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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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October 4, 2006 3:33 PM

There's No Iraq, But Keep it Anyway

Damascus, Syria - In recent weeks the issue of federalism has been gaining momentum in Iraq. If federalism -- or "secessionism" as Iraqis see it -- does one day occur, it would push the final nail through the coffin of what many hoped would be a finer, stronger, and more democratic Iraq.

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