Submitted by zozo2k3 on Mon, 2006-01-23 10:27.
The view from Damascus
| I am Arab, Jackass! |
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Caricature by late Naji Al-Ali (biography|cartoon gallery): - Are you Muslim or Christian? Sunni or Shiite? Druze or Alawite? Coptic or Maronite? Greek Catholic or Greek Ortho... - I am Arab, jackass!... |
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| Your Opinion About Syria's Future |
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A new web-based polling portal for Syrians, named Syriapol, has been launched. The aim is two-fold:1) To offer Syrians of all viewpoints a place to express, in quantitative terms, their attitudes toward the status quo, or changes to it.2) To... |
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| More Syrian Blogs |
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Syrian blogs are mushrooming. This is a bunch of blogs I've come across recently. More and more bloggers are using MSN Spaces, which seems to be more convenient than Blogger for blogging in Arabic. We Never Believe in Limits by... |
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| Syrian ISP Blocks Blogspot.com |
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Damascus-based bloggers reported Wednesday that Syrian Telecom, one of two main internet service providers in Syria, has blocked access to all blogs hosted at Blogger.com. Any blog associated with the domain name blogspot.com was not accessible by Syrian Telecom subscribers... |
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| Bridge the Gap in Blogspace! |
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It all started because of some Danish cartoons that everybody felt were leading two cultures into confrontation. Many in the West viewed Muslims as enemies of freedom, who are so narrow-minded that they are ready to slaughter everybody who criticizes... |
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| Not in Our Name: Syrian Bloggers |
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Just like they strongly condemned the offensive Danish cartoons (read the reactions of Sara, Zena, Omar, Dina, Digital Oasis, Al Domari and Abu Hussam), Syrian bloggers were swift to express their anger and disappointment about yesterday's violent events:Sara: I was... |
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| Shame. Shame. Shame. |
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What happened in Damascus today is just shameful. I had expected the protest to be peaceful and civilized. Mobs ran into the streets, shouted and attacked embassies, without realizing the severity of the damage they inflicted to their cause... |
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| Double Standards |
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Imad Hajjaj says it all. Translation (right to left):- This is anti-Semitism.- This is racism.- And this is freedom of speech! (cartoons that mock Prophet Muhammad PBUH)... |
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| Yes, Boycott Danish Products * |
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* After the unfortunate turnout of events, and after endless discussions I had at this blog and elsewhere, I have reshaped my opinion on this issue. Please read my most recent post and my reaction and that of other Syrian... |
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| Back Home |
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Standing beside the grave of my grandfather who passed away a few months ago while I was abroad, I felt that this, and this only, is the land where I want to live, dream, grow old, die and be buried.... |
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| First Report of Blog Censorship in Syria |
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The Syrian Domari yesterday became the first blog to be censored in Syria. Syria Mirror reported today that the Syrian Computer Society, one of two government-owned internet service providers in Syria, has blocked access to the Syrian Domari. The unprecedented... |
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| The Syria You Don't See |
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A few weeks ago, Yahoo! started offering its own news reports from around the world. Yahoo! Hot Zone is a new interactive news web site, created by Kevin Sites and a small team of professional journalists. The idea behind Hot... |
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| More Syrian Blogs |
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I stumbled upon a new addition to the Syrian blogosphere: The Syrian Domari is a satirical blog that carries the name of the famous Syrian satirical weekly that was closed down by the government a few years ago. The people... |
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| Voices From Syrian America |
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“When I came here I used to think like you do now. I thought I can never spend my life in this country, that I should finish my training and go back home. I was mistaken. Soon you will get... |
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| Dropped-Jawed |
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2005 did not pass without a new blast of surprise, the echoes of which will be louder than all the prayers for a peaceful 2006. For everybody welcoming the new year with a dropped jaw, Happy New Year!... |
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| On Coexistence |
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Sami Moubayed wrote a very interesting article about Syrian Christians. He mentions Faris Al-Khury as one of the most famous Syrian Christian to assume senior government posts. Al-Khury served as Prime Minister and as a Parliament Speaker in the 1940s... |
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| Milad Majid |
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I hate it when people in Syria use Merry Christmas and Joyeux Noel as a Christmas greeting. It makes one feel like Christmas is a non-Arab tradition that we learned to observe. It is not! Christmas should not be less... |
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| News Catchup |
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An Israeli journalist wrote that a Syrian diplomat likened a murdered Lebanese politician to a dog. The father of the murdered Lebanese decided to sue the Syrian before American courts. The story is making headlines. Welcome to the Middle East.... |
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| Syrian Forum |
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I got this from a friend: A new website called SyriaForum.org has recently been opened on the Internet. The main feature of the website is a comprehensive discussion forum about several different topics pertaining to Syria (examples: politics, society and... |
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| The Problem of Irrelevance |
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I've been asked why I have not posted in a long time. The answer is that I don't have anything to write. I don't want to write about politics that are the subject of every discussion in Syria. Not... |
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| Thank You My Homeland |
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Reuters : Most Syrians remember Akkad's words in an interview when he answered a question about his success story by saying: Thank you my homeland. Thank you my homeland. Thank you my homeland... (AP photo/Bassem Tellawi)... |
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| Mustapha Al-Akkad (1930-2005) |
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I did the film because it is a personal thing for me. Besides its production values as a film, it has its story, its intrigue, its drama. Beside all this I think there was something personal; being a Muslim... |
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