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WATCH: Ramadan storyteller roams Syria displaced camps

A storyteller is roaming the displaced camps in north Syria to help children forget about the daily bombardments and suffering.
Hussein Bertawi performs as a storyteller.

In his traditional embroidered clothes and his red fez, a storyteller sits in his decorated tent as he leans on his stick to enchant children around him.

The words “once upon a time” transport them to a happier world far away from the war, the staccato of bullets and the scenes of killing and destruction in Syria.

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