photo: Addison Independent
Deborah Felmeth married a Syrian man and lived a life with one foot in Vermont and another foot in Damascus, Syria. She taught music and movement and yoga in both places. Then, all hell broke loose. I don’t know the status of her husband’s family in Damascus three years into the terrible civil war.
A gifted photographer, she took pictures over the twenty or so years she lived in Syria half of every year. Her documentation provides an affirming gift of spirit amidst the tragedy of pride-induced violence, criminality, and nihilism.
Deborah’s video trailer (on Facebook) for the book is heart rending.
Syria, Remember Me (web site) | Facebook
November 4, 2015 interview iTunes with Mike Smith (Vt. WDEV)
