Feras Fayyad
Syrian Filmmaker | Exposing Human Rights Abuses Through Documentary
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Feras Fayyad is a Syrian filmmaker whose documentary work has shone a powerful light on human rights abuses in his home country. His film 'Last Men in Aleppo' was the first Syrian documentary to be nominated for an Academy Award, offering a harrowing, first-hand perspective of the Syrian Civil War. Fayyad's films have also been honored at Sundance, Cannes, and other prestigious festivals, cementing his reputation as a courageous storyteller committed to using his craft to drive social and political change.
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The real-life superheroes helping Syrian refugees
Society has a set of stories it tells itself about who refugees are and what they look like, says documentarian and TED Fellow Feras Fayyad. With his films, he's on a mission to separate the facts about refugees from fiction, as a form of resistance -- for himself, his daughter and the millions of other Syrian refugees across the world. A harrowing account, a quest to end injustice and a testament to the power of storytelling.
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