Waad Al-Kateab

Still in #Syria searching for my father. Thousands of families are searching for loved ones, desperate for any piece of information. For years, the Assad regime denied our pain, denied our demands, and gaslit us about their arrests. We won’t be silent. We demand the full truth

Arrived in Damascus to continue the 12-year search for my detained father in #Assad’s prisons. I've posted his photo throughout the city, hoping for any information. Hope fuels me, but the pain is immense. Nothing less than the full truth! #Syria

Wow, UN fail. Sat in a hotel with two very brave Syrians, one a former prisoner another who is looking for her father. Both were scheduled to travel with the @UNEnvoySyria to a prison facility. Only problem is the convoy left without them. Can you imagine how degrading that is.

@JamesAndreF24 @emeraldmaxwell @andyhilliar @VedikaBahl @dougf24 @WafaMustafa9 has been leading a campaign to find the tens of thousands of Syrians disappeared by the #Assad regime. Among them is her own father, whom she hasn’t had news of since he was arrested in 2013. She spoke to Angela Diffley on #F24AroundTheWorld ⤵️

حتى لحظة نشر هذه التغريدة لم تعثر فرقنا التي وصلت إلى سجن #صيدنايا على أي أبواب سرية يتم الحديث عنها، الفرق تعمل بأدوات الخرق والبحث والمجسات الصوتية وبوجود فرق k9 التي تضم كلاباً مدربة، ويرافقنا في البحث أشخاص يعرفون كل تفاصيل السجن إضافة لاعتمادنا على إرشادات من أناس تم التواصل معهم من قبل الأهالي على أنهم يعرفون مداخل السجن والأقبية السرية، نعمل بكل طاقاتنا ولكن حتى الآن لا دلائل تؤكد وجود معتقلين ضمن أقبية أو سراديب السجن، وسنستمر في البحث حتى التأكد من جميع أقسامه وبدقة. #الخوذ_البيضاء

Last night Syrian activists and friends held candles together in Trafalgar Square in central London to mourn over 50,000 people in Türkiye and 6,000 people in Syria who lost their lives in the colossal earthquake on 6 February 2023.

"This feels like a genocide in real time.....Israel's bombing is constant. It invades and occupies every sense" Aya Al-Ghazzawi on the ground in occupied Gaza amnesty.org.uk/blogs/campaign…

Our first screening of 2024 is Waad Al-Kateab's "We Dare To Dream" + Q&A on 31st Jan at 7.30pm. Joanna Natasegara can sadly no longer come but @waadalkateab will be there to answer all your questions. Book tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/we-dare-to-d…

يُعجبكم موتنا وتتفاخرون بكثرة شهدائنا يُعجبكم قهرنا وقلة حيلتنا وصمودنا وتكرهون ضعفنا وإعترافنا بأننا بشر حتى انك يا عزيزي لم تتكبد عناء مقاطعة منتجات القتلة الا بعد ان قتل منا ما يزيد عن العشرين ألفا ألم اقل لكم اننا لسنا محتوى لعين لتشاهدوه ؟ بل قضية نحاول لوحدنا ان لا نمحى عن الوجود وانتم تنظرون وتنَظرون.

Despite an incredibly challenging year, the White Helmets are committed to doing all they can to restore life & hope to the Syrian people. As we wrap up this year, we are in awe of their work that gives communities hope for the future ❤️ Support their work whitehelmets.org

Not good, guys @IDF. You are documenting your own war crimes. @IntlCrimCourt @btselem @AgnesCallamard @hrw @KenRoth @USAmbUN

This is about Gaza | غزّة

Tonight was very special evening, we got to watch the premiere of We Dare to Dream, here is an impassioned #emmawatson asking a question at the Q and A We Dare to Dream 🎥, by award-winning filmmaker @waadalkateab , is the story of 5 Olympic refugee athletes from Iran, Syria, South Sudan and Cameroon who swim, run and fight their way to opportunity and safety in host nations across the world. Follow their lives and hopes as they train to compete on the world stage at the Tokyo Olympics. @chooselove @VioletFilms

We Dare to Dream is @waadalkateab’s brilliant new film full of hope about the Refugee Olympics Team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Heart-warming and inspiring it had us on the edge of our seats rooting for these incredibly brave and wonderful young people.

Lucky enough to go to the premiere of #wedaretodream last night. @waadalkateab has created another incredible film, hope, passion and of course pain. And the @IMIX_UK team got glammed up!

Raising refugee awareness at the premiere "We dare to Dream" @IMIX_UK @VOICESNetworkUK @BritishRedCross @waadalkateab

@ericastarling1 Congratulations

Thank you so much to everyone who voted for our film #Lyra we have won the Televisual Bulldog award!!!and Chloe Lambourne was a runner up in the editing category for Lyra. So delighted ❤️

It has been the greatest news in a w while. I hope you will focus on your personal life and not seeing you serving as any position in politics.

“If Assad does make it to the UN climate talks, every handshake and photo opp will be a grave betrayal of victims of atrocities in Syria." Read filmmaker @waadalkateab’s message then sign the petition telling #COP28 hosts the UAE to #UninviteAssad 👇 diary.thesyriacampaign.org/uninvite-assad…