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Title:From rebel rule to a post-capitulation era in Daraa Southern Syria : the impacts and outcomes of rebel behaviour during negotiations Author(s):AL-JABASSINI, Abdullah EUI affiliated

Date:2019Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2019/06; Middle East Directions (MED); Wartime and Post-Conflict in SyriaAbstract:In June 2018, the Syrian Arab Army launched a military campaign that aimed at ending rebel rule and restoring territorial control over Daraa and Quneitra governorates southern Syria. This research presents a wide-range of ...

Title:Syrian refugees and cultural intimacy in Istanbul : "I feel safe here!" Author(s):KAYA, Ayhan EUI affiliated

Date:2016Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2016/59; Global Governance Programme-239; Cultural PluralismAbstract:This paper derives from the findings of a recent qualitative and quantitative study conducted by the Support to Life Association among Syrian refugees in Istanbul to make their vulnerability assessment with a particular ...

Title:Erosion and resilience of the Iraqi-Syrian border Author(s):HARLING, Peter; SIMON, AlexDate:2015Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2015/61; BORDERLANDSAbstract:Syria and Iraq’s accelerating fragmentation has prompted feverish speculation about the erasure of the modern Middle East’s Western-imposed borders. Such notions are not altogether divorced from reality: Syria and Iraq ...

Title:No Way Back: Actors, structures and mobilization opportunities in the 2011-2013 Syrian uprising Author(s):DONKER, Teije HiddeDate:2012Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI SPS; COSMOS; 2012/15Abstract:The following report provides an in-depth, empirically focused, overview of contentious mobilization dynamics before and during the Syrian Uprising. The report describes the period between the beginning of Bashar al-Assad’s ...

Title:Lebanon’s Versatile Nationalism Author(s):FAKHOURY, TamiraceDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2008/13; Mediterranean Programme SeriesAbstract:The paper tackles the different interpretations of Lebanon's multi-faceted nationalism in a theoretical perspective, then analyses the dynamics of the emergent Lebanese national ethos after the 2005 Independence Intifada. ...

Title:The Genesis of a Mosque: Negotiating Sacred Space in Downtown Beirut Author(s):VLOEBERGHS, WardDate:2008Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2008/17; Mediterranean Programme SeriesAbstract:In this paper, we will provide an overview of different stages in the coming about of the Muhammad al-Amin mosque, the so-called “Hariri mosque”, a construction completed in 2005. By focusing on five determining phases of ...

Title:Beyond the Republic of Fear: Symbolic Domination in Bacthist Iraq Author(s):LENNER, KatharinaDate:2007Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:EUI RSCAS; 2007/32; Mediterranean Programme SeriesAbstract:This paper explores the significance of official rhetoric, symbolism and cultural production as a social practice of domination in Bacthist Iraq. In order to make sense of this aspect of domination, it is necessary to ...