{"id":13185,"date":"2024-11-13T11:16:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T11:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mesopotamia.coop\/?p=13185"},"modified":"2024-11-13T11:16:28","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T11:16:28","slug":"64-years-later-amouda-cinema-being-rebuilt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mesopotamia.coop\/64-years-later-amouda-cinema-being-rebuilt\/","title":{"rendered":"64 years later: Amouda Cinema being rebuilt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

64 years have passed since the Amouda cinema fire, killing 283 Kurdish schoolchildren. The cinema has been rebuilt in cooperation with the Municipalities Union of Jazira Canton and the Rojava Film Commune.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On November 13, 1960, 500 children were brought to the Amouda Cinema, located in the Amouda<\/a> town of Jazira Canton, NE Syria, to watch the Egyptian film \u2018The Midnight Spirit\u2019 (Chabah nisf al-layl) upon the instructions of the Syrian government although the capacity of the cinema was 200. The doors of the cinema were locked after 500 elementary school students entered the cinema and 283 Kurdish schoolchildren aged between 8-14 were killed in the fire. Although people accused the Syrian government of intentionally starting the fire, no investigation was launched into the fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 64 years have passed since the Amouda cinema fire. The cinema has been rebuilt in cooperation with the Municipalities\u2019 Union of Jazira Canton and the Rojava Film Commune<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Library next to the cinema<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe aim of the rebuilding of the cinema is to commemorate and remember those who lost their lives in the fire,\u201d said Dor\u00een Deqor\u00ee of the Technical Control Department at the Amouda Municipality. \u201cThe lot area of the cinema will be 162 square meters and rebuilding it will cost $346,326. The project to rebuild the cinema was proposed by the Municipalities\u2019 Union of Jazira Canton and the Rojava Film Commune. The construction of the cinema started on August 31 and it continues. We will build a library next to the cinema.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking about the next projects of the municipality, Dor\u00een Deqor\u00ee said, \u201cWe plan to develop more projects because we work for our people and our society.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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