Parvaz on Being Held in Syria: "The first night I was there, they took me out blindfolded and handcuffed into a courtyard..."

I don't mean to boss you, but it's basically your duty as a human to watch the whole Al Jazeera interview so that as many people as possible can bear witness to what's happening in Syria—what happened to former Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter Dorothy Parvaz, and what happened to the people imprisoned around her.

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Eli Sanders

Eli Sanders was The Stranger's associate editor. His book, "While the City Slept," was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He once did this and once won this, but he also once crashed his bike into a parked car while on his way to a staff meeting, never mind this, so… His website, which probably hasn't been updated in a while, is www.elisanders.net.

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