Is It Time to Move from Opposition to Resistance? Rosa Yassin Hassan and Sami al-Kayyal

Is it possible to oppose the current authority in Damascus, or is the term “opposition” no longer valid in relation to it? Sami al-Kayyal discusses with Syrian novelist Rosa Yassin Hassan the meaning of the terms “opposition” and “resistance,” and whether the time has come to speak of “resistance” to the authority, why the prospects for change seem unattainable from within the current political framework, and what forms resistance might take politically, socially, and culturally. Hassan delves into issues such as Syrian national identity, the rift that recent events have caused among Syrians, the question of local identities and their relationship to sectarianism, as well as reconstructing Syrian memory after all the tragedies Syrians have endured. Is “resistance” an attempt to destroy, or on the contrary, a way to build a new horizon amid widespread social devastation? Watch the third episode of the fifth season of “Public Space.”