Richard Melson
February 2005
DarEmar
DarEmar is an independent multifaceted Syrian organization dedicated to raising the standards of civic awareness in the Arab world and increasing the Arab peoples' sense of empowerment and citizenship. For this purpose, DarEmar organizes and implements a variety of programs and projects, ranging from traditional and electronic publishing to working with foreign journalists and researchers and acting as an independent press agency, media outlet and think tank.
Moreover, DarEmar is interested in promoting inter-cultural and inter-faith dialogues on the regional and global levels, and is committed to non-violence both as a philosophical approach and a mechanism for conflict management and resolution.
To support these activities, DarEmar maintains a "commercial" venture of sorts, namely: the Syrian-European marketing Clinic, an institution that offers various services to the Syrian business community (including designing brochures, newsletters, info packs and websites, and undertaking marketing and promotional studies), and is willing to cooperate with various international companies wishing to do business in Syria.
DarEmar also works closely with a number of well-established international NGOs and donor agencies, including, among others, Pax Christi Nederland, which was the first international NGO to support the activities and programs of DarEmar.
DarEmar was officially established as a publishing house in 2003 by a number of young Syrian professionals and intellectuals from various religious and ethnic backgrounds, reflecting the diversity of the country and the region as a whole. Unofficially, the founders of DarEmar have been working together as a group for many years now, operating along the same lines outlined above.
To help support the activities and programs of DarEmar, please contact support@daremar.org
DarEmar's headquarters are located in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on the ground level of the Syrian-European Business Centre. The following are the main contact information: DarEmar |