'I can be a voice for the Syrian people who are now voiceless, and I am proud to be able to do that.'
"I can be a voice for the Syrian people who are now voiceless, and I am proud to be able to do that," she said.Dr Amani covers her ears during nearby bombings, in Al Ghouta, Syria.The Oscar-nominated film"The Cave" follows Ballour as she leads that underground hospital, known as the Cave, through siege conditions, constant supply and food shortages and near daily aerial bombardment by Syrian strongman Bashar Assad and his ally Russia.
She joined the Cave in 2013 -- a hospital 65 feet below ground to shield it from airstrikes, as Assad began to target hospitals in the conflict. As"The Cave" documents, Ballour led the hospital through all kinds of attacks, including another chemical weapons attack in March 2018 and direct airstrikes"20 or more times," she told ABC News.
Dr. Amani Ballour from Syria, the subject of the documentary "The Cave," is interviewed for ABC News' "Nightline." She will travel to Los Angeles later this week to attend the Academy Awards ceremony with Fayyad and other members of the film's team.
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