Aref Dalila
Aref Dalila | |
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عارف دليلة | |
Aref Dalila (left) | |
| Born | 1942 (age 82–83) 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) 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. 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.