Tayeb Tizini (Arabic: طيب تيزيني; August 10, 1934 – May 18, 2019) was a Syrian philosopher,[1] researcher and academic.
[5] Tizini's 2001 critique of the Damascus Spring, Min thulathiyyat al-fasad ila qadaya al-mujtama' al-madani ('From the trilogy of corruption to issues of civil society'), argued that reform of the state was needed, rather than putting excessive hope in civil society.
[5] After demonstrating to demand the release of political prisoners at the start of the Syrian uprising in March 2011, he was beaten and briefly held by the state security forces.
Tizini said in an interview with Syria Today magazine in November 2011 that there is no political option, and that instead only a single fist is used.
Tizini said that Syria's internal economy and many institutions were destroyed throughout what he called "quadrant totalitarian law".