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Professor Gets Rare Glimpse Inside Syria

By Paul Tuthill

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wamc/local-wamc-983620.mp3

Amherst, MA – A Hampshire College economics professor has returned home after spending a month in Syria. Omar Dahi, who was born and grew up in Damascus, had a rare look inside the country where pro democracy protests have drawn a violent response from the government. WAMC's Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Dahi.

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