Reem Helou
Syria - Germany
Scenographer and Illustrator of Children Stories
Visual Arts
Reem Helou
Syria - Germany
Scenographer and Illustrator of Children Stories
Visual Arts
Grantee
Production Awards
Round 01
2017
Balkan Route
Project: Balkan Route
“It’s a miracle that we survived!” This was our first thought when we reached our destination after having crossed the Mediterranean and the Balkan countries. Yes, it was miraculous that we – three young Syrian women – survived and this project is an attempt to relate the story of this miracle. The project is a comic book recounting the journey that two friends and I took after realising that it was no longer possible to remain in Syria. We set off from Damascus to Germany on 24 September 2015 and made our way through Turkey, across the sea to Greece, and then through the Balkans and eventually to Germany where I am currently residing. During the journey, I maintained a detailed diary, chronicling events by date and hour, recording impressions of the countries we passed through and documenting it all with photos. This now will serve to produce my project which is to transform that journey into a story in comic strip form.
“It’s a miracle that we survived!” This was our first thought when we reached our destination after having crossed the Mediterranean and the Balkan countries. Yes, it was miraculous that we – three young Syrian women – survived and this project is an attempt to relate the story of this miracle. The project is a comic book recounting the journey that two friends and I took after realising that it was no longer possible to remain in Syria. We set off from Damascus to Germany on 24 September 2015 and made our way through Turkey, across the sea to Greece, and then through the Balkans and eventually to Germany where I am currently residing. During the journey, I maintained a detailed diary, chronicling events by date and hour, recording impressions of the countries we passed through and documenting it all with photos. This now will serve to produce my project which is to transform that journey into a story in comic strip form.
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