The morning after the Assad regime fell late last year, Quizat founder Hamza Hourani was surprised to find the capital, Damascus, calm. Then mobile phones started working again, spurring hope in the war-torn city. Today, Hourani and other business leaders are striving to reboot the city as a Silicon Valley of Syria. Read more from @RestOfWorld@flipboard.com:

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Syria’s quest to build its own Silicon Valley

Tech founders in Damascus are rebooting a war-torn country.

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Neko Case recently released “Neon Grey Midnight Green,” the singer-songwriter’s long-awaited eighth solo album. The work “is drunk on the magic of love and embracing the power of aging into yourself with each decade,” Nico Corcoran writes for [@pitchfork](

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). “Neon Grey Midnight Green” is Case’s first entirely self-produced album, yet it was a group effort behind the scenes. “I wanted there to be real people on every instrument and leave the sounds of people’s sleeves brushing the chair or people taking breaths,” Case said. “I wanted all of that to celebrate the organism that is people making music together.” Great read worth the time for lovers of music and art:

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Neko Case Gets Better With Age

The prolific singer-songwriter discusses the silver lining of grief, her everlasting obsession with nature, and her new album, Neon Grey Midnight G...

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