SMN No. 11, November 10, 2010 Through the internet, the well-known Syrian cartoonist Ali Farzat is turning caricature from a passive art form into one encouraging interaction and participation amongst the growing Syrian online community. Farzat’s website - which displays cartoons mocking aspects of Syrian and Arab political, social and economic life - as well as his Facebook page with […]

SMN No. 10, November 8, 2010 A Syrian blogger has launched a new project to support Arab bloggers working towards change in their societies. Omar Mushaweh hopes the Blogging for Change initiative will help internet activists “tackle issues that could change our reality and societies”. Mushaweh told Damascus Bureau that there was already a lot of what he called “resistance […]