Wessels brings a filmmaker's eye and an anthropologist's sensibility to this landmark examination of Syrian documentaries and their creators ... Writing from decades of deep engagement, Wessels shatters the myth that the Syrian uprising's explosion of dissident culture emerged from a creative void.

Christa Salamandra, Professor of Anthropology, Lehman College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA

This extraordinary and deeply researched study connects the documentary video productions of the Syrian revolution with antecedents produced under the punishing eye of two Assad regimes ... Documenting Syria makes an essential contribution to the cultural history of the Syrian revolution and demands international attention to the regime's crimes against humanity and the people's courage, resilience and creativity.

miriam cooke, Braxton Craven Professor of Arab Cultures, Duke University, USA

An excellent exploration of a neglected form of filmmaking from a country whose amazing cultural production has historically been repressed and is currently neglected … Wessels' book offers a sensitive and knowledgeable insight into contemporary developments in Syria's transnational and networked cultural production.

Stefanie van de Peer, University of Glasgow, UK