AN-NABEK, Syria — The "Peace Walls" project does not intend to beautify or underestimate death, or to disrespect those who are haunted by death. It is an initiative to say that in Syria, there are people who deserve life and want peace, and to avow that we will keep giving and constructing to create a better and more beautiful future for all Syrians.
This is how Amira Malek, the executive director of the Syrian Women’s Forum for Peace, described Peace Walls, launched on Oct. 1. The forum is civil society organization that aims at mobilizing local and international opinion to pressure decision-makers into adopting peaceful methods in their political dealings and building a democratic state. As a first project, murals were drawn on the walls of the cemetery in the city of An-Nabek in the Damascus countryside.