New English daily newspaper for Syria

Syria is getting a brand new daily English-language newspaper.

picture-2 Stephen Starr reports that it will be called Baladna, and will have a similar format to its sister Arabic-language paper of the same name.

‘Our Country’ will be twenty-four pages long, and will be published five days a week. It will be edited by Reem Maghribi, who is in charge of What’s On Syria – also published by the same company, UG. UG is Syria’s biggest publishing house and advertising agency.

UG won the license after the Syria Times closed last June. The launch follows a massive drive for English-language journalists to run the paper.

The first edition is due out later this month.

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1 Maysaloon // May 8, 2009 at 4.55 pm

Sigh…another outlet for our beloved Syrian “intellectuals”.
2 Asadulla Khan // Aug 19, 2009 at 3.00 pm

Hi

We wish to post some jobs in Syria, would you please suggest any good job sites.

Regards,

Asad

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