| ID | 192243 |
| Title Proper | Re-Narrating the Past, Producing the Present and Unlocking the Future |
| Other Title Information | Haris al-Quds, a TV-Dramatization of ‘Post-war’ Syria |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Crone, Christine |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Regaining control of Aleppo was an important symbolic victory for the Syrian state army, which has opened the way for state-sanctioned narrations of ‘post-war’ Syria. To elucidate the workings of this narration, I explore the TV drama Haris al-Quds (2020) as a fascinating window into Syrian state ideology in Bashar al-Assad’s ‘post-war’ Syria. I argue that the Syrian state holds on to future visions of the past while re-narrating history to fine-tune its ideological heritage in a state-endorsed and state-endorsing TV drama. The serial’s interweaving of selected historical times allows for the experience of alternative narrative times, constructing what I refer to as resistance time, Manichaean time, and restoration time. In this play with temporality, each time serves in different ways as a promotion of a particular ideological understanding of Syria. |
| `In' analytical Note | Middle East Critique Vol. 32, No.3; 2023: p.305-321 |
| Journal Source | Middle East Critique Vol: 32 No 3 |
| Key Words | Ideology ; Syria ; Aleppo ; Ba’athism ; Haris al-Quds ; Narrative Temporality ; TV-drama |