Imprisonment, Truth Telling and Historical Memory in Syria

Haugbølle, Sune

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“…According to Wedeen (1999), these images are "established through endlessly repeated narratives of sacrifice and familial loyalty to Assad" (quoted from Haugbolle, 2008, p. 264). Haugbolle (2008) asserted that these images of nationhood, which are characterized by Ba'athist nationalist propaganda, are part of a greater political agenda that depict "the steadfastness (al-sumud ‫")دومصلا‬ and "the sacrifice (al-tadhiya ‫")ةيحضتلا‬ of 'the people' as a way to "resist Zionism, Israel, and Western imperialism, salvage the Golan Heights, and unite "the Syrian people and the Arab and Muslim umma" (p. 264). These imageries of the Ba'ath party, which are "strongly influenced by Communist imaginaries of 'the people' […] [and] that mostly focus on collective historical feats of the people, the party and the nation" (Haugbolle, 2008, p. 264) place the 'heroic' figure of the mother of the nation at the forefront of this ideological battle; the Syrian woman is expected to offer her "sacrifice for the greater good of the nation" (Wedeen, 1999).…”

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Between Violence, Vulnerability, Resilience and Resistance

Zein¹

2021

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Dedicated to every woman who is grappling through life and refuses to kneel down. Thank you for your strength, thank you for your resistance, but more importantly, thank you for embracing your vulnerability. "I am my mother's daughter, which means on days when the world hurts, but I have things to do, I tell it to come back tomorrow." -Maysan Nasser I would like to first of all thank my mentor, Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Klaus, for her guidance, advise, expertise, and ecouragement throughout this project as well as my entire PhD experience. Watching her build and lead the doctorate school (DSP) for geschlecht_transkulturell at Universität Salzburg has been one of my best learning experiences. Her mentorship has helped lead me to an area of scholarship that I am genuinely looking forward to continue working in.I would like to thank the members of my committee, Prof. Dr. Sigrid Kannengieße, Prof. Dr. Kyoko Shinozaki, and Prof. Dr. Rudolf Renger, for their interest, contribution and input. I would also like to acknowledge the support I've received from the gendup (Zentrum für Gender Studies and Frauenförderung) and especially the Marie Andeßner Stipendien, as well as the One World Scholarshop at the Afro-Asiatisches Institut. A great thank you to the editors at Transcript Verlag for suggesting to publish my work, and to every person that helped make this publication possible. . My deepest gratitude goes to my mother, my late father and Patrick for their unconditional support, constant care and their belief in me.1 English-speaking television news outlets from foreign countries, such as CNN (USA), BBC (UK), and RT (Russia) have all created an Arabic-speaking version of their news services to appeal to Arab audiences.

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Between Violence, Vulnerability, Resilience and Resistance

Zein¹

2021

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“…Yet Palmyra has never had a singular identity: even in its Roman-era heyday, the site was bilingual in its public inscriptions and known both by its Greek name, Palmyra, and its Semitic one, Tadmor (Kaizer, 2017;Yon, 2008). The site has been occupied continuously since ancient times (Genequand, 2012;Intagliata, 2018), and both names continue today; the contemporary place is both famous for its UNESCO World Heritage archaeological site and infamous for its reputation as a notorious Syrian prison, and as the site of destruction by Da'esh (also known as Islamic State, IS, ISIS and ISIL) (Amnesty International, 2001;cooke, 2011;Haugbølle, 2008). 1 From the time European travellers began visiting Palmyra in the 17th century, knowledge of the site and its material culture began circulating in the Western world (see e.g.…”

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Knowing Palmyra: Mandatory production of archaeological knowledge

Baird

Kamash

2023

Journal of Social Archaeology

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During the Syrian conflict, ongoing since 2011, Palmyra became notorious for the destruction and looting of its Roman-period remains, giving rise to many narratives of what Palmyra’s future should bring, often without attention to how we have come to know its past. This article explores that past through a key period—the French Mandate—when European archaeologists categorically reshaped the site, culminating in the relocation of the site’s population from mudbrick houses in and around the Temple of Bel to a new, military-built town north of the original. We examine the site immediately prior to that transformation through contemporary archaeological diaries from 1924 to 1928, written by Danish archaeologist Harald Ingholt. Through his diaries, it is possible to reconstruct the complexity of knowledge production at the site, which disrupts the authorized discourses of archaeological discovery with important consequences for how we understand the contribution of local inhabitants to scientific knowledge.

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“…Una reescritura física, haciendo de las ciudades verdaderas postales turísticas, desplazando a las comunidades locales, borrando las trazas de su pasado más inmediato y destruyendo o reconstruyendo según las necesidades del mercado; y una reescritura ideológica, que se apropió de las ruinas para hacer de ellas el origen de la civilización europea y los valores occidentales (Harloe 2013; Baird y Kamash 2019; Abdul Samad 2020). A su vez, los terroristas denuncian que este mismo discurso occidental fue adoptado por los regímenes de Siria e Iraq, de corte autocrático o dictatorial, con vistas a legitimarse, añadiendo incluso nuevos niveles de referencia, puesto que Palmira, para muchos sirios, está asociada a las torturas y los encarcelamientos ordenados por Ḥāfiz al-'Assad (Valter 2002;Bernhardsson 2005;Haugbolle 2008;, 22-23. Jones 2018.…”

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Las estatuas también mueren. Patrimonio, museos y memorias en el punto de mira de DAESH

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2020

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Las destrucciones de estatuas, yacimientos y museos llevadas a cabo por DAESH en Siria e Iraq no deben ser considerados simples actos vandálicos o acciones iconoclastas en base a su interpretación radical y tergiversada del islam, sino que en realidad esconden un discurso complejo que debe entenderse dentro del debate actual sobre la redefinición del patrimonio, particularmente de las estatuas, cuestionadas por representar un pasado colonialista o autocrático que ya no se considera digno de ser conservado y recordado.

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Imprisonment, Truth Telling and Historical Memory in Syria

Cited by 36 publications

References 5 publications

Between Violence, Vulnerability, Resilience and Resistance

Between Violence, Vulnerability, Resilience and Resistance

Knowing Palmyra: Mandatory production of archaeological knowledge

Las estatuas también mueren. Patrimonio, museos y memorias en el punto de mira de DAESH

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