DAMASCUS, Aug 18 — It’s a typical Arabic song of forlorn love and heartache but it was power cuts that added low-lit romance to the music video of Syria’s latest hit. In Damascus, the economic situation is worse now than at the height of the decade-old conflict that is still ravaging parts of...
DAMASCUS, Aug 18 — It’s a typical Arabic song of forlorn love and heartache but it was power cuts that added low-lit romance to the music video of Syria’s latest hit.
The result is filled with humour and relatable to most of the Syrian population, who spend long unventilated summer evenings in the dark., which topped five million views on YouTube within days of its release, was shot entirely in a small room lit by battery-powered devices. The conflict since 2011 in Syria has left key infrastructure in tatters and displaced half of the population.
“The song was done with love and for sure people liked the lyrics and music, but what connected the most with our audience was the video,” said Wafi al-Abbas, another of the band’s founding members.
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