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Radio 4,1 min

'We were looking at the snipers and having a barbecue'

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Lina Sinjab describes a bizarre day in Damascus, when she and her friends drank wine and had a barbecue whilst they watched snipers on a rooftop. She explains how life must go on in Syria: "We can't afford getting weak, the only way is stand up and move on."

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