Suheir al-Atassi | |
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سهير الأتاسي | |
.jpg) Atassi in 2013 | |
| Vice President of theNational Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces | |
| In office 12 November 2012 – 4 January 2015 Serving with Riad Seif | |
| President | Moaz al-Khatib |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Noura al-Ameer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1971 (age 53–54) Damascus, Syria |
| Relations | Jamal al-Atassi(father) |
| Alma mater | Damascus University |
| Occupation | Vice-president of theNational Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces Lawyer |
| Known for | Democracy activist Women's activist Secular activist |
Suheir al-Atassi (Arabic:سهير الأتاسي,romanized: Suhair al-ʾAtāsī; born 1971) is a Syriansecular activist in theSyrian opposition, and co-vice-president of theNational Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces between November 2012 and December 2013.[1] She has been called the "Lady of the Revolution" and is widely respected in secular and intellectual circles within the Syrian opposition structure.[2] She had previously run the media wing of the bannedJamal Atassi Forum, which was named after her father, a founding member of theBa'ath Party who later left and founded theDemocratic Arab Socialist Union.[3]
Suheir Atassi was born in Damascus in 1971 to a prominentpolitical family fromHoms. She is daughter ofJamal al-Din al-Atassi, prominentpan-Arabist in Syria.[4] She studiedFrench literature and education at theUniversity of Damascus, and was active in theDamascus Spring, helping to form and run the Jamal al-Atassi Forum. She revived the forum online in 2009 in order to help promotedemocracy and human rights in Syria.[5] On 16 March 2011 she was arrested for her activities. After her release, she had to go into hiding before fleeing Syria to Jordan and then France.[citation needed]
In December 2013, Atassi resigned as Vice-President of the exile 'National Coalition' after the Assistance Coordination Unit, an opposition aid agency, went on strike over claims of mismanagement of aid delivery and funding. She said she would keep her position as chairwoman for the Assistance Coordination Unit, based in Turkey.[6] On 25 April 2018, Atassi resigned from the National Coalition itself, citing the SNC's relations withRussia.[7]
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