205:'s regime on Egyptian protesters. The Syrian security forces dispersed the sit-in with force. During the Syrian uprising in March 2011, Shehadeh participated in many activities involving peaceful resistance. He joined the protest of intellectuals in Damascus and was arrested on July 13, 2011. He was subsequently beaten by security officers and endured hardships through his incarceration aggravated by his own diabetes.
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in March 2012 amid the intensified military operations conducted by the Syrian government in that city. He remained there almost 3 months until his death. There, he managed to film the government's bombardments as well as train many activists and photographers in Homs on how to perform proper montage
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Shehadeh's imprisonment did not deter his perseverance. He pioneered the project of ‘freedom money’ in
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to get to his destination. After running out of gas during one stage of his trip, Shehadeh bartered with gas station owners for a litre of gasoline every morning in order to keep on his journey. He was the first Syrian to cross the Iran-Pakistan border and was subsequently ‘escorted’ by
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in order to document the eminent danger which the residents of Homs find themselves in. Shehadeh also trained the producer Ahmad Al-Assam (also known as Ahmad Abu
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commented on his death by saying: "Terrible news! I’d already heard. A wonderful courageous person. What will happen to poor Syria as it sinks more deeply into the abyss – I hate to think."
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in 2001. He graduated with a degree in
Information Technology in 2006, majoring in Artificial Intelligence. Shehadeh then took a break from his field to study Archaeology and work with the
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