Latest posts by Yazan Badran from April, 2007
Syrian Independence Day and Elections
Syria celebrated it's independence and Parliamentary elections with a lot of official fanfare, but very little excitement from bloggers as a reported two per cent of the constituents turned up at the polling stations. Yazan Badran sums up the reactions as bloggers debate the results and updates us about the jailing of a prominent human rights lawyer.
Syrian Blogsphere on Pelosi, Liz Cheyney, Parliamentary Elections, and Nargileh
In the last couple of weeks very important developments have taken place on the Syrian political arena. One was the controversial visit of the US speaker of parliament Nancy Pelosi to Damascus. The visit had sparked hundreds of articles in the world's media, pro and against. And the Syrian blogsphere...