Syrian singer Wasfi Maasarani, a prominent symbol of the Syrian uprising, returned to his homeland after 13 years of exile and performed in a packed concert hall in Damascus.
A packed concert hall in Damascus came alive this week with cheers as Wasfi Maasarani , a renowned singer and symbol of the Syria n uprising, returned to his homeland after 13 years of exile. The concert Wednesday marked Maasarani’s return to Syria after 13 years of exile. While living in Los Angeles, Maasarani had continued to support Syria ’s uprising through his music, touring the U.S. and Europe.
The concert organized by the Molham Volunteering Team, a humanitarian organization founded by Syrian students, also marked a month since a lightning insurgency toppled Assad.Revolutionary songs like those by Maasarani and Abdelbasset Sarout — a Syrian singer and activist who died in 2019 — played a key role in rallying Syrians during the nearly 14-year uprising-turned civil war starting in 2011. Many opponents of Assad’s rule, like Maasarani, had fled the country and were unsure if they would ever be able to come back. In the dimly lit concert hall, the crowd’s phone lights flickered like stars, swaying in unison with the music as the audience sang along, some wiping away tears. The crowd cheered and whistled and many waved the new Syrian flag, the revolutionary flag marked by three stars. A banner held up in the hall read, “It is Syria the Great, not Syria the Assad.
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