through it, that was the purpose of it in the Qur'aan that Allah mentions right after ordering the believing women to draw their jilbaab.
@Moon Light No way! Rape isn't anyone's fault except for the one who does it..am I supposed to wear a full burqa because this one guy finds hands attractive and rapes any girl he sees not fully covered? Sorry but please don't think this way.
Moon Light how come then that Syria has higher rape stats than secular atheist countries even with all their covering ? its the religion itself which is sickening and poisoning men from disrespecting women no matter if they cover or not...women are seen and written as below men or simply sex slaves in all your coran ...I could wear a short skirt in a secular country and feel safe but I would feel unsafe even to show my face in Syria , sick men would claim its my faulth for being beautiful and not covering my face
stop worship pagan democracy. why western man worship women high heel boots, ass and women strapon pegging their man and called them while pegging that who is whore? who is bitch now? and man reply : yes. is this really modern? happyness?. Isa/jesus (pease be upon him) was Muslim and prophet and mother marry was also Muslim & also wear hijab. why western women don't want to look like prophet mother marry? and listen to this lecture, don't believe western media about IS:
yadi.sk/i/Y0LDQ_iS3TBCqV
I am just crying
i use to love to visit one day
i am from somalia
many of these girls were killed
i will will love syria forever
Syria used to be beautiful. I am so sad for my brothers and sisters there.
Taylor Fausett Damascus is safe one of the only places in Syria that hasn't been war-torn so yes they are all still alive most likely
Still beautiful , just stay away from western backed moderate beheaders..
Beautiful people and country So sad to see how they used to live and how they became now😶
Ooh Syria💔 Love from palestine
Barbie Girl Damascus is safe one of the only places in Syria that hasn't been war-torn so yes they are all still alive most likely
Barbie Girl .. ❤🇸🇾🇵🇸
Mrs. Amal Hassan, the headmistress, is correct when she states that she wants women and girls to be free. This does not mean you are faithless. It means you are still muslim, but have the freedom to wear the hijab or not wear it. She is older and has experienced a vast amount of life and teachings, so she is very aware about freedom and women's rights. She is highly intelligent, well educated and very articulate. I would follow her example.
All the girls have freedom to wear it or not. That's why some and do and some don't in that school. She is not intelligent at all. She is trying to force this generation to become like hers, that's not progressive. She is brainwashing girls into her ideologies that she thinks is correct but are very incorrect.
Follow her example? Please. Become a muslim first, then talk about what muslim should and shouldn't be doing
@@reemsbaking Thank you
@@hassankhokhar204 you're the reason countries like syria that where about to become fully working democracies with a stable society fall. You are backwards, incredibly misinformed and lack any sense of intelligence, but you refuse to think for a second that you might just be wrong. The mindset you have, is what keeps middle eastern countries in wars and poverty.
Poor Yusif, where is he now? Has he gone back to Iraq? Or joined the forces of refugees?
+chavandposh If I remember rightly in episode 5 he and his family are allowed to move to Canada.
+Lee Walsh where can i find that episode
+Alvz422 Hello, I've just uploaded the final episode. Enjoy.
+chavandposh stop please
ok at least good happened to him
They have Philosophy in secondary school! That's cool.
S lol my school has philosophy
S yeah we have philosophy and I hate it alot -.-
S
Yes, what do you think that we are stupid.. Lol
We was have the best education
in tunisia too we study philosophy and islamic studies in the same time...generally philosophy teachers are atheist leftist....we have a balanced educationwe have baccalaureat system like france and the exams are much harder than that in france .i had math branch baccalareat ..we studied math physics chemistry bioilogy philosophy and sports
im so devastated.. why was i born as a syrian during its worst era. my parents always tell me how beautiful syria was, sadly i dont think there's hope anymore..
Syria is a secular country and was very modern even under one party regime ,I'm very sad for what happened to Syria because of the Wahhabi golf states ,,,secular Syria will be back like before and stronger ,,,from Algeria ,we are very sad for what happened to our Syrian friends because of Wahhabi terrorists .
First of all I have never heard of "golf states". If you are referring to Gulf countries, I would like to correct you. All Gulf countries are officially Sunni Muslims. Second, the reason behind what is happening in Syria is a mixture between a rotten government, citizens who simply cannot fellow rules, and some racist groups and countries who interfere in the events only to help citizens who share their beliefs, or for simply gaining control over the rich resources of Syria.
Arabs should really stop blaming Gulf countries. As an Arabian citizen (who is not from the gulf) I believe that most Arabian countries are merely jealous from the Gulf because of their wealth and achievements.
One last thing, I am sure that Syria will probably rise. However, it will never achieve anything with its one party regimen. Syria has (or had) enough oil money to make it as modern as Dubai. Nevertheless, that "Glorious Regimen" kept all the money for them selves.
Chaoui Russikada Sorry for the miscommunication, I have never meant to disrespect you, I thought you were using "golf" is some kind of sarcasm.
Having lots of money does not mean being able to host refugees. Some official in Kuwait (I can't remember who it was) have honestly announced that they are only willing to give residency to people who could work. Plus, the only gulf country that could take refugees is Saudi Arabia (in terms of space).
I'm talking sectarian? you're the one that started claiming that all gulf countries are Wahhabi! Also, could you please tell me why would gulf countries supply terrorists? I've been living in a gulf country in the past few years; and there was at least 10 donation campaigns to provide supplies for Syrians. Why are you so full of hate?
bhu nji Congratulations, you have just demonstrated how ignorant people comment immature comments. The original comment at least contained some information, your comment is purely *hate* *speech* (I am not Saudi, I don't even like Saudi Arabia)
well said! it's a shame what is currently happening in Syria. All over the world, people are starting to realize that Saudi Arabia , the US (and their western allies) and Israel are behind this conflict that has already killed so many people. They manipulate everyone for their own selfish interest: sickening! When will it stop? When are they going to let Syrian people live in peace like they had already been doing for so many years? When are they going to let the rest of the world live in peace without trying to create chaos? This got to stop otherwise we're heading to a 3rd world war.
hahaha you surely know syria lol
siriyan people just looking beautiful 👌
BdHealth & Entertainment ikr
Ikr
duh .. i know ❤👑😄✋
Syrian *
Awww, it looks like they're having so much fun and enjoying their life. Sad it all got ruined, it really breaks my heart.
32:04 😅 Poor girl, got called fat in school by her dad😅, and tge headmistress' reaction... "Is it necessary to eat everything on the table?" Ohh, cracked me up.
thinkreal93 he himself is fat
In Middle East they put a lot of emphasis on physical appearance and looking good
it's good for parents to care that their kids are healthy, but that was a pretty harsh lol
Syrian girls are so cute, beautiful.
Sufiyan Evan 🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾
Bless Iraqis and Syrians
Whenever I miss Damascus I go back to such pre-war-made documentaries, our youth were were such talented boys and girls full of life and laughter, now they are all depressed somewhere in the exile..
I feel sad for Sara, her father was so rude...how can he talk like this to her. I hope she will not pay much attention and accomplish her dreams in life.
On Syria, I have visited it many times before the war and it was a really nice place...I hope it will return to its prewar state ...peace
you can still visit the coast it's pretty safe and chill here tho
Diana.Nikolova ..... Nice
I’ve been to Syria In 2010, and it was so beautiful! So sad what happened. (I live in Jordan which is a neighboring country)
Maya Alhayat if this Arab spring never happened it would’ve been fine
that head mistress must be the strongest woman on this planet ...allowing herself to wear short skirts,makeup and no head cover in a conservative arab country while being in a strong position as leader and high status is something to admire
Pop Naty .. what .. dude .. before the war .. no one cared about what others wear .. and if a girl doesn't wear a headscarf doesn't mean she is strong .. it's normal .. the girls who wear headscarfs choose to wear it .. but now ISIS force them to wear a headscarf !!!!
This is Syria not Saudi Arabia
You have probably only seen an 'arab country' in hollywood propaganda movies or MSM
She could be from non-sunni background so it's normal that she doesn't put a headscarf on.
Actually the oppression girls in syria face about hijab comes from their parents not the govt (the govt has other kinds of oppression 😁)
I despite her actions, she must respect the girls' choices about hijab, and after all thankfully most of Syrians are muslims.
شعب عظيم وطيب ومحترم و ما تحس بالغربه هناك تحياتي من مصر
الله يا دمشق ما أروعك عدت بذاكرتي لايام المدرسهً كم كانت حلوه وهذه مدرستي زكي الارسوزي. كم لي فيها من الذكريات الجميلة والآن أنا بعيده عنك يا بلدي يا حبي يا موطني ما أروعك يا سوريا
layla ibrahim .... nice where from you
الله يفرجها 🙁
Most of them are soo beautiful... luv from Indonesia
I miss our old life 😭
Panda Randa same
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Inshallah it will be back. I'm sure everyone in the video want the old Syria back. Allah is watching, my brother/sister. Do a dua and stay safe! There will come a time when Syria will be stronger then ever! Don't give up the hope!
Greetings, your Iraqi brother living in The Netherlands.
i love this headmistress, she is very open minded, thats we need now
WunguB
I find her a bit out of mind.
بحبك يا وطني سوريا
يا مهد الحضارات ونقطة التقاء العالم
WTF? Is that guy serious, shaming his daughter over her weight. That's messed up.
i think he was worry about her health
That amal is the syrian version of my principal.
With tears in my eyes seeing my Arab brothers and sisters suffer I hope everyone who contributed to destroy this beautiful country will burn in hell fire eternally. Amen I remember when I was a kid all Arabic cartoons broadcasted in my country were translated in Damascus what a shame .. I hope all Arabs will wake up and be united again and stop being divided and fight each other
Hamza Hanana
We aren't arabs
@@Eren-zs7so Talk about yourself .. Syria is called Syria Arabic and its official language is Arabic
midou midou
Shut up idiot
@@Eren-zs7so You ARE an Arab!!!
XOLGA Pacthesis
You are an idiot
Am not arab and You don't know anything about Syrian genes
I love love love the fact that the Syrian girl's school put the Palestinian flag next to the Syrian one I love Syrians
I like you I love you Syria but am from Pakistan
یا اللہ رحمت تا فرما سرریا پر
Assads wife looks really nice
Cavalas 😂😂😂😂😂
Cavalas yes she does
She's the best
Both are criminals and deserve death
Cause she is a bitch.
I remember when I watched this documentary...It was beautiful when I watched it. I'm glad that I've found it.
مين ممكن يصدق انو هي سوريا الحلوة واللي ستقبلت نص العالم صارت دولة كل ما الناس بتسمع اسمها بنصدمو ؟ الدولة اللي قبلت الكل عندها بس ماحدا قبلها شي عنجد بقطع القلب
This is so sad to watch. Say what you’d like about Assad, but it’s undeniable that before 2012, Syria was at least safe and progressing towards a better standard of living. I hope that all these wonderful boys, girls, teachers, and families made it through the war, and that one day Syria might have happier days ahead (like these ones).
Sad to watch this knowing what it looks like now :(
I wish we can see of more like this in Syria and not just all the bombings. People deserves to live and all has a right to life. We're still praying that they can regain the way of living that they once have.
Marie Karen how beautiful u r
اي الله يرحم ايام المدرسة وايام سوريا
أنا أومن راح ترجع سوريا أحسن و أفضل من قبل انشالله تفاءلوا بالخير تجدوه قلبي و روحي هو سوريا
الله لا يوفقكم يلي حرمتونا وطنا الله يحرمكم كلشي غالي عليكم والله كل حياتنا جحيم
اصبرو اخوي الحرب قربت تخلص الجيش السوري انتصر الجيش الكر عو مجموعات ارهابية الحجر بسوريا تعدم بس انتو عايشين فش اسهل من اعادة الاعمار سوريا عندها النفط والغاز الي اكتشفو قبل الثورة وما استغلو كلشي بيرجع مثل قبل اقل من سنة ورح تخلص الحرب مؤمرة امريكية صهوينية خليجة كانو بدهم ادمرو دولة القرمية السورية العربية مثل ما عملو بالعراق وهجرو المسيحين والايزيدين بعد ما العراق بطلت امان بس الاسد كان اقوى وانتصر على اكثر من 300 الف ارهابي اجنبي انتو متسافروش وخليكم ابلدكم عشان تبنوها
امين والله قلبي عم يتقطع عم اشوف هيك مقاطع لك انا من دون مدرسه😭😭😭
Really interesting documentary, enjoyed it from start to finish. Thank you very much. I wonder what today's syrian schools are like?
Excellent documantoy.... Love all the young girls specially Dua'a. May Allaah Subbanahu wa Ta'ala bring peace in this beautiful country
Shows how Islamism was becoming stronger in Syria even before the war.
Oh my god.........syria was so progressive and modern before the civil war............why did it become so bad now?
Bush israel
For me the most significant segment is at 43m47s
Here the first Lady faces the challenge of the call to prayer but continues her talk encouraging women to play a part in the commercial life of the country. She stresses the importance of technology especially computers.
Most chillingly she correctly forecasts "Tomorrow will be too late"
why is call to prayer a challenge? she is married to a dictator and pretends to support the country. give me a break.
You know whats sad they didn't even got the chance to graduate cause this is in 2011 and the war in Syria started in 2011
Sharki Sha why do you think this Damascus wasn't destroyed all these kids must be having find lives watching the news seeing the eastern part of the country being destroyed
I graduated this year ^^
Edit: I'm from lattakia
sorry syria . ur ppl will be back and will lead the world , it s matter of time . syria was home for everyone.
greeting from somalia
I hope the middle east return to its glory days. Its sad what has happenned
So much love from Egypt🌎💗💗
Why this beatiful country has to suffer from war? It's so depressing :/
Ari Rolando Ortiz cause other countries are taking Advantage!
The first lady is gorgeous, classy, charming, elegant, graceful, intelligent and smart.
I watched this documentary when it was first released, it's incredibly sad to now think of all the awful things these people have gone through
I am inspired by the first lady,even though I am a man.
吴东 same
Great system education
Greatest city in the world
Great people who make you feel in love....
My country Syria ... 🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾
And the greatest beautiful peopel ❤
great system education? DUDE.. you can lie and sugar-coat anything except for this lmao
my school 😍😍😍😍
yara zy aww really 😚😊
+AKKadian Warior lol don't you ever think about it.. she is my country's girl and i deserve her more :D
هي المدرسة بالشام انا مدرستي بالقطيفة ريف دنمشق
وين راحت هسه .. كلها خربت ياحرام
يلي سوري او عربي لايك
syria is the soul of arab world but now wher is syria :( am from algeria and really i cry for syria and syrians i really feel so so so sad
The girls school was my school 🥺I know a lot of girls in the documentary , I loved my high school years 🥺
I am so sorry for that
it must be refreshing to have your school memories documented, wish mine was as well.
What happened to them? Are they still alive?
I really had to comment this it touched my soul personally…. At 32:00 😥😥😥 I felt her so hard , the trauma she’s gaining publicly, the way he speaks to her I’ve suffered this my whole life you feel your not good enough despite of what you are good at .. I’m not doubting that you do not love his daughter. It’s just a generational circle and a way to lead your own children, but with irreversible mark in their personalities.
I hope she’s doing well now ❤️🩹
35:00 You can tell that Syrian schools take violence seriously. Here in the US, such behavior is brushed off with a simple "boys will be boys."
Fuck... i was always the one to be blamed.
I wish i was a student in the USA😂
It didn't stop the civil war though
These young women tend to be very well spoken.
I'm not religious person. But if I could choice between hijab or not, I wanna marry a woman who wearing hijab. To me they're more respectful and trustworthy. Again, that's my personal opinion. ✌️
@@AsemSaleh You are really a big primitive imbecile for saying that. Go away from here with your ignorant contentless brain.
Much hurt to know the destruction of a Beautiful & wonderful people as a result of jealousy & Greed by the outsiders.... !! My Prayers always with this once a normal peaceful country . Hope one day those past days come back again !!
Love SYRIA ❤❤❤
GREETINGS FROM GREECE
Really enjoyed this when it first came out. I was so impressed with the country. I despair at what has happened ed to these people.