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At Basel al-Sati's souvenir shop in a central Damascus market, socks bearing caricatures ridiculing ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and his once feared family are selling like hot cakes. "I want to bring joy to people who have been deprived of happiness for so many days and years," says Sati, 31, displaying pairs of white ankle-length socks. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES