ALEPPO: Ramadan is a time of fasting and prayer, but it brings another beloved tradition: the much-anticipated TV drama series shot each year to be aired post-iftar during the holy month.
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Syrian productions have, for decades, been seen as the gold standard in the region. And as the country emerges from 14 years of civil war, more than a year after insurgents brought the authoritarian Assad dynasty to an end, Syria’s TV industry is seeking its footing in the new order.
In the Assad years, when political expression was strictly curtailed, “television became the main sort of platform for freedom of expression and also for employment for artists and intellectuals,” said Christa Salamandra, a professor of anthropology at Lehman College and the City University of New York who has researched Syrian drama.
The crew filming 'Al-Souriyoun al-Aada' in Aleppo. (AP Photo)
