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Syrian bio-medical engineer and sign language teacher Wisal Al Ahdab communicates using sign language with 21-year-old deaf student Riyad Hommos during a class at the EEMAA association, an NGO center for the deaf in Damascus’ Midan district on March 7, 2016. Joseph Eid/AFP


Deaf Syrians Learn the Language of War

Deaf Syrians Learn the Language of War

by | Mar 10, 2017 | Features

Damascus- At an NGO in Damascus, two young deaf Syrians, Bisher and Ryad, are working to create special sign language characters so thousands of Syrians like them can talk about the war that has ravaged their country for the past six years. They have created a way to...