Nir’s Notes

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Layla of Arabia

December 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Middle East, Saudi Arabia

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 [...]

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Middle Eastern Bloggers – Radio Panel Discussion (Radio Netherlands/VOA)

May 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Blog Police, TV and Radio Interviews

If their governments had their way, an Israeli, a Syrian and an Iranian wouldn’t be friends, but Nir T Boms, Ahed Al Hendi and Potkin Azarmehr are. They are from the small but vocal community of bloggers risk imprisonment by communicating with each other and the world through their blogs – together they join Jonathan [...]

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