“But then came Syria, and my hypocrisy and the fragility of those ideals became exposed,” wrote Palestinian activist Budour Hassan in her latest brilliant piece entitled “how the Syrian Revolution has transformed me”.
Author: Joey Ayoub
Joey Ayoub is a Lebanese writer who blogs at Hummus For Thought. He is the MENA editor at Global Voices and at IFEX.
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