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In the Lion's Den

Page 29

by Andrew Tabler


  Wahhabism, 9, 170

  Wall Street Journal, 233

  Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 190, 220

  Washington Post, 176, 191

  Wassef, Muna, 26

  Watan, Al-, 202, 207

  Waxman, Henry, 174

  Wehbe, Mikhail, 30

  Women in Syria (website), 64, 68

  World Bank, 61

  Yadlin, Amos, 192

  Yedioth Ahronoth, 193

  Yusuf, Khawla, 201

  Zammar, Mohammed Haydar, 25

  Zoepf, Katherine, 109–11

  Andrew Tabler is a fellow with the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and one of the most sought-after voices on contemporary Syria. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, the International Herald Tribune, Foreign Policy, and Foreign Affairs. His opinion is regularly sought by CNN, NBC, and PBS. After seven years of living and working under Assad’s regime, Tabler left Damascus for Beirut. He currently resides in Washington, DC.

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