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 members in support of allowing civil marriage in Syria. Although Syrian society is multi-confessional, civil unions between members of different religious groups is not allowed. Religious […]

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 on the ground, his head covered in blood. In the background, the scene is chaotic with people trying to escape hurriedly as Kurdish voices chanting “şehîd […]

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 Australian of Syrian origin who works as a network security engineer in Perth, Australia, started blogging at the end of 2006 to strengthen his bond with […]

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 break the silence about all those who disappeared following their arrests or were seized by authorities between 1970 and 1989, a period it referred to by […]