Syria Comment
لأنه من المواقع القليلة باللعة الانكليزية التي تتابع الشأن السوري، موقع غني، يتضمن تحلبلات ومقالات متنوعة، يبدو أن له اتصال معقول مع الداخل السوري، يحدث بشكل متواصل، اضافة الى أن تصميمه الجديد مريح لأكثر من التصميم السابق، اختارته ضفحات سورية ليكون موقع الاسبوع المميز/
لمحة عن محرر الموقع باللغة الانكليزية
Joshua Landis teaches modern Middle Eastern history and politics and writes on Syria and its surrounding countries.
He writes “Syria Comment,” a daily newsletter on Syrian politics that attracts some 3,000 readers a day. It is widely read by officials in Washington, Europe and Syria. Dr. Landis regularly travels to Washington DC to consult with the State Department and other government agencies.
He is a frequent analyst on TV and radio. Most recently he has appeared on the Jim Lehrer News Hour, Charlie Rose Show, CNN, Fox News, and has been widely quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, LA Times, and comments frequently for NPR and BBC radio. He has spoken at the Brookings Institute, USIP, Middle East Institute, and Council on Foreign Relations.
He was educated at Swarthmore (BA), Harvard (MA), and Princeton (PhD). He has lived over 14 years in the Middle East and received numerous grants to study in the region, including three Fulbright grants and one from the Social Science Research Council.
He is married to a Syrian, Manar Kachour Landis and speaks Arabic and French fluently as well as Italian and Turkish badly. He and Manar have two boys – Kendall and Jonah.