Abstract
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.
Translated title of the contribution | Genfortælling af fortiden, skabelse af nutiden og forløsning af fremtiden: Haris al-Quds, en tv-dramatisering af 'efterkrigs' Syrien |
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Original language | English |
Journal | Middle East Critique |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 3 |
Pages (from-to) | 305-321 |
Number of pages | 16 |
ISSN | 1943-6149 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2023 |