Sheyma Buali is a London-based writer with a focus in Middle Eastern visual culture. She is a culture correspondent for <em>Asharq Al-Awsat</em> and editorial correspondent for <em>Ibraaz</em>. She has previously contributed to <em>Harpers Bazaar</em>, <em>Art Arabia</em>, <em>Little White Lies</em>, <em>Al Arabiya</em> and <em>The State</em>. She is also currently part of the London Palestine Film Festival organizing team.

Surreal Syria

[caption id="attachment_55248566" align="alignnone" width="620"] Still from the film Ladder to Damascus, Mohamad Malas, 2013.[/caption] Ever since he…