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 1, May 2, 2010 A Facebook group is seeking to expose the highly sensitive issue of dissidents who went missing in the 1970s and 1980s in Syria. The group said it wanted to [...]

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 1, May 2, 2010 He mixes literary expression with politics. The stories he posts resemble old-style Arabic literature but with underlying references to politics in his home country, Syria. Nathan Joseph, a 29-year-old [...]

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 1, May 2 2010 It starts with the sound of a woman screaming in Kurdish “someone has been shot”, before the rattling of guns takes over. A young man is then seen lying [...]

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 1, May 2, 2010 Civil rights activists in Syria are using Facebook to promote the cause of civil marriage in the country. In a short time, the group has gathered more than 450 [...]

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 1, May 2, 2010 Syrian internet users are increasing efforts to put pressure on the government to allow access to the popular social internet utility Facebook. In February, a group, initiated by 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 1, May 2, 2010 A group of Syrians have decided to speak out about human rights abuses in their country, creating an interactive group on Facebook, called Kafasamtan or Enough Silence. The initiative, [...]