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Sami Moubayed

Damascus, Syria

Sami Moubayed is a Syrian political analyst and historian based in Damascus, Syria. Moubayed is the author of "Damascus Between Democracy and Dictatorship (2000)" and "Steel & Silk: Men and Women Who Shaped Syria 1900-2000 (2006)." He has also authored a biography of Syria's former President Shukri al-Quwatli and currently serves as Associate Professor at the Faculty of International Relations at al-Kalamoun University in Syria. In 2004, he created Syrianhistory.com, the first and online museum of Syrian history. He is also co-founder and editor-in-chief of FORWARD, the leading English monthly in Syria, and Vice-President of Haykal Media. Close.

Sami Moubayed

Damascus, Syria

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Live On Line - July 17. 2006

The general tone in the Arab World today is the following: the war has errupted. It is no longer important if Nasrallah was guilty or if Hizbullah miscalculated. That is now history. Its now: either one is with Hizbullah or with Israel. There is no third way and neutrality is unacceptable in the Arab and Muslim World. Do you think this is fair and correct?

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