'Mona Lisa' removed from Syrian textbooks: new authorities call it ideological revision, critics see a conservative drift
Changes have been noticed in Syrian school textbooks since Assad's overthrow: the Mona Lisa, images of statues and dancing people have been removed, and illustrations have been redrawn with hijabs and niqabs. The Education Ministry says it is eliminating symbols of the former regime, while critics and IMPACT-se see an ideological transformation.
Aziz Karimov