Documentary Film Screening: “7 Days in Syria”

Join IHS and the Fares Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies for a documentary film screening from the notebooks of Newsweek Middle East Editor Janine di Giovanni (GMAP 16).

7 Days in Syria follows Newsweek Middle East Editor Janine di Giovanni as she journeys into the heart of the conflict in Syria, offering an extremely rare glimpse into the lives of families struggling to survive the front lines. Along the way Janine meets a carpenter-turned-baker, risking his life to feed four neighborhoods. Then there’s a Syrian teenager who was studying economics until the university was bombed. She also films the injuries and deaths of soldiers and civilians, a very important task for posterity and the war tribunals. 7 Days in Syria is a documentary feature unlike any other, offering a rare glimpse at life during war and the incredible lengths journalists go to shine a light in the darkest places on earth.

Please join us for a reception in the Fares Center with the producers, Janine di Giovanni and Scott Rosenfelt, following the film.

Tuesday, March 1, 2016
5:30 – 7 pm
ASEAN Auditorium