“The Syrian Opposition: Part 1,” by Landis & Pace in Arabic
Posted by Joshua on Sunday, August 12th, 2007
"The Syrian Opposition," by Joshua Landis and Joe Pace has been translated into Arabic by al-Qabas, a Kuwaiti paper. It has also been published by Levant News or Akhbar al-Sharq. Here is the first part.
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Comments (6)
Kamal said:
On the case of rumor-monger As’ad AbuKhalil, and his campaign against the Daily Star, Rami Khouri responds:
“The posted note about American embassy goons and officials intimidating or threatening me when I was editor at the Daily Star is pure fiction… The insinuation that Michael Young was brought in to replace me is also untrue; I hired him in mid-2003 to launch our opinion page which he made essential reading for people around the world who follow the Middle East, regardless of what people may think of his personal views…”
http://angryarab.blogspot.com/2007/08/rami-khouri-at-daily-star.html
August 13th, 2007, 2:43 am
Gibran said:
I took it upon myself not to comment on this blog. But I will allow myself this indulgence one more time and last time. I just couldn’t resist the urge to share this gem with some readers of this blog. Enjoy:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1355/1092603567_5fcba395ea_m.jpg
August 13th, 2007, 9:28 am
Joshua said:
Thank you Gibran,
Everyone needs some humor. I hope this will not be the last time you comment on SC.
Best, Joshua
August 13th, 2007, 11:12 am
jb said:
This is blog is on my A-list. I started out looking for information on Lebanon, but am becoming quite interested in Syria. Is there some way to view the original English of this piece. I would like to read it, but the Google translation is incomplete and pretty messy.
Thanks,
Judy
August 14th, 2007, 6:09 pm
Kamal said:
Judy,
‘The Syrian Opposition’ by Landis and Pace:
http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/L/Joshua.M.Landis-1/Landis-PaceWQ_2006_Syria_Opposition.pdf
Another good overview, ‘Divided They Stand: The Syrian Opposition’ by Tony Badran.
http://www.mideastmonitor.org/issues/0609/0609_3.htm
And finally, Michael Young’s critique of Landis, ‘The Syrian Opposition’ paper, and the Syria Comment blog:
“Take a piece on the Syrian opposition that Landis co-authored in the Winter 2007 issue of The Washington Quarterly. In it he asserted that the Damascus Declaration, an October 2005 document signed by Syrian opposition figures calling for democratic change, “grew out of a clandestine trip to Morocco only a few months earlier by intellectual Michel Kilo to meet with [the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood leader Ali Sadreddin] Bayanuni to discuss a new initiative to unite forces.”
This item was quite damaging to Kilo, who had been languishing in Adra prison for having purportedly colluded with Syria’s enemies. Where did Landis get this information? In reading the article you see that the authors have footnoted an article by Andrew Tabler, which I happen to have read. But as an astute reader reminded me, Tabler only wrote that “two unnamed members” of the Syrian civil society movement had met with Bayanouni. There is no mention of Kilo at all in the piece, because Tabler could not confirm his presence in Morocco. One of two things happened: Either Landis read Tabler as carelessly as he reads everything else he quotes, which still doesn’t explain how Kilo’s name slipped in; or, knowing the impact of what he was saying, Landis mentioned Kilo intentionally, effectively justifying his arrest, then dishonestly attributed this to Tabler.
I’m increasingly inclined to believe the latter. My theory, and take it for what it’s worth, is that Landis’ ambition is to be the premier mediator with and interpreter of Syria in American academic and policy-making circles – a latter-day Patrick Seale. In this context, and again this is just a coagulating hypothesis, Landis has frequently used his blog to prove his worth to the Syrians – perhaps to enjoy better access. He has also maligned those offering perspectives different than his own….”
http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dfxt6s27_72c68947
August 14th, 2007, 6:50 pm
why-discuss said:
Michael Young! Make a blog and check your popularity!
August 15th, 2007, 4:22 am
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