Steve Job’s Syrian Father On Why He Doesn’t Talk To His Son

Abdulfattah John Jandali (Steve Job’s biological father):

This might sound strange […] but I am not prepared, even if either of us was on our deathbeds, to pick up the phone to call him, […] Steve will have to do that, as the Syrian pride in me does not want him ever to think I am after his fortune

I wonder if it’s the same “Syrian pride” that’s preventing Assad from stepping down..