CBS news reports that “The government of Syria has already reassigned hundreds of niqab-wearing school-teachers to administrative offices where they would not have contact with students.” AP’s Edward Yeranian writes that the recent ban “follows a decision last month to dismiss 1200 Syrian school teachers who wear the face veil in class. Education officials, at the time, stressed that Syria was a “secular society,” and

Syria Comment Readers: 13   Votes 1

the Syrian blogsphere recently followed the publication of news and reports about the alleged dialogue between a group of Syrian and Israeli bloggers, through (http://www.onemideast.org/) site, news agencies reported that there has been talks taking place for quite some time  between a group of Syrian and Israeli bloggers, in order to bring their views together and open the door of normalization, which the Israelis are looking for with all Arab

ندوة المدوّن Readers: 47   Votes 1

An opinion piece written for Newsweek suggesting George W. Bush make an excellent complement to U.S. President Obama as Middle East envoy has made waves in the blogosphere. The article, penned by Gregory Levey, the author of a book called Shut Up I'm Talking: And Other Diplomacy Lessons I Learned in the Israeli Government–A Memoir and former speechwriter for the Israeli government, advocates for Bush and Obama to play

Global Voices Online - Syria Readers: 302   Votes 3

Although the definition of the term 'revolution' does not imply a specific time-frame to accomplish a specific type of change in a drastic manner, however, one would assume that the term 'revolution' should be used when a drastic changes is happening in a short period of time.Many revolutions have occurred in the past that resulted in drastic changes in short periods of time. For example the French revolution (1789-1799), Spanish

Arabian Camel Readers: 296   Votes 3

More than a year has passed since the riot in Sednaya Military prison, tens of prisoners died and the authorities has not provided the families of detainees or the public about the fate of all detainees at the prison, and has not released any information about the action its forces took against the prisoners. NO investigation have begun about the violence at the prison. The authority’s strategy about Sednaya massacre has

رايح ومش راجع Readers: 318   Votes 2