Overseas Palestinian safeguards cultural heritage through artworks

STORY: Overseas Palestinian safeguards cultural heritage through artworks SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:54 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the artist working in his house 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HANI AL-RAKOUI, Palestinian artist 3. various of the artist working in his house 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): HANI AL-RAKOUI, Palestinian artist 5. various of the artist's store STORYLINE: Hani al-Rakoui, a Palestinian refugee living in Syria, is on a unique journey to safeguard and promote the Palestinian heritage among the diaspora by creating artworks representing his homeland culture. Inspired by his father, who started the work back in 2000 in the Yarmouk Camp, the largest camp for Palestinian refugees in the Syrian capital Damascus, the now 36-year-old information technology graduate has taken on the mission to connect Palestinians living abroad with their traditional culture. At his house in the countryside of Damascus, al-Rakoui has

SYRIA-DAMASCUS-PALESTINIAN REFUGEE-ARTWORK

SYRIA-DAMASCUS-PALESTINIAN REFUGEE-ARTWORK

(231120) -- DAMASCUS, Nov. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hani al-Rakoui works on a piece of souvenir at his workshop in Damascus, Syria, Nov. 9, 2023. Hani al-Rakoui, a Palestinian refugee living in Syria, is on a unique journey to safeguard and promote the Palestinian heritage among the diaspora by creating artworks representing his homeland culture. TO GO WITH "Feature: Overseas Palestinian safeguards cultural heritage through artworks" (Photo by Monsef Memari/Xinhua)

SYRIA-DAMASCUS-PALESTINIAN REFUGEE-ARTWORK

SYRIA-DAMASCUS-PALESTINIAN REFUGEE-ARTWORK

(231120) -- DAMASCUS, Nov. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hani al-Rakoui works on a piece of souvenir at his workshop in Damascus, Syria, Nov. 9, 2023. Hani al-Rakoui, a Palestinian refugee living in Syria, is on a unique journey to safeguard and promote the Palestinian heritage among the diaspora by creating artworks representing his homeland culture. TO GO WITH "Feature: Overseas Palestinian safeguards cultural heritage through artworks" (Photo by Monsef Memari/Xinhua)