{"id":7872,"date":"2025-03-15T10:01:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T10:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\/"},"modified":"2025-03-15T10:01:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T10:01:44","slug":"deja-vu-in-the-levant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/ar\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu In The Levant?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dev95-2101978428\" class=\"dev95-- dev95-entity-placement\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"\u0627\u0644\u0625\u0639\u0644\u0627\u0646\u0627\u062a\"><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl27862732.profitableratecpmnetwork.com\/2ad7a50e0bbc23ac6801d7b77c501463\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-2ad7a50e0bbc23ac6801d7b77c501463\"><\/div><\/div><div id=\"dev95-4287226332\" class=\"dev95-before-content dev95-entity-placement\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"\u0627\u0644\u0625\u0639\u0644\u0627\u0646\u0627\u062a\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Stop wasting time on dead links! \ud83d\uded1 This smart platform automatically detects your device and country to give you the exact best offer instantly. Check it out now 100% free! \ud83d\udc47<\/strong><br data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-pl=\"|||[]\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.profitableratecpmnetwork.com\/pvhx5mbcc?key=ff7d362db3c20bc86fad685cc94f1fc4\">\ud83d\udd17 <strong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\">[Click here]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div>\n<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8725\" class=\"elementor elementor-8725\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f3478a1 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"6f3478a1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings='{\"background_background\":\"classic\",\"stretch_section\":\"section-stretched\"}'>\n<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-09139d1\" data-id=\"09139d1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e1b9328 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e1b9328\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-553815c3\" data-id=\"553815c3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-14fee5c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"14fee5c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5fcfd70\" data-id=\"5fcfd70\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e7b56e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e7b56e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu In The Levant?<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ac5bd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ac5bd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>You\u2019re looking at Beirut\u2019s Burj in 1952. I cannot lie. I would have very much liked to walk those streets and live that life.<\/p>\n<p>In the 1920s, France, the mandatory power in control of Syria, spent the better part of its ill-conceived mandate by turns slicing up and restitching Greater Syria. Its first attempt in 1920-1921 produced five statelets: the state of Aleppo, the state of the Druze, the state of the Alawites, the state of Damascus, and Greater Lebanon. Mount Lebanon attained its \u201cgreater\u201d status courtesy of the coastal cities, the Bekaa valley, and the south, which France saw fit to add to it.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-701a27f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"701a27f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amalghandour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rrw-768x512.png?resize=768%2C512&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-8728\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amalghandour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rrw-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/amalghandour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rrw-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/amalghandour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rrw.png 831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Greater Syria, 1918<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e620ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e620ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>When this arrangement very quickly failed to bring the Syrian people to heel, the French, in 1922, created the Syrian Federation that pulled together Aleppo, Damascus, and the Alawite region. When that very quickly proved unworkable, they established the state of Syria in 1925, but placed the Druze and Alawite areas under a separate administration. This policy stumbled its way into 1936, when the two autonomous locales gradually joined the rest of Syria under one centralized state.<\/p>\n<p>Much has changed in the Levant in the last 100 years: coups d\u2019\u00e9tat, wars, civil wars, conquests, ethnic cleansing, genocide, the establishment of new nations, the emasculation of very old ones, the eclipse and advent of regional powers, the surge and decline of superpowers, the ebb and flow of non-state actors, the birth and death of ideologies, of political parties\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e04215 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3e04215\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"528\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amalghandour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/89.jpg?resize=528%2C528&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-8729\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amalghandour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/89.jpg 528w, https:\/\/amalghandour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/89-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amalghandour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/89-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\"><figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The modern Levant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-413527a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"413527a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>And look at Syria now! Look at us in Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel-Palestine! Not surprising, I suppose, that everything about and between us remains negotiable: our borders, our national identity, our resources, our sense of belonging, our autonomy. In the case of the Palestinians, even our right to exist as a people, a nation.<\/p>\n<p>Among colonial botch ups, we certainly shine. It is patently true that we added our own homegrown ones to this original sin. But it bears repeating as well that in the mess we made, we had many friends; in the cleanups we embarked upon, many enemies.<\/p>\n<p>Post-Assad Syria is on the brink of sectarian strife, by all appearances. Its epicenter is the country\u2019s significant coastal areas. Ironically, it\u2019s one of the geographies that historically was a showcase of coexistence and cultural richness. The conflict\u2019s momentum is hard to gauge at the moment, but its victims are already thousands of innocents. The culprits would seem to be marauding Salafi Jihadi militias. But the nascent regime of Ahmed al-Sharaa owns much of the blame for viciously attacking and bombing the area to quell the so-called remnants of pro-Assad forces.<\/p>\n<p>The massacre may be the first major one of the\u00a0<em>new<\/em>\u00a0Syria, but it\u2019s just the latest in a long run of bloodletting over the past two decades. Which partly explains why Syria became the site of the largest population transfers since World War II. Today, thousands of Alawites, most apparently with Lebanese citizenship, are fleeing to Akkar\u2019s Alawite villages and Tripoli\u2019s Jabal Muhsin in north Lebanon. This, only months after Syrian refugees in Lebanon began to trickle back to their homes across the borders only to discover them uninhabitable.<\/p>\n<p>The fledgling regime\u2019s position is unenviable. Its orientation doesn\u2019t do much better on that front either. Sharaa, who struggles for legitimacy and control inside Syria and recognition and relief outside it, is a \u201cpragmatic\u201d jihadi Salafist chaperoned in the last few years by Turkey and, more interestingly, by certain types in the British government. Syria now looks like a very tattered, sullied quilt with holes puncturing it and pieces hanging from it by the flimsiest of filaments. Sharaa means to patch it up and rule over it whole. The odds against him are close to daunting.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6909c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f6909c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"581\" height=\"311\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amalghandour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-130610.jpg?resize=581%2C311&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-8730\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amalghandour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-130610.jpg 581w, https:\/\/amalghandour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-07-13-130610-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\"><figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">The modern Levant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ada1c3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ada1c3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>I say this for several reasons:<\/p>\n<p>Because history teaches us so, and we human beings are notorious repeaters of it.<\/p>\n<p>Because Israel is clearly intent on snatching huge swaths of the country while ensuring the rest of it remains fragmented, in line with what it would like to achieve in its would-be Levantine sphere of influence.<\/p>\n<p>Because Turkey and Iran, each for their own reasons, will work very hard to derail Israel\u2019s designs.<\/p>\n<p>Because other actors, international and Arab, will fall on either side of these two camps.<\/p>\n<p>Because Sharaa\u2019s particular Islamist banner, however keen he is to project pragmatism, is neither constitutionally inclusive, nor aspirationally democratic.<\/p>\n<p>Because he has to cater to his own factions, whose vision and ambition are at stark odds with those of many Syrians.<\/p>\n<p>Because the state is bankrupt, US sanctions are not likely to be lifted anytime soon, and the people are desperate for safety and the most basic services on landscapes best described as shattered and dangerously chaotic.<\/p><div id=\"dev95-2304463731\" class=\"dev95- dev95-entity-placement\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"\u0627\u0644\u0625\u0639\u0644\u0627\u0646\u0627\u062a\"><center>\r\n<script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '4ba6b6513c00e0ba76511f798ae56401',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 50,\r\n    'width' : 320,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highrevenueformat.com\/4ba6b6513c00e0ba76511f798ae56401\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n\t<\/center><\/div>\n<p>Those who have studied Sharaa come away with similar impressions, positive and negative in equal measure. They say he is very clever, wily, and cerebral. The consummate survivor! They say his ideology is more a garb than a straightjacket. They also say he is very ruthless and power hungry with a string of\u00a0<em>brothers<\/em>\u00a0who were forsaken on his path from Iraq\u2019s prisons to Damascus\u2019 presidential palace. It strikes me that these very same attributes were ascribed to a very young Hafez Assad upon his ascension in 1970.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbf1c71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dbf1c71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"568\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/amalghandour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-14-081846.jpg?resize=568%2C214&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-8731\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amalghandour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-14-081846.jpg 568w, https:\/\/amalghandour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-14-081846-300x113.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\"><figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4762f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4762f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 20px; color: #363737; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><em style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\">The Financial Times\u2019<\/em><span style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\">\u00a0Raya Chalabi\u2019s recent\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #363737; text-decoration-line: underline; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/8aa819a3-2fc7-4790-be00-b42f21ed1c4e\" rel=\"\">profile<\/a><span style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\">\u00a0on Sharaa, which agrees with the emerging consensus, is quite revealing:<\/span><br style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\"><br style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\"><em style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\">Over the years, Sharaa had gone by several aliases and titles \u2014 commander, sheikh, brother. Until recently, he had styled himself al-Fatih Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, a nom de guerre reflecting his family\u2019s origins as well as his ambition (al-Fatih means \u201cthe conqueror\u201d)\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 20px; color: #363737; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><em style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\">He was repeatedly described to me as: \u201cextremely bright\u201d, \u201ccunning\u201d, \u201cwell-versed in regional history\u201d, \u201cwell-read\u201d, \u201ca good listener\u201d and, most frequently, \u201cpragmatic\u201d. But, in recent weeks, another word has begun to creep in: \u201cstrongman\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 20px; color: #363737; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">All of which offers any number of scenarios for Sharaa and Syria, and, by extension, the rest of us Levantines. Since Syria is truly the heart of the Levant, the mother of all of us, if it struggles, we struggle with it. But only fools, at this stage, would dare proclaim with confidence the prospects of the country that used to be the jewel in the Arab crown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 20px; color: #363737; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\">We, in this region, are creatures of the chronic instabilities that append even the dullest years, of mayhem and its uncertainties. Trauma is written into practically every family\u2019s DNA. \u201cRecently, an international team of scientists, led by molecular biologist Rana Dajani of Jordan\u2019s Hashemite University, published a\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #363737; text-decoration-line: underline; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/health\/genetics\/epigenetic-scars-of-trauma-pass-through-generations-study-of-syrian-refugees-finds\" rel=\"\">study<\/a><span style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;\">\u00a0on the \u201cepigenetic signatures of trauma\u201d in three generations of Syrian families who survived the the 1982 Hama massacre and the 2011 revolt. My recommendation to them is to widen their geographic scope and calendar.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 20px; color: #363737; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">But I\u2019ve been asking myself in recent days: did I think that in the 20s of this century I would be experiencing what my grandparents experienced in the last one, almost to the day? Or that I would live through another version of the 1948 Nakba? Or that we would still be debating the very meaning of us?<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 20px; color: #363737; --tw-border-spacing-x: 0; --tw-border-spacing-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 \/ 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; font-family: Spectral, serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 19px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">I may have dreaded this day, but I can\u2019t say that I saw it coming.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99be749 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"99be749\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center; padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: var(--ast-global-color-3);\">****<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong style=\"font-style: inherit; background-color: var(--ast-global-color-5); color: var(--ast-global-color-3);\"><u>On Another Note<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"subscribe-widget is-signed-up is-fully-subscribed\" data-component-name=\"SubscribeWidget\">\n<div class=\"pencraft pc-reset button-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"pencraft pc-display-flex pc-justifyContent-center pc-reset\">\n<p>The recent conversation on\u00a0<em>The LRB Podcast<\/em>\u00a0between Adam Shatz, Rachel Shabi, and Peter Beinart on \u201cWeaponizing Antisemitism\u201d is one of the most enlightening I\u2019ve had the privilege of listening to. Shabi and Beinart are the authors of two seminal books on the meaning of Jewishness and antisemitism, especially in the aftermath of October 7\u2019s Hamas attacks against Israel and the ensuing Israeli genocide in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>If they are not already on your reading list, Beinart\u2019s\u00a0<em>Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza, A Reckoning<\/em>, and Rachel Shabi\u2019s\u00a0<em>Off White, The Truth About Anti-Semitism,\u00a0<\/em>you should add them.<\/p>\n<p>In the words of Shatz, the discussion in the podcast is<\/p>\n<p><em>devoted not so much to events within the region as to their impact on Jewish communities, particularly the fierce arguments that they provoked over Jewish identity, over the relationship of Jews to Israel, over things like the definition of anti-Semitism, and over moral questions about genocide, about solidarity, about complicity.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For me, it was an education! Erudite, very sensitive, wonderfully rich in nuance, and intellectually provocative.<\/p>\n<p>You must have a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-lrb-podcast\/id510327102?i=1000698911308\" rel=\"\">listen<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-21af80ec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"21af80ec\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-731db41b\" data-id=\"731db41b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27022003 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"27022003\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Follow me On:<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3429f19d elementor-shape-circle e-grid-align-left elementor-grid-0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-social-icons\" data-id=\"3429f19d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"social-icons.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-social-icons-wrapper elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-facebook elementor-repeater-item-acb0167\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/amal.ghandour.146\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Facebook<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-facebook\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-twitter elementor-repeater-item-50ddc45\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ghandour_ag\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Twitter<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-twitter\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-instagram elementor-repeater-item-22ee29b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/amalghandour\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Instagram<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-instagram\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-grid-item\" role=\"listitem\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon elementor-social-icon elementor-social-icon-goodreads elementor-repeater-item-9bbdea4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/3009372.Amal_Ghandour\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-screen-only\">Goodreads<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fab fa-goodreads\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/amalghandour.com\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\/\">D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu In The Levant?<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/amalghandour.com\/\">Amal Ghandour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_7872\" class=\"pvc_stats total_only  \" data-element-id=\"7872\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon large\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev95.site\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"dev95-1663792909\" class=\"dev95-after-content dev95-entity-placement\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"\u0627\u0644\u0625\u0639\u0644\u0627\u0646\u0627\u062a\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Finally, a link that actually works for your region and device! \ud83c\udf0d Get instant access to the top exclusive offers tailored just for you right now. Don&#8217;t miss out, click here! \ud83d\udc47<\/strong><br data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-sfc-pl=\"|||[]\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.profitableratecpmnetwork.com\/uzeja8ahze?key=bc876be53d6ad0ff6370ab8ea030e479\"><strong>\ud83d\udd17 [Click here]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu In The Levant? You\u2019re looking at Beirut\u2019s Burj in 1952. I cannot lie. I would have very much liked to walk those streets and live that life. In the 1920s, France, the mandatory power in control of Syria,<\/p>\n<div class=\"hosteria-entry-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev95.site\/ar\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\/\" class=\"no-underline font-light  group-hover:text-primary-800 dark:group-hover:text-primary-300 py-1\">Read more &gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_7872\" class=\"pvc_stats total_only\" data-element-id=\"7872\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon large\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/dev95.site\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fp_fajr_begins":"","fp_fajr_iqamah":"","fp_dhuhr_begins":"","fp_dhuhr_iqamah":"","fp_asr_begins":"","fp_asr_iqamah":"","fp_maghrib_begins":"","fp_maghrib_iqamah":"","fp_isha_begins":"","fp_isha_iqamah":"","fp_midnight":"","fp_midnight_name":"","fp_sunrise":"","fp_single_prayer_begins_title":"","fp_single_prayer_iqamah_title":"","fp_prayer_times_for_today":"","fp_hijra_date":"","fp_fajr_name":"","fp_dhuhr_name":"","fp_asr_name":"","fp_maghrib_name":"","fp_isha_name":"","fp_sunrise_name":"","fp_currentDate":"","fp_current_time":"","fp_current_title":"","fp_current_location":"","fp_masjid_name":"","fp_prayer_title":"","fp_next_prayer_iqamah_time":"","fp_next_prayer_iqamah_title":"","fp_next_prayer_begins_time":"","fp_next_prayer_begins_title":"","fp_next_prayer_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"a3_pvc":{"activated":true,"total_views":6,"today_views":0},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu In The Levant? - Dev95<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dev95.site\/ar\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ar_AR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu In The Levant? - Dev95\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu In The Levant? You\u2019re looking at Beirut\u2019s Burj in 1952. I cannot lie. I would have very much liked to walk those streets and live that life. In the 1920s, France, the mandatory power in control of Syria,Read more &gt;&gt;&gt;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dev95.site\/ar\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dev95\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-15T10:01:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/amalghandour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rrw-768x512.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"dev95\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u0643\u064f\u062a\u0628 \u0628\u0648\u0627\u0633\u0637\u0629\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"dev95\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"\u0648\u0642\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0631\u0627\u0621\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u064f\u0642\u062f\u0651\u0631\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"7 \u062f\u0642\u0627\u0626\u0642\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"dev95\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b807805ffe2916206b04d0938bce0298\"},\"headline\":\"D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu In The Levant?\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-15T10:01:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1426,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/dev95.site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/rrw-768x512-1.png?fit=768%2C512&ssl=1\",\"articleSection\":[\"Posts\"],\"inLanguage\":\"ar\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\\\/\",\"name\":\"D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu In The Levant? - Dev95\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/dev95.site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/rrw-768x512-1.png?fit=768%2C512&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-15T10:01:44+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"ar\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ar\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/dev95.site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/rrw-768x512-1.png?fit=768%2C512&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/dev95.site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/rrw-768x512-1.png?fit=768%2C512&ssl=1\",\"width\":768,\"height\":512},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu In The Levant?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dev95\",\"description\":\"Your comprehensive digital platform for knowledge, services, tools, and entertainment.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"ar\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Dev95\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ar\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/dev95.site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/rbrrbr-6.png?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/dev95.site\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/rbrrbr-6.png?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Dev95\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b807805ffe2916206b04d0938bce0298\",\"name\":\"dev95\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"ar\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a70a73d950838b20cd80d7ebdc955737e802e8cd896044c5473b32b946c0662a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a70a73d950838b20cd80d7ebdc955737e802e8cd896044c5473b32b946c0662a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a70a73d950838b20cd80d7ebdc955737e802e8cd896044c5473b32b946c0662a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"dev95\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dev95.site\\\/ar\\\/author\\\/mohammad\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu In The Levant? - Dev95","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/ar\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\/","og_locale":"ar_AR","og_type":"article","og_title":"D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu In The Levant? - Dev95","og_description":"D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu In The Levant? You\u2019re looking at Beirut\u2019s Burj in 1952. I cannot lie. I would have very much liked to walk those streets and live that life. In the 1920s, France, the mandatory power in control of Syria,Read more &gt;&gt;&gt;","og_url":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/ar\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\/","og_site_name":"Dev95","article_published_time":"2025-03-15T10:01:44+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/amalghandour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/rrw-768x512.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"dev95","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"\u0643\u064f\u062a\u0628 \u0628\u0648\u0627\u0633\u0637\u0629":"dev95","\u0648\u0642\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0642\u0631\u0627\u0621\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u064f\u0642\u062f\u0651\u0631":"7 \u062f\u0642\u0627\u0626\u0642"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\/"},"author":{"name":"dev95","@id":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/#\/schema\/person\/b807805ffe2916206b04d0938bce0298"},"headline":"D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu In The Levant?","datePublished":"2025-03-15T10:01:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\/"},"wordCount":1426,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev95.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rrw-768x512-1.png?fit=768%2C512&ssl=1","articleSection":["Posts"],"inLanguage":"ar","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/dev95.site\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\/","url":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\/","name":"D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu In The Levant? - Dev95","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev95.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rrw-768x512-1.png?fit=768%2C512&ssl=1","datePublished":"2025-03-15T10:01:44+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"ar","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dev95.site\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ar","@id":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev95.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rrw-768x512-1.png?fit=768%2C512&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev95.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rrw-768x512-1.png?fit=768%2C512&ssl=1","width":768,"height":512},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/deja-vu-in-the-levant\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu In The Levant?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/","name":"Dev95","description":"\u0645\u0646\u0635\u062a\u0643 \u0627\u0644\u0631\u0642\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0634\u0627\u0645\u0644\u0629 \u0644\u0644\u0645\u0639\u0631\u0641\u0629 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062e\u062f\u0645\u0627\u062a \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0623\u062f\u0648\u0627\u062a \u0648\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0631\u0641\u064a\u0647.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"ar"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/#organization","name":"Dev95","url":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ar","@id":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev95.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rbrrbr-6.png?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev95.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/rbrrbr-6.png?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Dev95"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/#\/schema\/person\/b807805ffe2916206b04d0938bce0298","name":"dev95","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"ar","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a70a73d950838b20cd80d7ebdc955737e802e8cd896044c5473b32b946c0662a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a70a73d950838b20cd80d7ebdc955737e802e8cd896044c5473b32b946c0662a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a70a73d950838b20cd80d7ebdc955737e802e8cd896044c5473b32b946c0662a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"dev95"},"url":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/ar\/author\/mohammad\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dev95.site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rrw-768x512-1.png?fit=768%2C512&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev95.site\/ar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}