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		<title>Female Activists at Syrian Centre for Media Speak Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 07:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression, SCM, is a non-governmental organisation that aims to defend the freedom of belief and expression, in cooperation with government institutions and civil society organizations. SCM had continued its work over the past year, and issued several reports about the arrest and harassment to which journalists have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom of the Press Shall Survive Mazen Darwish’s Arrest</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 07:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mazen Dawrish, along with the other detainees from the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression, SCMFE, has recently completed 60 days in the cells of the Air Force Intelligence, AFI, at Al-Mazzeh military airport outside Damascus. The prisoners include, among others: Hussein Ghureir, a father of two and ex-detainee; Hani al-Zaytani, who still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experts in Death Do Not Cry</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 11:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Razan Zeitouneh I am a documenter of death. I watch videos that show martyrs so as to record their names and the details of their death &#8212; dozens a day, and when we periodically update our database, the number reaches hundreds within a few hours. The average length of a single video is one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Syrian Political Cartoonists Wait for a New Dawn</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Political cartoons in Syria, whether exhibited in newspapers or art galleries owned by the cartoonists themselves, have long been the victim of censorship, which distanced this art from its public. This reality runs against the essence of the art itself: it is enough to know that the word “caricature” is derived from the Latin word [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nowruz Under the Revolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 21 was the day Kurds celebrated the start of a new year; it is the “New Day”, or Nowruz, as it is called in Farsi. Kurds make their preparations for this day, which also marks the start of spring, by buying new clothes, foodstuff, setting up tents in the open air, as well as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will the Syrian revolution opt for a civic or Islamic state?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Revolution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a result of the repeated attempts to dress the Syrian revolution up with the turban of Islamism and hurl it into a sectarian debate, a political confusion has surfaced that weighs heavily on the minds of opposition activists. This debate revolves around the role of Islamic parties, which are represented by the Muslim Brotherhood, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diverse Inhabitants of Al-Jazeera Express Hope, Fears for Change</title>
		<link>http://www.damascusbureau.org/?p=3272</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Syrian region of Al-Jazeera is noted for its wide ethnic and religious diversity. This area, situated in the north-east of Syria and bordered by Turkey from the north and Iraq from the east, is home to Arabs, Kurds, Circassians, Chechens, Armenians, Chaldo-Assyrians as well as Christians of other denominations. The policies that the Baath [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Letter to Syrian Poet Adonis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adonis has repeatedly written about the Syrian revolution; in the letter he addressed to President Bashar al-Assad, for example, or his column in the daily Al-Hayat, and he has spoken about it in interviews with both television and print media. In all of his statements, Adonis has shown disrespect for the Syrians’ blood and accused [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homs Relief Campaign Obstructed by Security Forces</title>
		<link>http://www.damascusbureau.org/?p=3197</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Society]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The campaign was inspired by a simple question a girl asked during a meeting of Syrian activists in Damascus, “What about the families that left their homes in Homs and don’t have any financial or emotional support?” The meeting brought together young political activists and former detainees, as well as members of opposition parties such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Towards the end of apartheid</title>
		<link>http://www.damascusbureau.org/?p=3182</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[First Person Account]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Maryam Hasan Last night, I had an unusual dream that, despite being pleasant, became a source of discomfort. I saw families in the park enjoying themselves, while other children played in the streets. I was sitting with my mother on the balcony, watching people release their energy and emotions amidst the noise from the [...]]]></description>
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