Syrians Who Fight Back With Satire
While many Syrians are fleeing the country, others resort to satire. The country is undergoing a cultural revolution at the moment. And Salwa Ismail says there is a virtual explosion of satire in the protest movement right now. Ismail is a professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
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