Nir Boms

Journalist, Writer, Middle East Analyst

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Net activism rattles Arabs

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Blog Police, Middle East, Voices of Democracy

June 27th, 2008 
 
FACEBOOK, the popular social networking site, is becoming more than just a cyber meeting place as it turns into a powerful vehicle for social change.
Squeezing out MySpaceas the site of the moment and with 75million users (more than the population of most countries), it appears to be the most popular meeting place in [...]

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Syrian blogger Tariq Baissi will spend the next three years behind bars.

June 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Blog Police

Some very unfortunate news that came from the growing community of Syrian bloggers. Unfortunately, these brave voices appears to be buried even on the world wide web. This page will do its best to keep at least some of them alive. Nir
 
Syrian blogger Tariq Baissi will spend the next three years behind bars for posting [...]

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