{"id":107528,"date":"2023-11-13T20:24:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T20:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=107528"},"modified":"2023-11-14T07:28:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T07:28:47","slug":"residents-pay-tribute-to-victims-of-cinema-fire-in-syrias-amuda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/107528\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents pay tribute to victims of cinema fire in Syria\u2019s Amuda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

AMUDA, Syria (North press) \u2013 <\/strong>Residents of the town of Amuda, in the western countryside of Qamishli, northeastern Syria, recalled on Monday victims of the Shahrazad cinema fire on the 63rd<\/sup> anniversary of the tragedy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Nov. 13, 1960, around 500 children attended the cinema to watch a movie and, during the show, a fire broke out inside the cinema, quickly spreading and resulting in over 200 casualties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The grieving families of the victims gathered inside the burned remnants of the cinema, holding pictures of the lost children as they somberly recalled that tragic incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hana Khaled, a teacher in Amuda, told North Press, \u201cThis incident was not only related to one or two families but has become a painful memory for all the residents of Amuda. Everyone in the town set up mourning tents in front of their homes, grieving the tragic incident.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She added that even the families whose children were not directly affected by the fire still carried a profound sense of sadness and pain in relation to that tragedy and its painful memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muhammad Amin Abdulsalam, who was among the children present during the Amuda cinema fire, recalled the details of that day and said, \u201cI was with the children watching a movie about the Algerian revolution in the cinema, and I miraculously survived that fire.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Nalin Ali<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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