Louay Hussein (1960 – 10 March 2022) was a Syrian writer and opposition activist. He was also the founder of the Building the Syrian State Movement.
Louay Hussein | |
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Born | 1960 Damascus, United Arab Republic |
Died | 10 March 2022 61–62) Madrid, Spain | (aged
Nationality | Syrian |
Occupation(s) | Politician, writer |
Louay Hussein was born in Damascus in 1960 to Alawite parents,[1] and attended its schools until he joined the Department of Philosophy at Damascus University. He was arrested for the first time while he was a university student in 1984.[2] He was released in 1991.
Due to his support for the Daraa protests, he was detained once more on 22 March 2011.[3]
In a video leaked in 2015 he appeared to be praising Bashar al-Assad saying "The shoes of Bashar al-Assad, and anyone in the intelligence service is more honorable than the revolution".[4]
Hussein, died in Madrid after suffering from lung cancer, at the age of 62.[5]
- (2003), Dialogues in the Syrian patriotism
- (2004), Democratic choice in Syria, Louay Hussein interview with Burhan Ghalioun
- (2006), Loss (Tales from an Imaginary Memory of a Real Prisoner)
- (2007), Secularism in the Arab Orient
- (2010), In the elite and the people, Louay Hussein interview with Burhan Ghalioun
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