Ayman al-Masri carries a notebook where he hand-wrote songs, in Homs, Syria, on Feb. 1. (Yahya Nemah for NPR) Masri had reams of lyrics written, but he was looking for the right person to give voice ...
NPR's Emily Feng recently wrapped up a reporting trip to Syria, and as Syrians celebrated the end of Bashar al-Assad's regime, she kept seeing one man's face everywhere. She wanted to know who he was, ...