About 700 folks participated in a latest technological convention in Damascus, Syria. Most have been Syrian and Syrian American. As a result of conflict and sanctions, the Syria technological business has been largely remoted for years. The nation continues to struggle with the essential providers, equivalent to electrical energy. Picture: Greg Myre/Npr
Just lately, a number of hundred folks gathered at a lodge in Damascus to debate the way to begin the Syria technological business. This sector was virtually non -existent in the course of the lengthy civil conflict of Syria. Our correspondent participated within the convention and met a younger man who fled from Syria in the course of the civil conflict and is now a graduate scholar at Stanford. His journey illustrates each the probabilities and the challenges approaching Syria.