The Arab Spring was marked by eight stories of different civil uprisings in the Arab world. The Syrian story has been the most prominent and the most complicated. It was also the least expected country to witness a revolution in the light of its longstanding totalitarian regime. In addition to the abandonment of the international community and the involvement of rogue states such as Russia and Iran for the side of the Syrian regime, the longstanding life under the totalitarian regime played a role in the social fragmentation and the poor ability for a united front to emerge and represent the Syrian society. It also was responsible for the eruption of the revolution in the first place. This book examines the intellectual and behavioral changes the Syrian society has experienced under the Assad totalitarian regime and how they have reshaped the society and influenced the revolution and its outcome.
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Newcastle upon Tyne
Großbritannien
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Höhe: 212 mm
Breite: 148 mm
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978-1-0364-0678-3 (9781036406783)
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Abdullah Chahin is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Loyola University of Chicago, USA, and a faculty of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at Brown University, USA. Dr Chahin also holds a master's degree in contemporary Islamic thinking and another master's degree in data science from Indiana University, USA. He also served the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Amnesty International USA section and was a board member between 2018-2021. He has headed several non-governmental organizations that focused on human rights work and non-violence resistance in Syria. Dr Chahin was awarded the Homo Homini Award for the promotion of human rights and non-violence in 2012.
