Thursday, July 24, 2003

Syrian Newspaper No Longer Published

The Light Holder newspaper is no longer published in Syria, according to this story in the New York Times. [Access to the article requires free registration at the New York Times website for a short time and then it becomes available only in the archive.] According to the report, the publisher, Ali Firzat, says he was unable to find a timely printer for his newspaper after publishing a cartoon interpreted to be critical of Saddam Hussein.

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