Special Event: Syria in Transition

A group of people waving Syrian flags staring into the sun.

Date and Time

October 23, 2025
05:00PM - 06:30PM EDT

Location

Tsai Auditorium (S010), CGIS South

1730 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
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This event is open to the public and will not be recorded. Please register to attend. 

Since December 2024, when the Assad regime was ousted from power, Syria has been in the midst of monumental change. Both domestic and international forces are destabilizing the country, threatening the fragile transitional process. What is driving Syrians apart and how can they—and their government—help to build a unified and peaceful country?

Speaker

Hind Kabawat, Minister of Social Affairs and Labour, Syrian Arab Republic.

Moderator

Melani Cammett, Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Identity Politics. Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Department of Government, Harvard University.

This event is cosponsored by the Middle East Seminar.

Speaker Biography

Headshot of Hind Kabawat.

Mrs. Hind Kabawat holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Damascus, a certificate in conflict resolution and arbitration from the University of Toronto in Canada, and a master's degree in law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in the United States. She served as the director of the Peacebuilding and Interfaith Dialogue Department and as a professor at George Mason University in the US. Mrs. Kabawat founded the organization Tastakel for peacebuilding and education, which has graduated thousands of students—male and female—from all Syrian regions and communities since the beginning of the Syrian revolution. She has extensive experience in Syrian civil society, has contributed to its establishment, and is an active board member in several Syrian, Arab, and international organizations. Mrs. Hind was also previously a visiting fellow in the Negotiation Program at Harvard Law School.

Contact

Sarah Banse, Event Manager
sarahbanse@wcfia.harvard.edu

Photo credit: Mohammad Daher/NurPhoto via AP

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