Mahmoud Hasan

Founder of Masmaa, writer, and researcher with a Master's degree in Sociology and Anthropology. His research has focused on the Syrian alternative cinema movement that emerged in the 1970s as a cinematic approach to rethinking the representation of social reality. Drawing on visual anthropology and the sociology of film, his work examines Syrian documentary cinema and its relationship with political power. His research interests include visual and sensory anthropology, archives, and the intersection of technology and social research.