Nir’s Notes

Dec. 14, 2009
NIR BOMS and NOAM IVRI , THE JERUSALEM POST
‘I am writing from the other side of the ocean to inform you that after my graduation I won’t be returning” wrote Saudi student Layla (a pseudonym) to her family, in a letter published in the Saudi newspaper Okaz.
“I’ve been freed from my apprehensions and [...]

[Read more →]

Friday, December 12, 2003
By: Nir Boms and Erick Stakelbeck
In his three-and-a-half years as Syrian President, 38-year-old Bashar al-Assad has been called many things by U.S. officials. Misunderstood is not one of them.
Yet, if Assad’s recent comments to the New York Times are any indication, the U.S. has it all wrong when it comes to the [...]

[Read more →]