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At first sight Yarmouk looks like a normal suburb of Damascus. But it's a refugee camp; full of tightly packed apartments and home to many second and third generation Palestinian refugees.

This film focuses on the girls' school and in particular on the remarkable story of two girls, Shaza and Rahaf, who want to publicize the Palestinian cause through rap. It puts them on a collision course with both their head teacher, who thinks rap is an inappropriate way to tell the Palestinian story, and their families who don't want their daughters to be stepping out of line this way. In a powerful story the two girls take us to the heart of what it is like to be a young Palestinian living in Syria.

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About Syrian School

Despite rarely finding itself out of the headlines, the Middle East is frequently misunderstood. Syrian School goes beyond the clichés to meet the human face of a fast growing young population, whose government is modernizing the education system to encourage a generation of children able to think for themselves. This unique series looks at a fascinating country through the eyes of its schoolchildren, their families and their teachers.