Once banned, Kurdish dubbing flourishes in post-Assad Syria

Once banned, Kurdish dubbing flourishes in post-Assad Syria

The Kurdish language entered the world of dubbing in Syria several months before the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime, practiced at the time in complete secrecy due to fears of well-known security crackdowns on any activity conducted in Kurdish. The Kurdish language had been banned for decades under the al-Assad regime (both father and son), and while the situation became more relaxed after the regime’s collapse on Dec. 8, 2024, challenges still…