Ibrahim Qashoush

Ibrahim Qashoush (Arabic: إبراهيم قاشوش; born September 3, 1977 – died July 3 or July 4, 2011) was a Syrian protest singer active during the early stage of the Syrian revolution. Posthumously, international media ascribed him the role of a leading author and singer of protest songs in his home city. He became a symbolic figure of the civil war as a civilian murdered as revenge for his musical performances. Later media reports, however, call this account into question.