Amouda Cinema statue in Amuda, Syria

Amouda Cinema was a movie theater in Amuda town in Al-Hasakah Governorate of Syria. This cinema burned down in a fire in November 1960 and more than 200 children died inside it,[1] it was believed to have been inspired by ethnic hatred towards Kurds.[2]

Amouda is Burning

Amouda is Burning is a documentary book about the Amouda Cinema fire by the Kurdish-Syrian writer and lawyer Hasan Draei.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Violent Crime Defense Attorney San Diego CA | Law Firm Near Me". Archived from the original on 2014-05-17.
  2. ↑ David, McDowall (1996). A Modern History Of The Kurds. I.B. Tauris. p. 472. ISBN 9781850434160.
  3. ↑ "Haitham Hussein: The continuing story of a Syrian Kurd novelist". December 2012.
  4. ↑ "فرهاد دريعي - عامودا لن تحترق".
  5. ↑ "وفاة حسن دريعي كاتب "عامودا تحترق" قُبيل أيام من ذكراها السنوي". Archived from the original on 2014-05-31. Retrieved 2014-05-13.



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