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Basel al-Ibrahim was born in the Syrian city of Aleppo. When he grew up he memorised every corner of every building on every street, later spending years of his life filming the crisis in the country. He was well known by the people of Aleppo as he had traversed the whole city.
In 2013 when he became a media activist bent on documenting crimes done against the people of Syria, he did the unthinkable.
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