Syrians mark uprising anniversary with arts festival

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http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vkXjw6QjyZMMbDUTE.8N6g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-AE_XE/News/AFPMideastEN/bc44c87cc92ad51f6e21f37fa6bb78c872812048.jpg (http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/syrians-mark-uprising-anniversary-arts-festival-185547832.html)Anti-regime activists in the Syrian town of Kafranbel on Sunday marked the third anniversary of the uprising with an arts festival that included open-air cinema screenings and exhibitions. The festival, which started Saturday on the third anniversary of the beginning of the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, was launched under the slogan "the revolution that faced the military dictatorship is **w also facing religious extremism." Kafranbel was attacked by fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a hardline jihadist group at war with both the regime and rival rebels, earlier this year. The organisers said it was the "first display in public inside the liberated areas in Syria." As part of the festival, activists launched a campaign called "Freedom is a necessity," in which they encouraged participants to write verses from the Koran that counsel against violence on walls around the town. As part of the Kafranbel commemorations, which continue until Tuesday, there will also be a "street cinema" in the town, with documentaries about Syria to be screened at three open-air locations.




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