Comments on: The best article on Syria in a decade http://newsfromsyria.com/2009/10/22/the-best-article-on-syria-in-a-decade/ Thu, 12 Apr 2012 01:57:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Raed ibn al sham http://newsfromsyria.com/2009/10/22/the-best-article-on-syria-in-a-decade/#comment-5265 Raed ibn al sham Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:04:58 +0000 http://newsfromsyria.com/?p=5201#comment-5265 Not surprised. Americans have a way of looking at the bad side of everybody else but themselves. A quick tour of many american cities would show you the real truth about their society and so called freedom and security. Try walking at night in most of their cities, you'd better have a up to date will before you do. And the screams you hear at night in American cities which they have become accustomed to are the screams of kids getting molested, women being raped and anyone venturing outside and getting mugged. Oh America the beautiful, look inside, hypocracy is an american invention. Not surprised. Americans have a way of looking at the bad side of everybody else but themselves. A quick tour of many american cities would show you the real truth about their society and so called freedom and security. Try walking at night in most of their cities, you’d better have a up to date will before you do. And the screams you hear at night in American cities which they have become accustomed to are the screams of kids getting molested, women being raped and anyone venturing outside and getting mugged. Oh America the beautiful, look inside, hypocracy is an american invention.

]]> By: Global Voices in Italiano » Siria: articolo da incorniciare o da buttar via, quello del National Geographic? http://newsfromsyria.com/2009/10/22/the-best-article-on-syria-in-a-decade/#comment-5009 Global Voices in Italiano » Siria: articolo da incorniciare o da buttar via, quello del National Geographic? Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:25:28 +0000 http://newsfromsyria.com/?p=5201#comment-5009 [...] miglior articolo sulla Siria da dieci anni a questa parte,” si è sentito obbligato a condividere online le propria opinione [in]: Questo articolo rappresenta la Siria reale. Un elenco di elementi caratteristici che i [...] [...] miglior articolo sulla Siria da dieci anni a questa parte,” si è sentito obbligato a condividere online le propria opinione [in]: Questo articolo rappresenta la Siria reale. Un elenco di elementi caratteristici che i [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Syria: The Best or the Worst Article Ever? http://newsfromsyria.com/2009/10/22/the-best-article-on-syria-in-a-decade/#comment-5006 Global Voices Online » Syria: The Best or the Worst Article Ever? Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:21:06 +0000 http://newsfromsyria.com/?p=5201#comment-5006 [...] Geographic that he deemed “the best article on Syria in a decade,” he just had to say something: This article is the real Syria. It is a checklist of points which Syrians know about their [...] [...] Geographic that he deemed “the best article on Syria in a decade,” he just had to say something: This article is the real Syria. It is a checklist of points which Syrians know about their [...]

]]> By: Not the best article on Syria in a decade | Syria News Wire http://newsfromsyria.com/2009/10/22/the-best-article-on-syria-in-a-decade/#comment-4997 Not the best article on Syria in a decade | Syria News Wire Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:04:30 +0000 http://newsfromsyria.com/?p=5201#comment-4997 [...] Syria’s eloquent Ambassador to the US, Imad Moustapha has taken offence to an article which I called “the best in a decade“. [...] [...] Syria’s eloquent Ambassador to the US, Imad Moustapha has taken offence to an article which I called “the best in a decade“. [...]

]]> By: Syria Almighty http://newsfromsyria.com/2009/10/22/the-best-article-on-syria-in-a-decade/#comment-4993 Syria Almighty Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:05:32 +0000 http://newsfromsyria.com/?p=5201#comment-4993 I read this article last week. A classmate of mine had a copy of National Geographic and read the Syria portion. He gave me the magazine, not telling me why, but I knew it was going to be about Syria. Anyway, it was a good article, but that's it. It was not completely accurate, and the mafia intro was ridiculous. I read this article last week. A classmate of mine had a copy of National Geographic and read the Syria portion. He gave me the magazine, not telling me why, but I knew it was going to be about Syria.

Anyway, it was a good article, but that’s it. It was not completely accurate, and the mafia intro was ridiculous.

]]> By: abu kareem http://newsfromsyria.com/2009/10/22/the-best-article-on-syria-in-a-decade/#comment-4991 abu kareem Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:51:36 +0000 http://newsfromsyria.com/?p=5201#comment-4991 Sasa, I read it just last night. It was good, but nothing much new. There remains a level of opacity in the workings of the Syrian government that is still hard to penetrate even by the best journalists. No one has yet explained to my satisfaction the discordance between Bashar's apparent openness, his likeable demeanor, his sincerity and the reality on the ground ; the way the government actually behaves towards its people. A 78 year old respected lawyer is thrown in jail and no one dares to utter a word. Fear still prevails as the article makes clear. Is this Bashar's Syria or is it still the Syria of the old guard? Sasa,

I read it just last night. It was good, but nothing much new. There remains a level of opacity in the workings of the Syrian government that is still hard to penetrate even by the best journalists. No one has yet explained to my satisfaction the discordance between Bashar’s apparent openness, his likeable demeanor, his sincerity and the reality on the ground ; the way the government actually behaves towards its people. A 78 year old respected lawyer is thrown in jail and no one dares to utter a word. Fear still prevails as the article makes clear. Is this Bashar’s Syria or is it still the Syria of the old guard?

]]> By: Reads of the week and imploding dreams « erase and rewind http://newsfromsyria.com/2009/10/22/the-best-article-on-syria-in-a-decade/#comment-4989 Reads of the week and imploding dreams « erase and rewind Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:43:04 +0000 http://newsfromsyria.com/?p=5201#comment-4989 [...] is the kind of article I dream to someday write. As Syria News Wire put it, Shadowland – which the blog calls the best article on Syria in a decade – [...] [...] is the kind of article I dream to someday write. As Syria News Wire put it, Shadowland – which the blog calls the best article on Syria in a decade – [...]

]]> By: Ali http://newsfromsyria.com/2009/10/22/the-best-article-on-syria-in-a-decade/#comment-4988 Ali Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:33:07 +0000 http://newsfromsyria.com/?p=5201#comment-4988 "It was Bashar himself who had made this last trend possible, working with like-minded technocrats to computerize Syria even before he became president. Over the objections of the country's powerful military-intelligence complex, Bashar had persuaded his father to connect Syria to the World Wide Web in 1998. " He succeeded in doing the reverse what he thought he is up to. He killed this medium and kept Syria in Dark Ages. “It was Bashar himself who had made this last trend possible, working with like-minded technocrats to computerize Syria even before he became president. Over the objections of the country’s powerful military-intelligence complex, Bashar had persuaded his father to connect Syria to the World Wide Web in 1998.
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He succeeded in doing the reverse what he thought he is up to. He killed this medium and kept Syria in Dark Ages.

]]> By: Sasa http://newsfromsyria.com/2009/10/22/the-best-article-on-syria-in-a-decade/#comment-4987 Sasa Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:13:37 +0000 http://newsfromsyria.com/?p=5201#comment-4987 Good to have you here Qifa. I agree the challenges are massive. But you know me, the "regime hack", an eternal optimist. My commentary was on the accuracy of Belt's representation of Syria - more than the state of Syria itself. Belt points out a number of challenges facing the country, but he does it without resorting to the usual hysterical style. And he puts his finger on the country's real problems. All in all, an impressive piece of writing. Good to have you here Qifa. I agree the challenges are massive. But you know me, the “regime hack”, an eternal optimist.

My commentary was on the accuracy of Belt’s representation of Syria – more than the state of Syria itself. Belt points out a number of challenges facing the country, but he does it without resorting to the usual hysterical style. And he puts his finger on the country’s real problems.

All in all, an impressive piece of writing.

]]> By: Qifa Nabki http://newsfromsyria.com/2009/10/22/the-best-article-on-syria-in-a-decade/#comment-4986 Qifa Nabki Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:10:00 +0000 http://newsfromsyria.com/?p=5201#comment-4986 Sasa I thought it was good too, but it didn't leave me as optimistic as it left you. Bashar has a lot on his plate... it's not clear to me how exactly he is going to turn the country around any time soon. Another 40 years may be needed... Sasa

I thought it was good too, but it didn’t leave me as optimistic as it left you. Bashar has a lot on his plate… it’s not clear to me how exactly he is going to turn the country around any time soon.

Another 40 years may be needed…

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