FENG: Al-Masri, a committed pacifist, believed his pen was his most powerful weapon, but by 2012, al-Sarout had picked up a gun. He'd decided to become an opposition fighter. Here's his childhood ...

FENG: El-Khalid did, but in his joy, he feels like there's an entire chapter still missing, he says. Al-Sarout is missing, he says. And al-Masri, the lyricist, is now a songwriter without his singer.

FENG: El-Khalid did, but in his joy, he feels like there's an entire chapter still missing, he says. Al-Sarout is missing, he says. And al-Masri, the lyricist, is now a songwriter without his singer.