The Observer - 25.08.2019

Syrian journalist Waad al-Kateab on her extraordinary and intimate

new fi lm, For Sama, documenting fi ve years in east Aleppo

A MOTHER ON THE FRONTLINE

Al-Kateab and her daughter, Sama, in Aleppo in 2016.

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