The series of drawings Daraa Shelling I, II and III are based on stills from youtube footage. The footage records and reports on the immediate aftermath of an aerial bombing on May 24, 2013 on the city of Daraa and the rescue of Mohammed Al Maani from the rubble.
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The film’s title It’s Your Turn Doctor refers to the 2011 anti Assad graffiti that was scrawled on a school wall in the city of Daraa in South West Syria close to the border with Jordan.
In response to the graffiti the authorities rounded up, imprisoned and tortured 23 school boys from the city. These events were the initial catalyst for the ‘revolution’ in Syria sparking demonstrations against Assad throughout the country.
It’s Your Turn Doctor invites audiences to listen to Mohammed Al Maani’s first person account of events in Daraa from the initial anger and hope of 2011 to the multi-sided armed Civil War of 2013.