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Razan Ghazzawi

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About Razan Ghazzawi

15 posts · joined 2008-03-7

I refer to myself as a person from Syria, not a “Syrian citizen.”
I am currently doing my MA's thesis on Iraqi Jews' literature in my beautiful city, Beirut.
I blog at Razanisms and I like to take photos.
I am a vegetarian and would like to be a farmer one day.

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November 12th, 2008

Syria: Bloggers Unite to Read

For the first time in the Syrian blogosphere, local Syrian bloggers have came up with a refreshing idea; forming an online book club in which they decide on reading a certain book, and after 10 days, each reader would offer her/his reading of the book on their personal blogs. The book ...

Middle East & North Africa

Salam [AR] lists in this post problems most Arabic internet users face as they're viewing Arabic websites. He argues that the reason behind such problems is mostly due to the profession of these websites' owners: they're not websites' designers nor developers, but rather money makers.

September 11th, 2008

Middle East & North Africa

Ahmad [Ar] announces to his readers and to Syrian bloggers the launch of a new Syrian blog aggregator, AL-MUDAWWEN, and asks bloggers from his country to add their blogs here.

Middle East & North Africa

Amr Fahham [Ar], from Damascus, appeals for help to save a rare Damascene flower - the Damascene Sawsan (

السوسن الدمشقي

), from extinction. He says that it only grows on Mountain Qassun.

July 30th, 2008

Syria: Forgotten Prisoners and Real Heros

An Egyptian prisoner is still being held in an Israeli jail, according to reports being posted by bloggers, in the aftermath of the Prisoner swap between Israel and Hezbollah. Razan Ghazzawi reflects on what the Syrian bloggers had to say about this and the exchange of prisoners in general.

July 7th, 2008

Syria: Police Kill 25 in Sednaya Massacre

The Syrian Human Rights Committee (SHRC) announced that a massacre had occurred on July 5 at the Sadnaya military prison, west Damascus. At least 25 detainees had been killed by the Syrian police, according to SHREC that received phone calls from inside the prison during the massacre. The detainees started ...