Twittern(function() { var po = document.createElement(‘script’); po.type = ‘text/javascript’; po.async = true; po.src = ‘https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();SMN No. 2, May 24, 2010 Online activists have started a campaign against the marriage of underage girls in Syria. The group “No to marrying little girls” was created in April to raise awareness [...]

Twittern(function() { var po = document.createElement(‘script’); po.type = ‘text/javascript’; po.async = true; po.src = ‘https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();SMN No. 2, May 24, 2010 He comments on corruption, politics, social phenomena in Syria and the Arab world - Abdul-Salam Ismael, 31, runs one of the most popular Syrian blogs, Matchsticks. Ismael, a [...]

Twittern(function() { var po = document.createElement(‘script’); po.type = ‘text/javascript’; po.async = true; po.src = ‘https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();SMN, May 24, 2010 A recent ban on smoking in public areas and restaurants has sparked a mixed reaction among the Syrian online community. On the social network site Facebook, Syrian users have created [...]

Twittern(function() { var po = document.createElement(‘script’); po.type = ‘text/javascript’; po.async = true; po.src = ‘https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();SMN No. 2, May 24, 2010 Some 680 Facebook members have joined a new group against what they see as visual pollution in Syria. The group called on people to work on making Syria [...]

Twittern(function() { var po = document.createElement(‘script’); po.type = ‘text/javascript’; po.async = true; po.src = ‘https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();SMN No. 2, May 24, 2010 Syrian officials have revoked a decision allowing museums and national monuments to be hired for private occasions after a campaign in the Syrian blogosphere, a move hailed as [...]

Twittern(function() { var po = document.createElement(‘script’); po.type = ‘text/javascript’; po.async = true; po.src = ‘https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();SMN No. 2, May 24, 2010 A recent series of photographs picturing the daily predicament of Syrian internal refugees captured the attention of the Syrian online community. The photos, which aim to raise awareness [...]