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Syria: The Best or the Worst Article Ever?
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
One of many billboards in Syria featuring President Bashar al-Assad (photo by jilliancyork)
Syrian bloggers frequently decry travel writing about their country - often it's too stereotypical, sometimes downright false. And for a country considered long “isolated” at least from the United States, it can be particularly frustrating to see such writing promoted as accurate. Therefore, when popular ...
Original article from http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/11/03/syria-the-best-or-the-worst-article-ever/
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