{"id":40353,"date":"2019-06-17T14:25:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T14:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=40353"},"modified":"2019-06-17T14:25:47","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T14:25:47","slug":"Drawing on walls, a space of hope for IDP children northern Aleppo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/40353\/","title":{"rendered":"Drawing on walls, a space of hope for IDP children northern Aleppo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><font face=\"georgia\" color=\"#000000\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"georgia\" color=\"#000000\">The children of &#8220;Berxwedana Serdem&#8221; IDP center gather around plastic cans of colors, trying to create colors which express them, and reflect their surroundings.<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"georgia\" color=\"#000000\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"georgia\" color=\"#000000\">The Union of Intellectuals of Afrin region in northern Aleppo countryside, within the IDP center, held an event for drawing on the center&#8217;s walls and on the caravan that contains the library of the center.<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"georgia\" color=\"#000000\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"georgia\" color=\"#000000\">The Union of Intellectuals chose the park and the square of the center inside the camp, in order to change the usual stereotype, by decorating its walls with drawings &#8220;Make the place an expression of the love of life&#8221;, according to the administration of the Intellectuals\u2019 Union.<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"georgia\" color=\"#000000\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"georgia\" color=\"#000000\">As for the reasons of the initiative, Zozan Muhammad, a member of the Board of Directors of the Union of intellectuals, told North-Press, &#8220;Children are the most affected by war, they are the most sensitive to the conditions of displacement, and we have made this activity to keep them away from that atmosphere.&#8221;<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"georgia\" color=\"#000000\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"georgia\" color=\"#000000\">She also pointed out that most of the drawings expressed the nature of Afrin, which the children miss &#8220;olive trees, Afrin River, doves, and roses.&#8221;<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"georgia\" color=\"#000000\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"georgia\" color=\"#000000\">Ronijan Sinu, 15 years old boy, who painted an olive tree on the center&#8217;s wall, described his painting by saying: &#8220;I painted an olive tree on a wall because it reminds me of my city that I was forced to leave a year ago&#8221;.&nbsp;<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"georgia\" color=\"#000000\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"georgia\" color=\"#000000\">Muhammad Sheikh Daddah, 12 years old boy, who was focusing on final touches, he adds to his portrait, impersonated an artist preoccupied with his masterpiece, he says while carrying a plastic pack of drawing colors, that he drew a painting similar to what he painted in Afrin, &#8220;But I couldn&#8217;t take my painting out with me as I left my homeland, so I wanted to redraw it here.&#8221;<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"georgia\" color=\"#000000\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font face=\"georgia\" color=\"#000000\"><\/p>\n<div><b>Berxwedana Serdem Center &#8211; Northern Aleppo<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>Dejla Khalil \u2013 NPA<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/font><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The children of &#8220;Berxwedana Serdem&#8221; IDP center gather around plastic cans of colors, trying to create colors which express them, and reflect their surroundings. 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