Syrian actress finds her true calling in real life drama
Disillusioned at the level of state control even in theatre and film, she joined protests last year against President Bashar Al Assad and now takes the stage at demonstrations in the city of Homs, centre of resistance to his familys four-decade rule.
I became opposed to the way we work, to the humiliation, the degradation in human interaction. Everywhere you go, even a theatre or a film company, you feel you have entered a security establishment
Cutting her hair short like a boy and moving from house to house to evade capture, Fadwa has become one of the most recognised faces of the ten-month uprising against Al Assad.
She played no part in the early demonstrations that broke out in March, but a deep-seated rebellious streak which was only further roused when she joined the state-run High Conservatory for Theatre Arts drew her towards the protests. I chose to study theatre because I thought theatre means freedom to think and to express oneself, Fadwa told Reuters in a Skype interview from Homs.
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