Posted on October 19, 2009 by 50% Syrian
Syrian students denied academic access to IBM supercomputer at KAUST due to US sanctions
Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) honors US political restrictions over internationally-set academic freedoms and integrity
Damascus (October, 2009) – The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), the new world-class research university in Saudi Arabia, has denied [...]
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Posted on April 18, 2009 by Abdulsalam Haykal
Damascus, 13 December 2008
Mr. Barack Obama
President-elect of the United States of America
c/o President Jimmy Carter
Dear Barack,
You certainly want to know more about Syria, and I will volunteer —even uninvited— to share some information that can be useful until you manage to see for yourself.
This is a time of festivity in Syria. The end of Eid [...]
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Posted on December 8, 2008 by Abdulsalam Haykal
… and the perpetrators were caught in the act. Then they were left in peace to continue what they had started.
In the world of those that can feel no shame, the night Eid was stolen was just another night. They stood as witness at a perfectly sealed Egypt-Gaza border, and made sure that the Custodian [...]
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Posted on November 30, 2008 by Abdulsalam Haykal
By Abdulsalam Haykal
Dear Rabbi Krinsky:
I changed my plan and stayed in the hotel room in Chicago to watch your press conference on Friday following the horrific tragedy in Mumbai. Your commitment to adopt the innocent toddler Moshe, Prophet Moses’ namesake, spoke volumes of the solidarity of your community, and the sense of responsibility you have [...]
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