In 2011, as protests against the Assad regime broke out across Syria, economics student Waad al-Kateab grabbed her phone and started filming. For the next five years, al-Kateab would document her ...

Syrian Civil War diary “For Sama” has won the best feature award from the International Documentary Association for Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts. The award was presented by Frances Fisher on ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Filmmakers Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts are hoping the Oscar nomination for their documentary "For Sama" will remind people of the plight of Syrians affected by the country's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite this morning’s BAFTA noms diversity furor, there are some silver linings concerning inclusion. Syrian war documentary For ...

A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives ...

Like many new parents, Waad al-Kateab often had a camera in hand during the first year of her baby’s life — documenting the coos, the smiles, the milestones. But the young mother was also using her ...