Arab Spring – Thirteen Hours of Interrogation
by Mohammed Ali Atassi. The morning of September 18th, Syrian director and film producer Omar Amirlay drove from his home in Damascus to Amman, Jordan. Four months earlier he [...]
Essays
Syria Open Sesame?
by Michael Teague. A spate of recent articles in The New York Times popularized the notion that Syria is [...]
The Issue of “Dialogue” in Islamic Culture
by Elie Chalala. “If you are a traditional Muslim you might be disturbed by parts of this book. But if you are an enlightened Muslim you will realize that dialogue is a [...]
Arab Spring: An Essay on Syria
by Elie Chalala. One might wonder about the title of this article at a time when Syria is paying a heavy human cost on a daily basis. The environment of killing created by [...]
The Arab Spring – The Original Arab Revolution?
“Spring” Positions of Amin, Adonis Face Critical Scrutiny by Elie Chalala.I have read a sizable part of the literature on the Arab Spring, in addition to having [...]
Ghayath Mattar: ‘Rain Flower’ of Syria
by Elie Chalala. Everything I read about Ghayath Mattar confers an image of a young man who was a model activist in the ongoing Syrian Revolution. Ghayath was a pacifist and [...]
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