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...He also wrote a series for television, The Silk Market, first broadcast in 1996, which documented 1950s Syria and the rise of the Ba’ath party and was banned in the country....
...As Mr Ismail talks he receives a phone call, after which he says a young activist from his party has been detained by the PYD at a demonstration....
...He holds a BA from the university of Benghazi as well as a diploma from Washington’s Institute of Economic Development....
...“There is a brand coalescing around the university,” Ismail says, “and we’re pushing that forward.”...
...Ismail Zayer, a delegate at the Iraqi national conference that ended on Wednesday, likened Mr Sadr's vision for Iraq to that of the Taliban in Afghanistan....
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