Alawis : The genesis of Syria's Alawi minority / Aslam Farouk-Alli. The Alawis in the Ottoman period / Stefan Winter. Community, sect, nation : colonial and social scientific discourses on the Alawis in Syria during the mandate and early independence periods / Max Weiss. 'Go to Damascus, my son' : Alawi demographic shifts under Ba'ath party rule / Fabrice Balanche. Syria's Alawis and the Ba'ath Party / Raymond Hinnebusch. The Syrian Muslim Brotherhood's Alawi conundrum / Raphaël Lefèvre. Alawi diversity and solidarity : from the coast to the interior / Leon T. Goldsmith. Patronage and clientelism in Bashar's social market economy / Alan George. The Alawis of Tripoli : identity, violence and urban geopolitics / Craig Larkin and Olivia Midha. Chasing ghosts : the shabiha phenomenon / Aron Lund. Alawis in the Syrian opposition / Carsten Wieland. Repression is not 'a Stupid thing' : regime responses to the Syrian uprising and insurgency / Reinoud Leenders