Re-Narrating the Past, Producing the Present and Unlocking the Future: Haris al-Quds, a TV-Dramatization of ‘Post-war’ Syria

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Re-Narrating the Past, Producing the Present and Unlocking the Future : Haris al-Quds, a TV-Dramatization of ‘Post-war’ Syria. / Crone, Christine Aster.

In: Middle East Critique, Vol. 32, No. 3, 2023, p. 305-321.

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Crone, CA 2023, 'Re-Narrating the Past, Producing the Present and Unlocking the Future: Haris al-Quds, a TV-Dramatization of ‘Post-war’ Syria', Middle East Critique, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 305-321. https://doi.org/10.1080/19436149.2023.2229188

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Crone, C. A. (2023). Re-Narrating the Past, Producing the Present and Unlocking the Future: Haris al-Quds, a TV-Dramatization of ‘Post-war’ Syria. Middle East Critique, 32(3), 305-321. https://doi.org/10.1080/19436149.2023.2229188

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Crone CA. Re-Narrating the Past, Producing the Present and Unlocking the Future: Haris al-Quds, a TV-Dramatization of ‘Post-war’ Syria. Middle East Critique. 2023;32(3):305-321. https://doi.org/10.1080/19436149.2023.2229188

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Crone, Christine Aster. / Re-Narrating the Past, Producing the Present and Unlocking the Future : Haris al-Quds, a TV-Dramatization of ‘Post-war’ Syria. In: Middle East Critique. 2023 ; Vol. 32, No. 3. pp. 305-321.

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