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#AleppoIsBurning: Can a Twitter trend help end the war?

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Carolina Machhaus May 23, 2016

Abdalaziz Alhamza is a Syrian refugee living in Berlin. After bombs destroyed his hometown of Aleppo, he decided something needed to be done to stop the airstrikes. With #AleppoIsBurning he has helped create a digital campaign of awareness. Follow Carolina Machhaus as she traces the beginnings of this protest movement from Twitter to the streets in Europe.

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