Times in the book possible aspire to and try to provide. After this, well gladly take your questions and look for your insights. Well have a Panel Panel Discussion about ten or 15 minutes after. Just as a housekeeping note, please also phoned off. There will will be a book signing with the authors after at area one and no personal recordings of the session, please. Now id like to introduce the panel. Christopher phillips is a senior lecturer in the International Relations of the middle east and paid a mere university in london. He lived for several years in syria and often returns to the middle east for research. He is an associate fellow at Chatham House middle east and north africa program. His friend for many publications and has appeared on the bbc, and cnn. Hes just published a second book, the battle for syria, International Rivalry in the new middle east which will be today. Alla malek is a civil right lawyer born in baltimore. Shes her childs attorney in the department of justi
Times in the book possible aspire to and try to provide. After this, well gladly take your questions and look for your insights. Well have a Panel Panel Discussion about ten or 15 minutes after. Just as a housekeeping note, please also phoned off. There will will be a book signing with the authors after at area one and no personal recordings of the session, please. Now id like to introduce the panel. Christopher phillips is a senior lecturer in the International Relations of the middle east and paid a mere university in london. He lived for several years in syria and often returns to the middle east for research. He is an associate fellow at Chatham House middle east and north africa program. His friend for many publications and has appeared on the bbc, and cnn. Hes just published a second book, the battle for syria, International Rivalry in the new middle east which will be today. Alla malek is a civil right lawyer born in baltimore. Shes her childs attorney in the department of justi
Shes been our guest here at the Los Angeles Times festival. Thank you, cspan. Thank you listener. Now we have a another panel coming up, author panel, is on syria. Beginning in just a second. After that, will be joined by corey field who writes about black republicans. Then an author panel on author publishing. One of the people is lisa lucas, the the National Director of the Book Foundation and will conclude our life today with a column on hugh hewitt, the radio talkshow host. Thats coming up today. People schedule schedule is on book tv. Com. Now are going back inside to hear from the authors on syria. Welcome to telling serious stories. My name is jeffrey and im a cultural writer for the Los Angeles Times. Ive been based in rome and berlin and is a cairo bureau chief. Ive written two novels, shadow man and thomas surgeons. Thank you for being here. In the strange times, strong journalism with good book and challenging ideas are critical. That is what the Los Angeles Times in the boo
Been included in the best american short stories. Hes a former marine and served five tours of duty in iraq and afghanistan where he received the silver star, bronze star for valor in the purple heart. Welcome everybody. [applause] when we think about the arab spring, its this thing in 2011 that started this glorious fire and it seemed to stir into asia, 18 days of furious energy, and egypt that brought down libya and laid in. Yemen and bahrain restless a little bit of saudi arabia and on and on. Syria stands alone. 400,000 dead, millions of refugees and displaced and a tide of anguish that has seeped into europe and across the world. Still he rules. Mocking a broken revolution and defined the world that is lefts band. Well begin with elliott. In your novel, very powerful, there is a moment when one of your characters a mere is deciding and hes in turkey and deciding do i go back to syria and he doesnt want to. He describes he says he feels that theres no life for them anymore and he g
The Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) Legislative Council convened on Dec. 4 to pass several motions and discuss recent student activism that has been pressuring the administration into adopting the Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) policy for Fall 2020 semester courses. The council also voted to approve a motion which will provide an explicit statement by SSMU on the society’s official stances on a range of political issues.
SSMU Music Senator Addy Parsons briefed the council on the Senate Steering Committee’s arguments against implementing the S/U policy this semester. Parsons highlighted the shortcomings of the administration’s proposed issues with reimplementing the S/U grading option policy, explaining that many students are struggling with their mental health and that this policy may ease some of the stress.