Pipe Dreams
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© Ali Cherri
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Pipe Dreams by Ali Cherri
LBY/FRA 2013, Forum Expanded
© Ali Cherri
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Pipe Dreams by Ali Cherri
LBY/FRA 2013, Forum Expanded
© Ali Cherri
Two moments in the history of contemporary Syria: a phone call between a Syrian cosmonaut who was part of a Russian space mission and the late president Hafez al-Assad, and the removal of a statue of Assad by the Syrian government to prevent its destruction by demonstrators.