Abdulrazak Eid

Abdulrazak Eid
عبد الرزاق عيد
Abdulrazak Eid
Born (1950-09-10) September 10, 1950 (age 74)
Ariha, Syria
NationalitySyrian
Occupation(s)Writer and thinker
Board member ofPresident of the national council of Damascus Declaration abroad

Abdulrazak Eid, Abdul razzak Eid, Abdul razaq Eid, Abdel razzak Eid, Abdul razzaq Eid, or Abd al Razzaq 'Id (Arabic:عبد الرزاق عيد; born September 10, 1950) is a Syrian writer and thinker and one of Syria's leading reformers. He helped to found the Committees of Civil Society in Syria, drafted the Statement of 1000 and helped to draft the Damascus Declaration.[1] Because of his opposition writings and political actions, he was arrested many times in Syria, banned from working and traveling,[2] kidnapped by the Syrian intelligence forces, and was threatened with being assassinated. He fled Syria in 2008 for exile in Europe where he was elected president of the National Council of Damascus Declaration in exile.[3]

  1. ^ "The Damascus Declaration for Democratic National Change". October 16, 2005. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011.
  2. ^ Rachelle Kliger, The Media Line (February 21, 2010). "Syria bans activists from leaving".
  3. ^ Carnegie Middle East Center. "The Damascus Declaration".