The developments of early 2011 have left the political landscape of the Middle East changed but recognizable. Even as urgent struggles continue, it remains clear that authoritarianism will survive this transformational moment. The study of authoritarian governance, therefore, re…
Bogen handler om Syriens nyere historie og giver en forklaring på, hvordan det er lykkedes al-Assad familien siden 1970 at fastholde den totale magt over Syrien og kontrollere landtes mange klaner og stammefolk. Hafez al-Assad syrisk officer og politiker var medlem af Baathparti…
This classic study of politics and society in modern Syria explains the factors that enabled the regime of Hafiz al-Asad to stay in power much longer than any other since independence. Through an in-depth examination of the role of sectarian, regional and tribal loyalties, van D…
The story of a young Syrian refugee's attempt to reach Sweden, focusing on her ordeal in icy waters after the dilapidated fishing vessel in which she was traveling--along with 500 others--sinks. Adrift in a frigid sea, no land in sight, Doaa Al Zamel floated with a small inflat…
"Language, Identity, and Syrian Political Activism on Social Media is an empirical contemporary Arabic sociolinguistic investigation informed by theories and notions developed in the fields of Arabic linguistics, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis and linguistic anthropology. …
Days of the Fall takes the reader into the heart of the wars in Syria and Iraq. The book combines frontline reporting with analysis of the deeper causes and effects of the conflict
This volume provides translations of texts on the Mamluk Sultan Qalāwūn (1279-90) and his son al-Malik al-Ashraf (1290-93), which cover the end of the Crusader interlude in the Syrian Levant. Translated from the original Arabic, these chronicles detail the Mamluk perception of t…
