Nir’s Notes

Despite UN Designation, Arab Culture Deserves Better ‘Capital’ Than Syria published in ThreatsWatch.org By Guest Contributors Nir Boms and Jonathan Spyer The ancient city of Damascus received another mark of recognition last week. Following in the wake of Liverpool – which was recognized as the European Capital of Culture, and Stavanger in Norway, which was named [...]

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November 21, 2003, 9:08 By Nir Boms & Erick Stakelbeck “The advance of freedom is the calling of our time; it is the calling of our country.” With this statement, made in his November 6, 2003, speech calling for the establishment of democracy in the Middle East, President Bush galvanized an increasingly active contingent of [...]

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