Religious extremism within Syrian society: How deep and permanent is the impact?

Professionals from academia, the media and the non-profit sector came together in Beirut on 17 August 2015 to discuss the evolving relationship between religious extremism and Syria society.

Panellists:

• Fouad M Fouad, poet, professor and M.D.
• Bente Scheller, Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation (Middle East)
• Christoph Reuter, Journalist, Der Spiegel

This discussion was one of a series of 13 held in Beirut and Stockholm in 2014 and 2015 as part of the project “Syrian Culture in Times of Conflict”.

Visit the project website at www.SyrianCulture.org to read about and watch video recordings of other discussions in the series.