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النهار
From Faisal to Sharaa
Dr. Ahmad Ibish sees Ibrahim al-Jabin’s *From Faisal I to Ahmad al-Sharaa* as a serious, 448-page work that explores Syrian history through pivotal moments and questions of legitimacy, the state, and governance—not as a continuous biography of its rulers. At its heart is the question of whether a ruler makes the state, or whether the state, shaped by its history and society, makes the ruler. The book traces Syria’s course from its beginnings under Faisal to the state’s weakening in the face of the army, then examines the impact of power on society and the changes that followed the fall of the Assad regime. Ibish concludes that the book combines a historian’s composure with a witness’s fervor, while leaving open the test facing the new era: Can Ahmad al-Sharaa turn power into legitimacy?
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