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.
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.
During the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Hussein Bertawi tours the camps for the displaced across Idlib in northwest Syria to meet the children and tell entertaining and eye-opening stories with the aim of spreading joy, offering wisdom and instilling values, as part of an initiative launched by the Ghiras Alnahda organization in the displaced camps.
Bertawi told Al-Monitor that the topic of a story is one of the key elements behind a child’s amazement, as it has to be attractive. A storyteller, he added, should also perform well and show excitement, be it through sounds, movements, smiles or expressions.
