In Behind the Sun, Nadia, a young Syrian woman in the diaspora, struggles to come to terms with what the world knows about what’s happening in her country. She speaks with Riyad - her father's friend - whom she had first met in the strangest of circumstances. Riyad tells Nadia more about his extraordinary story and what happens to those who, like him, have disappeared 'behind the sun' in Syria.
Behind the Sun is a narrative journey, as we follow the path of an enduring friendship forged in the darkest of circumstances—a story of two men who survived against the odds and are fighting for all those left behind. We follow Riyad and Diab through their experience in one of Syria's most notorious detention camps — Sednaya.
In this six-part series, we also hear from others who are still living the ongoing horrors that more than 100,000 detainees in Syria and their families continue to face.
Behind the Sun is co-produced by Message Heard and The Syria Campaign, in collaboration with the Association of Detainees and the Missing (ADMSP) and the Syrian Center for Justice and Accountability (SJAC) under its project On the Margins No More.
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In Behind the Sun, Nadia, a young Syrian woman in the diaspora, struggles to come to terms with what the world knows about what’s happening in her country. She speaks with Riyad - her father's friend - whom she had first met in the strangest of circumstances. Riyad tells Nadia more about his extraordinary story and what happens to those who, like him, have disappeared 'behind the sun' in Syria.
Behind the Sun is a narrative journey, as we follow the path of an enduring friendship forged in the darkest of circumstances—a story of two men who survived against the odds and are fighting for all those left behind. We follow Riyad and Diab through their experience in one of Syria's most notorious detention camps — Sednaya.
In this six-part series, we also hear from others who are still living the ongoing horrors that more than 100,000 detainees in Syria and their families continue to face.
Behind the Sun is co-produced by Message Heard and The Syria Campaign, in collaboration with the Association of Detainees and the Missing (ADMSP) and the Syrian Center for Justice and Accountability (SJAC) under its project On the Margins No More.
During the revolution, Syrians rise and fill the streets calling for freedom and dignity, while the Assad regime used detention and torture as tools, including Sednaya, to crush the peaceful uprising. Nadia explores how the 2011 revolution changed Riyad and Diab's living conditions inside Sednaya. We hear from Ghufran, who tells us about her family’s activism, who see promise in the uprising but will face the heavy hand of Assad’s regime.
Behind the Sun is co-produced by Message Heard and The Syria Campaign, in collaboration with the Association of Detainees and the Missing (ADMSP) and the Syrian Center for Justice and Accountability (SJAC) under its project On the Margins No More.
Archive used:
Barbara Walters Interview by ABC News. 7 Dec 2011.
Syria is our Country. By Assi Al Hilani. 13 Aug 2011.
CBS Evening News. 15 Jan 2011.
Anderson Cooper. CNN. 31 Jan 2011.
Mubarak Steps Down. FOX News. 11 Feb 2011.
NBC Nightly News. 28 Mar 2011.
Anderson Cooper 360. CNN. 18 June 2011.
Scott Pelley. CBS Evening News. 15 June 2011.
For the Syrian people, they will not humiliate the spark of the Syrian revolution. AlMadina Channel. 17 Feb 2019. YT Vid.
From Houran Hilt Al-Bashaer, Daraa, Syria. binghaziI. 20 Mar 2011. YT Vid
Syria: Demonstrations continue in Daraa for the fourth day. BBC News. 21 Mar 2011. YT Vid.
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Behind the Sun
In Behind the Sun, Nadia, a young Syrian woman in the diaspora, struggles to come to terms with what the world knows about what’s happening in her country. She speaks with Riyad - her father's friend - whom she had first met in the strangest of circumstances. Riyad tells Nadia more about his extraordinary story and what happens to those who, like him, have disappeared 'behind the sun' in Syria.
Behind the Sun is a narrative journey, as we follow the path of an enduring friendship forged in the darkest of circumstances—a story of two men who survived against the odds and are fighting for all those left behind. We follow Riyad and Diab through their experience in one of Syria's most notorious detention camps — Sednaya.
In this six-part series, we also hear from others who are still living the ongoing horrors that more than 100,000 detainees in Syria and their families continue to face.
Behind the Sun is co-produced by Message Heard and The Syria Campaign, in collaboration with the Association of Detainees and the Missing (ADMSP) and the Syrian Center for Justice and Accountability (SJAC) under its project On the Margins No More.
