SMN No. 12, January 27, 2011 Syrian bloggers and cyber activists have tried to help Egyptian activists as they protested against the Cairo regime this week. As well as spreading the latest news about the protests and sending encouraging messages - as they did during the recent Tunisian revolution - they also tried to provide practical support.

SMN No. 12, January 18, 2011 Syrian bloggers have seized on the so-called Jasmine Revolution as an example of social change which they hope can be repeated in the Arab world. On Facebook, many Syrians changed their profile photos to Tunisian flags and adopted slogans of the Jasmine Revolution, expressing hope that they would soon see change in their own […]

SMN No. 12, January 17, 2011 A newly-created Facebook group has highlighted the economic difficulties faced by Syrians, calling on the government to take urgent steps to address the crisis. Established immediately after the recent uprising in Tunisia - which started after a Tunisian man set himself on fire in protest against his desperate economic situation - the rapidly-growing Facebook […]

A tribute to Omaya Abbas If I were God, I would have made Omaya Abbas live another two months. It is a shame to see her leaving our world only two months before her son Omar is released from prison. Omar, her closest child, whom she couldn’t hold in her arms for the last five years, because thick bars and […]

SMN No. 12, January 6, 2011 Dozens of Syrians declared their support for the recent protests in Tunisia, by creating a group on Facebook, Syrians Support the Tunisian Intifada, which has to date acquired about 100 supporters. The page contains the latest news about the protests, related videos and comments which back and encourage Tunisian people to go on with […]

SMN No. 12, January 6, 2011 A Syrian young blogger has recently added a new service to his blog, Ahmad blogs, which enables blind people to hear what he has to say. The blogger wrote on January 2 that he had been thinking about how to make his blog accessible for blind people since 2002. He enquired website companies about […]