With Assad gone, the publishing world in Syria enters a new era
by editors@theworld.org (Shirin Jaafari) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6XYRZ)
The government of Bashar al-Assad made the media in Syria a tool of its propaganda. It arrested and intimidated writers and journalists who opposed the official line. Books were censored and newspapers were shut down. Now, with Assad gone, journalists and writers are shaping a new, more open media and literary landscape. The World's Shirin Jaafari reports from Damascus.