Liz Flock

I appreciate it.

I appreciate it.

called Blog Post.

called Blog Post.

Very original. And what was happening at that time was the Arab Spring. So I was writing about protests in countries all over the Middle East every day for months on end.

Very original. And what was happening at that time was the Arab Spring. So I was writing about protests in countries all over the Middle East every day for months on end.

And I was writing about all these really complicated topics and I was really scared every day writing about them. Scared of what? Um, just that the responsibility that I had, the tremendous responsibility to write accurately and quickly about all of these really important subjects.

And I was writing about all these really complicated topics and I was really scared every day writing about them. Scared of what? Um, just that the responsibility that I had, the tremendous responsibility to write accurately and quickly about all of these really important subjects.

Yeah, it was me and my editor, Melissa. And we were kind of, we're actually the number one traffic driver for the Washington Post for a while. So we would get about 3 million page views a month. And we were encouraged to keep that up. So we posted as much as we could.

Yeah, it was me and my editor, Melissa. And we were kind of, we're actually the number one traffic driver for the Washington Post for a while. So we would get about 3 million page views a month. And we were encouraged to keep that up. So we posted as much as we could.

She writes about her complex identity of being an out lesbian in conservative Syria, having grown up in the U.S. And on the blog, she writes poetry, she writes history. She writes what are basically like foreign policy op-eds.

She writes about her complex identity of being an out lesbian in conservative Syria, having grown up in the U.S. And on the blog, she writes poetry, she writes history. She writes what are basically like foreign policy op-eds.

She sometimes writes more sexy poetry, I would say. I forgot about this, but I went back to it. And there was one piece called Testimony of Jasmine. And she writes, my sex to your sex, grinding in time with sounds of the city stretched out below. And it goes on and on.

She sometimes writes more sexy poetry, I would say. I forgot about this, but I went back to it. And there was one piece called Testimony of Jasmine. And she writes, my sex to your sex, grinding in time with sounds of the city stretched out below. And it goes on and on.

So the second I read her post, My Father, My Hero, I immediately reach out to her for an interview. I mean, we were interviewing lots of activists, but she's like the dream interview because she's so interesting.

So the second I read her post, My Father, My Hero, I immediately reach out to her for an interview. I mean, we were interviewing lots of activists, but she's like the dream interview because she's so interesting.

I am checking the blogs and social media, and I see that on Gay Girl in Damascus, there's a post not by Amina, and it says, Dear Friends of Amina, I'm Amina's cousin, and I have the following information to share. Earlier today at approximately 6 p.m. Damascus time, Amina was walking the area of this bus station.

I am checking the blogs and social media, and I see that on Gay Girl in Damascus, there's a post not by Amina, and it says, Dear Friends of Amina, I'm Amina's cousin, and I have the following information to share. Earlier today at approximately 6 p.m. Damascus time, Amina was walking the area of this bus station.

and they hustled her into a red Dacia Logan with a window sticker of Bashar al-Assad. The men are presumed to be members of the security services. Amina's present location is unknown.

and they hustled her into a red Dacia Logan with a window sticker of Bashar al-Assad. The men are presumed to be members of the security services. Amina's present location is unknown.