Aref Dalila | |
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عارف دليلة | |
.jpg) Aref Dalila (left) | |
| Born | 1942 (age 81–82) Latakia, Syria |
| Alma mater | Moscow University |
| Occupation(s) | Dean of the Faculty of Economics in Damascus University (former), economics professor |
| Known for | 2001–2008 imprisonment |
| Movement | Damascus Spring |
Aref Dalila (Arabic: عارف دليلة) (born 1942[1]) is a Syrian economist and former Dean of the Faculty of Economics in Damascus University. He is currently working as a Senior Economic Researcher at Orient Research Center in the UAE.[2] He was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in 2002 on charges of "trying to corrupt the constitution, inciting armed rebellion and spreading false information" for his political activity during the Damascus Spring period, and imprisoned until released by presidential pardon in 2008.[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
PENwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Orient Research Center: Our Team Archived May 5, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Syrian dissident economist freed". BBC News. 7 April 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2012.