Syrie : le clown d’Alep, qui réconfortait les enfants traumatisés, est mort.
The clown that entertained the traumatised children of Alepo is dead.
Anas Al-Basha a été tué lors d’un bombardement, mardi.
He was killed during a bombardment on Tuesday.
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Anas Al-Basha avait 24 ans. Il vivait en Syrie, dans la partie est d’Alep, la zone de la ville sous contrôle des rebelles. Le jeune homme est mort, mardi 29 novembre, lors d’un bombardement. Anas Al-Basha était l’unique clown de la ville. Il réconfortait les enfants traumatisés.
Anas Al-Basha was 24 years old. He lived in Syria, in an area of the town controlled by the rebels. The young man died on Tuesday 29 November. Anas was the only clown in the town. He entertained children traumatised by the war.
Le jeune homme dirigeait un centre appelé Space for hope (Un espace pour l’espoir) et “jouait des sketches pour les enfants afin qu’ils brisent les murs autour d’eux”. Selon l’agence Associated Press, cette association soutenait 12 écoles et 4 centres psycho-sociaux dans l’est de la ville. Elle prenait en charge 365 enfants qui avaient perdu un parent, parfois les deux.
The young man ran an association called Space for Hope and ” played out roles and parts for the children to help break down barriers between them”. According to the AP agency , this centre supported 12 schools and four psycho-social centres in the town with a total of 365 children who had lost at least one parent.
Anas Al-Basha s’était marié il y a deux mois. Sa femme demeure prise au piège dans Alep-Est et des milliers d’enfants vivent encore là-bas alors que les troupes fidèles à Bachar Al-Assad reprennent du terrain sur les rebelles.
Anas Al-Basha was only married two months ago. His wife runs a shelter in the east of Alepo, , where thousands of children still live and are trapped, while troops loyal to Bachar Al-Assad try to retake ground from the rebels.
About bill
Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer.
The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013.
Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI.
Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug
2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website.
But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien.
The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50.
Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea.
Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
