For Sama
Waad was an economics student at the University of Aleppo when the Syrian revolution began in 2011. For Sama (الى سما) is an incredibly personal account of the war depicts what Waad, Dr. Hamza (Waad’s husband), their friends, and coworkers went through and why they chose to stay for so long. Much of the footage takes place in the make-shift hospitals Hamza built. For Sama is an up-close look at the horror and heartbreak on the front lines of The Battle of Aleppo, and the bits of beauty that shine through.
Vocabulary / مفردات
انتبه / دير بالك
Be careful
شو قصدك؟
What do you mean?
كمامة
Mask (like a surgical mask)
كابوس / كوابيس
Nightmare/s
تصوّر
To film
خليني مرتاحة
Put me at ease or calmed me
النظام
The regime
خاطر
Danger or risk
مخنق/ة
Suffocating or strangled
ننطصر (نطصر)
We win or we are victorious
مستعدين موت كرمالو
They were ready to die for it (their new country)
كرمال/ك/ي/تم/و/ها/هم
To do something for the benefit of someone or something else
هشة
Fragile
قتل
To kill
أمل
Hope
مشفة (مستشفة)
Hospital
In writing you should probably go with the full مستشفة but if you're speaking casually, you can drop a few letters and just say مشفة
هاد شي لعم يحلقو لقلبي (حلق)
This is the thing that's breaking my heart
ساعدونا (ساعد)
Help us
التهجير
Displacement or exile
حتى هلا
Until now or up to this point
فرصة الوحيدة
Only chance
الصمت
The silence
خسرنا كل شي (خسر)
We lost everything
يا خسارة
A phrase used to show sympathy when someone is down on their luck
صدمة
Trauma
انا ما اندم اي شي (ندم)
I don't regret anything
