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00:00In Damascus, the celebrations haven't stopped since the Assad dictatorship fell.
00:09Women are cheering their newfound freedom and intend on keeping it.
00:13French teacher Anan Assi feels reassured that the rebels have promised to uphold personal
00:18freedoms.
00:19We greet them, they respond, we congratulate them, they respond.
00:27I hope with all my heart that things will stay this way, because if they start to oppress
00:32women like us, who are open-minded and have open-minded convictions, we will fight against
00:40it.
00:41It's a sentiment shared by her friend Zohra.
00:51We're united despite our differences, and we'll make sure it stays that way.
00:57This man embraces his young daughter, caught between hope and fear.
01:03I hope they'll let women study and do what they like with their appearance, like my daughter
01:08with her uncovered hair.
01:15Khedra Al Mala sells clothes to fund her law studies.
01:18She wants women to have the career they choose, unlike in other countries run by Islamists.
01:26It's true, I'm a bit afraid, but I don't want to live in fear anymore.
01:29I want my dreams of becoming a lawyer in service of our society to come true.
01:38At this funeral for a famous opposition figure, women have turned out in force, intending
01:42to play an active role in society.
01:46We asked the new government to give us a real role in the Syria that we're building.
01:50We can't be pushed aside.
01:53For now, militia patrols appear to be respecting the interim government's orders of tolerance
01:58towards women.