Ziad Maraqa, co-Project Lead from CC Jordan, spoke on 3 February 2009 in Damascus at the iCommunity FOSS Workshop, a notable gathering for the Syrian Free Software community.
Sources:
Alwatan Newspaper (Arabic):
http://www.alwatan.sy/dindex.php?idn=50788
http://www.alwatan.sy/dindex.php?idn=50843
edamascus (Arabic):
http://www.edamascus.sy/_activities.php?filename=200902021845011
http://www.edamascus.sy/_business.php?filename=200902031620011