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100			_aHilger, Naftali,
245		4	_aThe View from Marjeh Square. _cNaftali Hilger.
260			_bJerusalem Report, _c2005.
440			_aSIRS Enduring Issues 2006. _nArticle 50, _pGlobal Issues, _x1522-3221;
500			_aArticles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006.
500			_aOriginally Published: The View from Marjeh Square, April 4, 2005; pp. 24-25.
520			_a"Indeed, the cell phones don't stop ringing, and Al-Jazeera broadcasts all day long. But Zaamir, who is willing to speak at length in a corner at the Old City's Neufaracafe, expresses the general frustration over the gap between expectations and reality in the new Syria. 'Believe me, nothing has changed here,' he says. 'An old president has gone, and a young one took his place, but the ruler is still surrounded by the same people, and they are the ones who set the tone in the country. As long as that old group is in power, nothing will change." (JERUSALEM REPORT) This article exemplifies the difficulties of the transition to democracy in the Middle East through the example of Damascus in Syria.
599			_aRecords created from non-MARC resource.
600			_aAl-Asad, Bashar
651			_aIsrael _xForeign relations _zSyria _xEconomic conditions
651			_aSyria _xPolitics and government
710			_aProQuest Information and Learning Company _tSIRS Enduring Issues 2006, _pGlobal Issues. _x1522-3221;
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