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Making Mr. Gay Syria in Istanbul

Making Mr. Gay Syria in Istanbul THIRD S PACE AY ŞETOPRAK believe in the power of documentaries to engage hearts and minds beyond the I screen and to challenge public attitudes. When the war in Syria started in 2011, I kept seeing Syrian refugees sleeping on the streets of Istanbul and watched with sorrow their hungry faces too proud to beg for money. I decided to film the human faces of this tragedy. The first documentary I directed on the Syrian crisis was about the schooling problems of refugee kids at the Turkish-Syrian border right after the war began in March 2011. This is also when I was introduced to Mahmoud, a Syrian journalist who had just escaped to Turkey. He and I met at a café in Istanbul to talk about whether he would be my translator for the film, since I do not speak Arabic. Mah- moud’s initially reserved demeanor became bubbly as we conversed. While our chat that day was supposed to be focused on my schooling documentary, it mostly turned into a conversation about his life as a gay rights defender. Mahmoud eventually became my right hand in that film production and a good friend. He has since received refugee status http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Middle East Women's Studies Duke University Press

Making Mr. Gay Syria in Istanbul

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1552-5864
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1558-9579
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10.1215/15525864-6680361
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THIRD S PACE AY ŞETOPRAK believe in the power of documentaries to engage hearts and minds beyond the I screen and to challenge public attitudes. When the war in Syria started in 2011, I kept seeing Syrian refugees sleeping on the streets of Istanbul and watched with sorrow their hungry faces too proud to beg for money. I decided to film the human faces of this tragedy. The first documentary I directed on the Syrian crisis was about the schooling problems of refugee kids at the Turkish-Syrian border right after the war began in March 2011. This is also when I was introduced to Mahmoud, a Syrian journalist who had just escaped to Turkey. He and I met at a café in Istanbul to talk about whether he would be my translator for the film, since I do not speak Arabic. Mah- moud’s initially reserved demeanor became bubbly as we conversed. While our chat that day was supposed to be focused on my schooling documentary, it mostly turned into a conversation about his life as a gay rights defender. Mahmoud eventually became my right hand in that film production and a good friend. He has since received refugee status

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Journal of Middle East Women's Studies – Duke University Press

Published: Jul 1, 2018

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