Syria
Defining the Boundaries of Acceptable Speech in Syria
Leah Caldwell looks at the travails of Syrian cleric Abdul Rahman Kuki and what his trial means for what public figures in Syria can say, and what indeed they must say
Politics by other screens
Absent participatory government, the film industry became a key political battleground in the late French empire. Historian Elizabeth F. Thompson compares struggles for control of the cinema in late colonial Fez and Damascus.
Book Review: Asad in Search of Legitimacy: Message and Rhetoric in the Syrian Press under Hafiz and Bashar
Side-by-side renderings of Arabic articles and their English translations make the book useful for students and researchers, yet crude generalizations and culturalist arguments deflect from Kedar’s analytical contributions, argues Book Review Editor Samer Abboud.
Syria under the Spotlight: Television satire that is revolutionary in form, reformist in content
Marlin Dick traces the origins and behind the scenes drama of the Syrian sketch comedy program Spotlight.
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Television and the Ethnographic Endeavor: The Case of Syrian Drama
In contemporary Syria, the TV industry’s centrality renders it a particularly revealing site of ethnographic endeavor. It provides a valuable point of access to a complex and rapidly changing society, argues Christa Salamandra.
