Surrounded by ruins in Syria's capital Damascus, Ayham Ahmad sings accompanied by an out-of-tune piano about migration, hunger, and death. Threatened by Assad's regime and jihadists of the Islamic State, the Piano Man is silenced and must ...See moreSurrounded by ruins in Syria's capital Damascus, Ayham Ahmad sings accompanied by an out-of-tune piano about migration, hunger, and death. Threatened by Assad's regime and jihadists of the Islamic State, the Piano Man is silenced and must flee - to Germany. The documentary film "The Pianist of Yarmouk" tells the story of this Syrian refugee musician. After his arrival in Munich, we follow the life of a man who sang out against the suffering in his country until his instrument was destroyed. His fate stands for that of thousands - robbed of their hopes and dreams and forced to build a new existence.
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