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2 months ago | 
tcf.org | Muhannad Ayyash |Sam Heller |Peter Salisbury |Thanassis Cambanis
The dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad has fallen. Now, many of the 6.2 million Syrian refugees abroad—more than a quarter of the country’s prewar population—are thinking, finally, about going home. Whether in muddy refugee camps, crowded working-class neighborhoods in Istanbul, Beirut, and Amman, or distant European cities, they have been following the dramatic news out of Damascus and entertaining the idea, perhaps for the first time, that their children will know Syria.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
themuslimtimes.info | Rafiq A. Tschannen |Muhannad Ayyash
The ceasefire deal clinched on Wednesday may end the latest episode of mass slaughter in Gaza, but it won’t halt the structural genocide of Palestinians. Muhannad Ayyash Professor of Sociology at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada. Published On 17 Jan 2025The ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel is, first and foremost, a welcome relief for the Palestinians in Gaza who are suffering from a most brutal and horrific genocide.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
msn.com | Muhannad Ayyash
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
aljazeera.com | Muhannad Ayyash
Professor of Sociology at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada. The ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel is, first and foremost, a welcome relief for the Palestinians in Gaza who are suffering from a most brutal and horrific genocide. For 15 months, they have endured daily bombings, killings, threats, imprisonment, starvation, disease, and other hardships that are difficult for most people to even imagine, let alone live through and survive.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
qoshe.com | Muhannad Ayyash
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
tcf.org | Muhannad Ayyash |Dalia Hatuqa |Peter Salisbury |Thanassis Cambanis
Seemingly out of the blue, Syrian rebels made a swift comeback campaign against the Assad regime in the last week of November. After years as a “frozen conflict,” in a few short weeks more has changed on the ground in a matter of days than at any point in the Syrian civil war, which began in 2011.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
aljazeera.com | Muhannad Ayyash
Professor of Sociology at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada. Since former United States President Donald Trump's election victory, many observers have predicted that his administration would be far worse for Palestine and the Middle East. His pro-Israel rhetoric and threats to bomb Iran, they say, point to his foreign policy intentions.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
middleeasteye.net | Muhannad Ayyash
Instances of mass violence and atrocities reveal many things about the realities of the world, exposing power relations in their most brutal, naked form. We learn where states actually stand on controversial issues, how economic structures benefit from mass killing, and how cultural and social institutions are beset by hypocrisy, claiming to stand for human development while allowing the continuing destruction of human life.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
tcf.org | Lana Tatour |Muhannad Ayyash |Sam Heller |Thanassis Cambanis
This Q&A is part of a Century International series exploring a shared future for Palestine and Israel that guarantees the fundamental rights of both communities. The Gaza war has exposed the bankruptcy of the existing policy frameworks. Our “Shared Future” series intends to spur conversation and promote new, better options for security, rights, and governance—for Palestinians and Israelis.
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Jul 6, 2024 | 
mondoweiss.net | Muhannad Ayyash
When Spain, Ireland, and Norway joined the majority of the world’s states to recognize the State of Palestine, attention immediately turned to what such a recognition will mean on the ground. Is this purely or primarily a symbolic move? What does it mean in a practical sense for Palestinians? Will it in fact create material pressure on the Israeli state and advance the Palestinian aspiration for freedom and liberation? Is it a first step towards creating that pressure?
