Akram al-Hawrani

Akram al-Hawrani (born 1910, Ḥamāh, Syria—died 1996, Amman, Jordan) was a radical politician and populist leader who had a determining influence on the course of Syrian politics in the two decades after World War II. Hawrani’s radical orientation had its roots in direct personal experience rather than in intellectual reflection. He resented the large landlords’ exploitation of the Syrian peasantry and strove to rouse the latter to a militant defense of their interests. After Adib...