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Syria - Mukhabarat Planet
In 2001 I went back to Damascus, Bashar was in power for a year after his father died and elected through an election where he was the only candidate, literally. The country had changed since my last visit, now I could buy cigarettes in the street and there was Internet, half an hour in restricted sites. Everybody had cell phones and satellite TV, all saw Al-Jazeera and Syria lived in what would...
Apr 9th
Syria - Planet al-Assad
My first time at Syria was in late 1993 until middle 1994. I went to meet my family being still a teenager. During my whole childhood I heard stories about how a country was formed, at that time “stable” after a series of coup d’état, keeping some peace times with Hafez al-Assad’s government, at the time facing war against Israel and occupying Lebanon. I remember how hard was to...
Apr 9th
Siria - Planeta Mukhabarat
En 2001 volví a Damasco, Bashar llevaba menos de un año en el poder tras la muerte de su padre y unas elecciones en las que compitió contra sí mismo, literalmente no hubo ningún otro candidato. El país había cambiado desde mi última visita, ya podía comprar cigarros en la calle y había Internet, media hora diaria en sitios restringidos. Todo mundo tenía celulares y televisión satelital,...
Apr 9th
Siria - Planeta al-Assad
La primera vez que estuve en Siria fue desde mediados de 1993 hasta entrado 1994. Había ido a conocer a mi familia mientras era aún adolescente. Durante toda mi infancia escuché historias de cómo se había formado un país, en ese momento “estable” tras una serie de golpes de estado, que mantenía cierta tranquilidad con el gobierno de Hafez al-Assad al tiempo que se encontraba en un estado político...
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