Campaigners slam hoax Syrian lesbian blogger

RIGHTS campaigners have reacted furiously after a US student based in Scotland unmasked himself as the author of the “Gay Girl in Damascus” blogs, which charted the security crackdown in Syria.

Tom MacMaster, 40, an Edinburgh University masters student, admitted he created Amina Abdullah, a fictional Syrian blogger.

The Amina character rose to fame for her reports on the pro-reform movement, posting as “an out Syrian lesbian’s thoughts on life, the universe and so on”.