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razan ghazzawi during a conference in lebanon in 2008 -lsb- http://razanghazzawi.org/ razanghazzawi.org -rsb- syrian-american razan_ghazzawi_in_beirut _ - _ 20080824.jpg razan ghazzawi
 razan ghazzawi رزان غزاوي translator ; media officer ; blogger damascus university , university of balamand
razan ghazzawi

razan ghazzawi -lrb- -rrb- is a syrian-american blogger , campaigner and activist .
she has been highly involved in the events during the syrian civil war , and has been particularly outspoken on activists ' arrests and the violations of human rights committed by the bashar al-assad government .
she was called `` iconic blogger and leading activist '' by `` the telegraph '' .
jillian york -lrb- who has been called `` one of the leading scholars on internet control and censorship '' -rrb- wrote that ghazzawi was `` one of heroes . ''
