Syrian musician contemplates return to Aleppo

When Bashar al-Assad fled Syria in December, it opened a new and uncertain chapter for the country,  and also for the millions of Syrians who have left over the past two decades. Today, we revisit the story of Syrian musician Samer Saem Eldahr who creates electronic sounds infused with arab classical music, under the name Hello Psychaleppo. In 2020, he spoke with Meklit Hadero for our series “Movement,” about the long journey he has been on since the Syrian Civil War began in 2011.

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