Half-taped flyers on the red gates of Saydnaya
December 21st, 2024: 13 days post the fall of the Syrian regime, 13 days post the liberation day of Syria.
Day 13 of Syria attempting to accept the fate of 112,414 forcibly disappeared since the beginning of the uprising (Syrian Network for Human Rights, 2025).
As I was filming and documenting the remnants of stories that were left behind on the walls of Saydnaya Military Prison after the release of all detainees, I felt the echoes these walls must have trapped, and I could not stop asking myself “What would the walls of a human slaughterhouse say if they could speak?” The term “human slaughterhouse,” a term coined by Amnesty International (2017) for Saydnaya Military Prison, has haunted me for years.