How a young and by no means reckless Syrian nerd almost accidentally became a passionate activist and world citizen: that, in sum, is the story of Khaled Shaaban (34), the driving force behind Roia. This Syrian IT organization has saved lives by providing war zones in Syria with internet, telecommunications, software and computer education. This year, he visited the Netherlands. 'We had no mission, we just fell into it.' Carl Stellweg Khaled Shaaban once led the life of a cautious Syrian citizen. Don't ask uncomfortable questions if you can't tolerate ugly answers. Keep a low profile, then you won’t get into trouble. A humdrum existence under the iron rod of the mukhabarat - the secret police - and the ubiquitous menacing cardboard images of father and son Assad. Then Friday April 15, 2011, came along. A day the opposition of the regime had proclaimed as a "day of anger." Thousands of so-called troublemakers had been protesting ag