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Away from war, Syrians find their rhythm in ballroom dancing

A couple dances as they train with instructor at a dance studio in Damascus, Syria, June 11, 2022. For an hour a week Syrians learn the basics of Latin dancing, helping to forget the troubles of war — if even briefly. The war, which erupted in 2011, has killed over half a million people and displaced half the country’s pre-war population of 23 million. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadik) Instructor Adnan Mohammed, right, teaches a class in the basics of Latin dancing, helping his students forget the troubles of war — if even briefly -- in Damascus, Syria, June 11, 2022. The war, which erupted in 2011, has killed over half a million people and displaced half the country’s pre-war population of 23 million. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadik) Couples dance at a dance club in Damascus, Syria, June 13, 2022. For the participants, dancing is a form of release, finding their rhythm in music away from their country's many social and economic pressures. They push Syria's 11-year war from their minds, the politics, the anxiety over the economic crisis and the country's constantly depreciating currency. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadik) Couples dance at a club in Damascus, Syria, June 13, 2022. For the participants, ballroom dancing is a form of release, finding their rhythm in music away from their country's many social and economic pressures. They push Syria's 11-year war from their minds, the politics, the anxiety over the economic crisis and the country's constantly depreciating currency. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadik) Couples dance at a club in Damascus, Syria, June 13, 2022. For the participants, ballroom dancing is a form of release, finding their rhythm in music away from their country's many social and economic pressures. They push Syria's 11-year war from their minds, the politics, the anxiety over the economic crisis and the country's constantly depreciating currency. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadik) A couple dance at a club in Damascus, Syria, June 13, 2022. For the participants, ballroom dancing is a form of release, finding their rhythm in music away from their country's many social and economic pressures. They push Syria's 11-year war from their minds, the politics, the anxiety over the economic crisis and the country's constantly depreciating currency. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadik) Couples dance at a dance club in Damascus, Syria, June 13, 2022. For the participants, ballroom dancing is a form of release, finding their rhythm in music away from their country's many social and economic pressures. They push Syria's 11-year war from their minds, the politics, the anxiety over the economic crisis and the country's constantly depreciating currency. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadik) Couples dance at a club in Damascus, Syria, June 13, 2022. For the participants, ballroom dancing is a form of release, finding their rhythm in music away from their country's many social and economic pressures. They push Syria's 11-year war from their minds, the politics, the anxiety over the economic crisis and the country's constantly depreciating currency. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadik)