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A statement issued by the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression said Razan Ghazzawi was arrested by police and immigration officials at the border. She was on her way to Amman to attend the conference as a representative of the center.

Establishment media types embraced her. She was a Syrian lesbian blogger, after all. Just kidding. Turns out, “she’s” Tom MacMaster, an American activist studying for a masters, at Edinburgh University, who likes to pretend he is a lesbian, in his public-private life. Now this howler: I never expected this level of attention. While the narrative voıce may have been fictional, the facts on thıs blog are true and not mısleading as to the situation on the ground. I do not believe that I have harmed anyone -- I feel that I have created an important voice for issues that I...