This panel provides a general snapshot on life at the local level during the conflict in Syria. In between state-failure, war economy and a “conflict society”, triggered by the country’s dire humanitarian crisis, multiple actors have stepped in to fill in the void. These include Youth Networks, civil society organisations, Local Councils, Sharia-based institutions,…
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Mohammad Al Attar, Rana Khalaf and Yassin al-Haj Saleh. Moderated by Ziad Majed. How would we define the situation in Syria today? Are there still any revolutionary characteristics in the middle of the ongoing war and all regional and international interventions? Did the revolution manage to change something in the society? Can we talk about…
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The Syrian Peace Action Centre (SPACE) in Oslo invites you to ‘The Question of Syria’ — a three-day event of panel discussions and film screenings about resistance, art and revolution in Syria, introducing the works of Syrian artists, intellectuals and cultural actors. The Question of Syria will explain the Syrian cause in a common cultural…
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Dagsavisen Den italienske jesuittpresten Fader Paolo Dall’Oglio bodde i klosteret Deir Musa nord for den syriske hovedstaden Damaskus i tre tiår. Fader Paolo så det som sitt livs plikt til å bryte ned barrierene mellom islam og kristendom. Han mente at den kristne minoritetens politiske interesser blir ivaretatt når religiøs identitet underordnes politisk deltakelse. Men…
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“Syria Differently” – The third Syrian narrative. 12 February 2015 18:00 at Litteraturhuset With the picture of the Syrian struggle being blurred and the focus being shifted to Islamic extremism only, it is important to bring back to the scene the increasingly neglected aspects of the Syrian ‘conflict’. “Syria Differently” provides an alternative image of…
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“Syria Differently” – The third Syrian narrative. 12 February 2015 18:00 at Litteraturhuset With the picture of the Syrian struggle being blurred and the focus being shifted to Islamic extremism only, it is important to bring back to the scene the increasingly neglected aspects of the Syrian ‘conflict’. “Syria Differently” provides an alternative image of…
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SPACE aims to curate and create resources about Syria in the form of online content, be it intellectual resources, artistic or stories of ordinary citizens. Here we present a website we created to collect all of Yassin al-Haj Saleh’s articles and interviews in English and French: www.yassinhs.com. Yassin al-Haj Saleh is a Syrian writer, intellectual…
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