Elaine Hagopian: Syrians are caught between horrors of Assad and sectarian forces with external support Story Transcript PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay in Washington. On Wednesday in Damascus, President Assad announced he’s going to call a referendum on February 26 for a new constitution for Syria. […]
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Dr. Elaine Hagopian is Professor Emerita of Sociology, Simmons College, Boston. She was awarded two Fulbright Hayes Faculty Research Grants to do research in the Middle East; held appointments with UNICEF in the United Arab Emirates and with UNESCO throughout the Levant and Gulf to do a Feasibility Study for a Palestine Open University. She has traveled to and lived in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and Jordan for periods of time from 1971 on. Her publications focus on issues in Palestine, Lebanon and Syria as well as the Civil Rights of Arabs and Muslims in America.