On April 27th, around the Jadaliyya Co-Sponsored Conference at Lund University ("Contesting Narratives, Location Power"), I sat down for an extensive interview with Haytham Manna`, one of the icons of the independent Syrian opposition and a leading founder of the National Coordinating Body for Democratic Change (in Syria). The interview was long and candid, and addressed several topics, including the current impasse in Syria, the stages and transformation of the uprising, the questions of international intervention and of resistance, the Syrian National Council and its relations with other opposition groups and the Arab Gulf States and beyond, and the relationship between Syria and Hizballah.
Below you will find the first part of the 4-part interview. See Part 2 here.
The Current Impasse in Syria: Interview with Haytham Manna` (Part 1) from Jadaliyya on Vimeo.
[On April 27th, around the Jadaliyya Co-Sponsored Lund Conference ("Contesting Narratives, Location Power"), Jadaliyya Co-Editor, Bassam Haddad, sat down for an extensive interview with Haytham Manna`, one of the icons of the independent Syrian opposition. The interview was long and candid, and addressed several topics, including the current impasse in Syria, the stages and transformation of the uprising, the questions of international intervention and of resistance, the Syrian National Council and its relations with other opposition groups and the Arab Gulf States and beyond, and the relationship between Syria and Hizballah]