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Yazan Badran

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About Yazan Badran

72 posts · joined 2006-02-9

Grew up in Latakia, Syria. and spending a lot of time between Homs, Damascus and Beirut…
With a huge crush on technology and computers in my early years, Struggling with Japanese, and trying to get my Bachelor in IT from NIT…
I'm obsessed with the overwhelming concept of “Humanity”… I'm obsessed with my beautiful Syria, and the possibilities for cultural, social and political change in Syria…
You can reach my personal blog here…
http://yazanbadran.com/blog/

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March 8th, 2009

Syria: Anti-LGBT Campaign Sparks Heated Debate

This weekend the Syrian blogosphere warmed up for a new confrontation. A group of bloggers launched a campaign against the spread of blogs advancing LGBT rights, and the response came quick. LGBT is controversial everywhere, but within a society that is conservative in its majority, the topic gets much more sensitive and hotly-debated, writes Yazan Badran.

January 10th, 2009

Middle East & North Africa

Uramium Blog links to an article by an American-Jewish journalist on her take on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

January 7th, 2009

Syria: Gaza On Our Minds

Syrian bloggers are in a frenzy since the bombing in Gaza started almost two weeks ago. To many Syrians this comes from a deep long rooted identification with the cause of the Palestinian people. But for some, there's also a very personal side to it. Yazan Badran reports.

January 1st, 2009

Middle East & North Africa

Syrian blogger Dania reports on the silent demonstration organized by Syrian bloggers in-front of the European Commission in Damascus to protest the continuing Israeli onslaught on Gaza. She also publishes the petition sent to Brussels by the demonstators.

December 28th, 2008

Middle East & North Africa

“I mean the present-day Nazis that are shelling an entire population in Gaza. Who knew that the heirs to the ethnic genocidal policies of the Holocaust would be the Jews themselves? And have they perfected those policies!” Says Syrian blogger Lujayn, about the latest bombing of Gaza.

Syria: Outrage at the “Massacre in Gaza”

The Arab world is somber today. The feeling of shock and disgust at the events of yesterday can be felt at every blog. As the Israeli Defense Forces bombed and wrecked havoc in besieged Gaza the Syrian blogosphere had a sense of disbelief at what is happening and the international reaction to it, as Yazan Badran explains.