Archive for the 'Book' Category

Assessing Nikaolas Van Dam on Syria’s Fate – by Steven Heydemann

Lens on Syria, by Daniel Demeter

“The Asad Petition of 1936: Bashar’s Grandfather Was Pro-Unionist,” By Stefan Winter

Review of “ISIS: The State of Terror”

J.K. Gani’s “The Role of Ideology in Syrian-US Relations” — Reviewed by Julio Rivera

A Visit to the Tomb of Hafez al-Asad

“Bilal” – by Stephen Boeshaar

Syria and the US – by Sami Moubayed – New Book

Nokalaos van Dam, “The Struggle for Power in Syria: Politics and Society under Assad and the Baath Party.”

Five Books on Syria – Recommended by Nikolas van Dam

News Round Up (21 March 2010)

New Books on Syria by Imady, Ellery, and Saldaña

“Jordan is a model that works, whether we like it or not,” – Rami Khouri

A Memoir-Novel of Tadmur Military Prison, reviewed by S. Taleghani

“The Syrian Exception: Between Modernization and Resistance” by Caroline Donati

Syria Seeks to Separate US Relationship from Arab-Israeli Conflict

Syria’s New Tax Code

SYRIAN BA’THIST MEMOIRS: Review by Nikolaos van Dam

What is Feltman Doing in Damascus?

“Dialogue is the Best Startegy,” Austrian F.M. Interview with Hamidi

Khalid Michal Interview by Paul McGeough

US-Syrian Thaw: Welsh and Muallem Talk

Odds and Ends

Donating Books to Syria: Advice from Mr. Abed

New Books by Evelyn Shakir, Keith Watenpaugh, and Sabrina Marvin

“Language Atlas of Syria” reviewed by Nikolaos van Dam

“The Struggle for Power in Syria” by Van Dam reviewed by Josh Landis

Will Assad and Israeli President Shimon Peres Meet in Paris?

“A Bloody Era of Syria’s History Informs a Writer’s Banned Novel,” by R. Worth

‘Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East’ by Robin Wright