Asad in search of legitimacy; messages and rhetoric in the Syrian press under Hafiz and Bashar.1902210743 Asad in search of legitimacy; messages and rhetoric in the Syrian press under Hafiz Hafiz (häfēz`) [Arab.,=one who has memorized the Qur'an], 1319–1389?, Persian lyric poet, b. Shiraz. His original name was Shams al-Din Muhammad. He acquired the surname from having memorized the Qur'an at an early age. and Bashar. Kedar, Mordechai. Sussex Academic Press 2005 302 pages $79.50 Hardcover PN5449 Kedar (Arabic and strategic studies, Bar-Ilan U.) does not attempt an account of events in Syria during the 30-year presidency of Hafiz al-Asad (d. June 2000), nor a psychological profile of him or his son and successor Bashar. Rather he examines the contents of the messages disseminated disseminated /dis·sem·i·nat·ed/ (-sem´i-nat?ed) scattered; distributed over a considerable area. dis·sem·i·nat·ed adj. Spread over a large area of a body, a tissue, or an organ. by the official Syrian information apparatus, and analyzes and interpret them in the general cultural context of the country. His goal is to reveal what the Syrian information services See Information Systems. perceived as the weak points of Asad and his regime, by looking at what they tried to cover up or explain away. Quotations are in Arabic with English translation. The study was his 1997 doctoral dissertation dis·ser·ta·tion n. A lengthy, formal treatise, especially one written by a candidate for the doctoral degree at a university; a thesis. dissertation Noun 1. for the University of Bar-Ilan. Distributed in the US by ISBS ISBS International Society of Biomechanics in Sports ISBS International Society for Biophysics and Imaging of the Skin ISBS Illinois State Button Society ISBS Iowa State Button Society ISBS Idaho State Button Society . ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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