The Syrian revolution’s goalkeeper

June 8, 2019

 
 

You will never get Syria without knowing what it felt like to watch Abdelbasset Sarout, the goalkeeper of Karama Football Club, leading Homs in song for freedom and dignity under Assad's savage military assault, as young Homsis swayed in unison chanting after him. Rest in peace, my heart weeps for what they took from you, from them, from us all.

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