{"id":14348,"date":"2012-04-14T13:06:44","date_gmt":"2012-04-14T17:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/?p=14348"},"modified":"2012-04-14T13:06:44","modified_gmt":"2012-04-14T17:06:44","slug":"mohammads-american-dream-in-the-sea-of-protest-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joshualandis.com\/blog\/mohammads-american-dream-in-the-sea-of-protest-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Mohammad\u2019s American Dream in the Sea of Protest,&#8221; Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;An Alawi friend is making a documentary about Syrian Demonstrations in the US.\u00a0 Here is a preview.<br \/>\n<object width=\"530\" height=\"299\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/7P5fbdgMKms?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\" http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7P5fbdgMKms\"><em>Mohammad\u2019s American Dream in the Sea of Protest<\/em> <\/a>is a documentary that attempts to shed light on this current crisis through the actions, concepts and words of Mohammad, a 50-year old Syrian who emigrated to the US in the 80s.\u00a0 Mohammad protests in every US-based demonstration. \u00a0Where Syrians were taught to fear political participation due to serious consequences, Mohammad discusses learned concepts of democracy and breaking his \u201cfear barrier\u201d in order to demonstrate.\u00a0 Mohammad takes us on an exclusive trip into his politically-charged world where we see various other protestors sharing the same goal of change.\u00a0 <em>Mohammad\u2019s American Dream in the Sea of Protest<\/em> is a journalistic documentary; the location is America; it is constructed in three parts: fear, freedom, and demonstrations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;An Alawi friend is making a documentary about Syrian Demonstrations in the US.\u00a0 Here is a preview. 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