Blog of Ahmad Nazir Atassi http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib The Strategic Center for the Study of Change in the Middle East Sat, 25 May 2019 05:13:23 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.16 http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/favicon.ico Blog of Ahmad Nazir Atassi http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib 32 32 The Syrian Uprising and the Arab-Israeli Conflict http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/2019/level-systems/local/the-syrian-uprising-and-the-arab-israeli-conflict/ Sat, 25 May 2019 05:10:37 +0000 http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/?p=231 Older blog 16 November, 2011 Syria is attracting a considerable international attention these days, not only because of the drama of peaceful protest against tanks...]]> The Impasse of the Syrian Revolt http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/2019/level-systems/local/the-impasse-of-the-syrian-revolt/ http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/2019/level-systems/local/the-impasse-of-the-syrian-revolt/#respond Sat, 25 May 2019 05:08:43 +0000 http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/?p=229 Older blog 4 October, 2011 It has been almost seven months since the beginning of the Syrian uprising and no solution is visible in the...]]> http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/2019/level-systems/local/the-impasse-of-the-syrian-revolt/feed/ 0 The Meeting at Samiramis Hotel in Damascus http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/2019/level-systems/local/the-meeting-at-samiramis-hotel-in-damascus/ http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/2019/level-systems/local/the-meeting-at-samiramis-hotel-in-damascus/#respond Sat, 25 May 2019 05:07:25 +0000 http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/?p=227 Older blog 29 June, 2011 A group of 200 persons met at Hotel Samiramis in Damascus for eight hours and issued a final statement in...]]> http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/2019/level-systems/local/the-meeting-at-samiramis-hotel-in-damascus/feed/ 0 An introduction to understanding Syria today http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/2019/level-systems/local/an-introduction-to-understanding-syria-today/ http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/2019/level-systems/local/an-introduction-to-understanding-syria-today/#respond Sat, 25 May 2019 05:06:01 +0000 http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/?p=225 Older blog 19 June, 2011 I find that, after three months of protest and numerous articles written on the subject, Syria remains a mystery to...]]> http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/2019/level-systems/local/an-introduction-to-understanding-syria-today/feed/ 0 The Job of a Historian http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/2019/level-systems/local/the-job-of-a-historian/ http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/2019/level-systems/local/the-job-of-a-historian/#respond Sat, 25 May 2019 05:03:51 +0000 http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/?p=223 Older blog 26 September, 2009 In a survey of modern Western civilization, I asked the students the following questions (a question and a follow up)...]]> http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/2019/level-systems/local/the-job-of-a-historian/feed/ 0 The Dig in Jarash, August 2008 http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/2019/level-systems/local/the-dig-in-jarash-august-2008/ http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/2019/level-systems/local/the-dig-in-jarash-august-2008/#respond Sat, 25 May 2019 05:02:29 +0000 http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/?p=221 Older blog 26 September, 2009 I am second from the right, next to the Jordanian Archaeology student (you gotta admire the strength of her religious...]]> http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/2019/level-systems/local/the-dig-in-jarash-august-2008/feed/ 0 My trip to Istanbul http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/2019/level-systems/local/my-trip-to-istanbul/ http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/2019/level-systems/local/my-trip-to-istanbul/#respond Sat, 25 May 2019 05:00:32 +0000 http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/?p=219 Older blog 25 September, 2009 I arrived in Istanbul on July the 3rd, 2008. I cannot believe it’s been more than a year now. I...]]> http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/2019/level-systems/local/my-trip-to-istanbul/feed/ 0 An Eye on Sudan http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/2019/level-systems/regional/blog-intro/ http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/2019/level-systems/regional/blog-intro/#respond Sat, 23 Mar 2019 01:31:30 +0000 http://www.scscme.org/scscme/blogs/atassib/?p=70
About two weeks or so separated the death of the famous Sudanese novelist al-Tayyib al-Salih and the charges of war crimes made against the Sudanese president 'Umar al-Bashir by the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague.
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