Syrians: They're just like us!

Gregg Carlstrom | October 28, 2009 11:12 AM | 1 | recommend (0) |   |      

Evan blogged over the weekend about Don Belt's excellent portrait of modern Syria in National Geographic. Syria News Wire rightly called it the best article on Syria in a decade.

For a less enlightened perspective on Syria -- but perhaps a more entertaining one -- I recommend this article by Amy Kellogg, a FOX News correspondent who recently returned from a 10-day trip to what she strangely dubs a "normally reclusive country."

Among her insightful observations: Syria has lingerie shops! Many Syrians speak English! They're even willing to stop and give directions to a foreigner!

I guess it's an encouraging sign that FOX News is writing sympathetically about Syria, a country the network has long treated as a junior member of the "axis of evil." But what a schlocky piece of writing this is. And it's only the first in a multi-part series!

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Categories: Life and Culture, Media, Regional News, Syria, Tourism

Tags: Amy Kellogg, Don Belt, FOX News, National Geographic

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anonymous — October 28, 2009 11:32 AM

http://joshualandis.com/blog/?p=4305

The Syrian Ambassador to the U.S. didn't have too many nice words to say about the National Geographic piece...

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