Stories about Syria from April, 2008
Syria: Explosive Nuclear News
Yesterday, the CIA released footage of an alleged Syrian North-Korean-built nuclear reactor. The footage "exploded" all over the news. Yazan Badran brings us the reactions of Syria's bloggers.
Blogging in Syria
Syrian Abu Fares marks his blog’ second anniversary with a post about blogging in his country.
Syria: Safita and Chastel Blanc Photo Tour
Abd from Syria Winks takes us on a photo tour in the ancient city of Safita, and its crusader tower, Chastel Blanc.
Syria: Chocolate Thief
Wouldn't you hate it if someone waited for you to go pray, to steal your… chocolates?! Kinan from Jar of Juice, shares his “bitter” experience with a co-worker.
Damascus: The Destruction of The Old City
Damascus prides itself on being the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. The history of Damascus goes back well into the 8000BC. In every corner of its ancient alleys there's a taste of every historical era there was to be found. The city that had withstood everything from earthquakes to invasions for nearly 10 millennia, is now crumbling under the threat of... "Modernism", writes Yazan Badran, who brings us the reactions of a Syrian blogger.
Syria: 12 Years for Kamal Labwani
Syrian opposition activist Kamal Labwani has been handed a 12-year jail sentence for “contacts with Washington,” reports …Or Does it Explode?
Syria: 60 years after Deir Yasin
“As Israel prepares to celebrate its sixtieth anniversary, and as Palestinians reach sixty years of dispossession, we must honor the memory of those who perished in the savage butchery that...
Syria: Carter meeting Mashaal
Joshua Landis brings us media reports about a planned meeting between former US president Jimmy Carter and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, in Damascus, during Carter's Middle East tour later this...
Syria: The Colored Tile Complex
“So I used to step on the colored tiles… and count. Yes! I would count how many of each colored tile did I step on using each leg. The main...
Syria: Egypt Strike Update
From Syria, Razan Al Ghazzawi links to popular Egyptian blogs and other online tools, discussing the current worker's riots, strike and unrest in the country.
Algeria: Silly Summit Debate
From Algeria, Nouri the Moor sheds more light on the Arab Summit, held recently in Syria, and the coverage it got.
Syria: The Arab Summit
So, another Arab summit comes and goes. This time it was the all awaited Damascus summit. As you can see, this roundup is almost a week late, simply because I couldn't find anyone who's actually writing about the summit - which tells you exactly how little people have come to expect from these annual gatherings.
Syria: Human Rights Activist Arrested
Badih Dak al-Bab, a Syrian human rights activist, was arrested last month in Damascus after writing articles critical of the government, reports Or Does it Explode…
Egypt: Al Arabiya ‘Not Biased’
From Egypt, Sandmonkey comments on Al Arabiya's coverage of the Arab Summit in Syria.
Mideast Youth: Interview with Kurdish Student
Bahraini blogger Esra'a, at Mideast Youth, interviews a Kurdish student in this podcast which discusses the Kurdish situation and the hypocrisy of mainstream media towards their cause.
