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In this, the latest in a series of BBC / Open University co-productions looking at international schools and education systems, Syrian School looks at four schools in Damascus. They may be in the s...ame city, but they're each very different. Episode two introduces Yarmouk School, which sits in the heart of a Palestinian Refugee Camp that's sat on the southern edge of the city for over sixty years. Nearly all its students are Palestinian, coming of age in a society obsessed with its Palestinian identity and right to return to its homeland. Two schoolgirls are breaking the mould. Shaza and Rahaf dream of serving the Palestinian cause though rap music, but their plans put them on a collision course with their parents and traditionalist head teacher as they try to bring their radical rap into the classroom.
In this, the latest in a series of BBC / Open University co-productions looking at international schools and education systems, Syrian School looks at four schools in Damascus. They may be in the s...ame city, but they're each very different. Episode two introduces Yarmouk School, which sits in the heart of a Palestinian Refugee Camp that's sat on the southern edge of the city for over sixty years. Nearly all its students are Palestinian, coming of age in a society obsessed with its Palestinian identity and right to return to its homeland. Two schoolgirls are breaking the mould. Shaza and Rahaf dream of serving the Palestinian cause though rap music, but their plans put them on a collision course with their parents and traditionalist head teacher as they try to bring their radical rap into the classroom.
| Series: | Syrian school |
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| First transmission date: | 17-02-2010 |
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC4 |
| Published: | 2010 |
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| Duration: | 00:59:10 |
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| Director: | Max Baring |
| Producer: | Emma De'ath |
| Narrator: | Khalid Abdulla |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | Website: http://www.open2.net/syrianschool/index.html |
| Keyword(s): | Jaramana School; Mleiha Rural School; Yarmouk School; Zaki al-Arsuzi School |
| Subject terms: | Education--Syria; Schools--Syria--Damascus; Damascus (Syria) |
| Production number: | FKAE642Y |
| Videofinder number: | 81381 |
| Available to public: | no |
