In Syria’s Douma, a Christmas ’tree’ made from empty shells

In Syria’s Douma, a Christmas ’tree’ made from empty shells
Amidst the siege and bombardment, Akram Abu al-Foz, once again, decorates fallen artillery shells using a traditional Syrian style of swirling arabesques.

But this time, it was for Christmas.

On December 23, 2016, a couple of pictures of al-Foz decorating a Christmas tree with empty shells and castings, which he had collected and painted, circulated on social media.

In the Assad-besieged city of Douma, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, al-Foz was able to send out a striking message to the world, celebrating life from death.

He became famous a while back for creating colorful playgrounds for children made solely out of fallen artillery shells. In addition to creating ornaments.

According to Abu al-Fawz, these customized tools are proof of the difference between the regime and the revolutionaries who rose against it. They resisted the regime once, and they resist it again by transforming its weapons of destruction into life.

“Weapons will not be enough to get rid of the slavery we have lived in”, he explained in an interview with SyriaUntold. “We also need art, culture and civilization to weave our freedom.”

Despite the fact that he was forced to move from house to house after his home was burned by Assad regime militias, Abu al-Fawz continues to pursue his task of creating life from death. He believes that “culture, art and civilization are no less important that the battles on the ground.”

He believes the effort is worth it, in the hope that these artifacts will “one day bear witness to the crimes against humanity committed in Syria.”

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