New: transcript of a recent episode of Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution, an interview with Syrian-American author and scholar Noor Ghazal Aswad.
She talked to Leila about her book, Searching for Solidarity: Revolutionary Dreams & Radical Social Movements
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Leila speaks to Dr. Noor Ghazal Aswad about her recent book ‘Searching for Solidarity: Revolutionary Dreams and Radical Social Movements’.
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cohosted a podcast with the great Leila Shami.
We spoke to Razan Rashidi from The Syria Campaign about a lot but particularly about how acts of justice build trust in the state and how without it a culture of impunity takes over that can spiral off into retaliatory violence and acts of vengeance.
Leila @leilashami.bsky.social & Justin @justinsalhani.bsky.social are joined by Razan Rashidi from @thesyriacampaign.org to talk about Transitional Justice
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Syria: One year on after the fall of Assad
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Cedric, who I recently spoke to for @syriapodcast.bsky.social published a moving first hand testimony of the violent attacks in Sweida in July
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Leila Al-Shami @leilashami.bsky.social is joined by Swiss-Syrian academic, researcher and author Joseph Daher about the removal of sanctions and future economic prospects for Syria.
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On Episode 3 of Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution, myself & @ayoub.bsky.social spoke with Ziad Majed to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Lebanese-Syrian-Palestinian historian, journalist and writer Samir Kassir
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Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution is out!
In Episode 1, @leilashami.bsky.social @ayoub.bsky.social go through what the STIR podcast is about, and why Syria?
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TFTT+STIR Special: Our Region After Samir Kassir: 20 Years Commemoration w/ Ziad Majed
20 years ago today, the Assad regime assassinated Samir Kassir in Beirut. On this special ep published with @thefirethesetimes.com, Ziad Majed, his friend and comrade, joins us to talk about his legacy - and how much has changed since. On all podcast apps and: www.patreon.com/posts/130502...
The conversation also includes a historical overview of the role of Sweida in the 2011 Syrian revolution as well as the situation since the fall of the Assad regime
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For ep two of STIR, @leilashami.bsky.social is joined by two Sweida-based activists to talk about the recent unrest in Syria in which members of the Druze community were targeted.
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Very excited for “STIR” a new @fromtheperiphery.com podcast series on the history and politics of Syria hosted by @leilashami.bsky.social and past Non Serviam guest @ayoub.bsky.social.
Check out their introductory episode below. 👇
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Our second episode will be on what's been happening in Suwayda/Sweida, southern Syria. @leilashami.bsky.social interviews two activists based there.
Stay tuned!
Our latest podcast :) Excited for this one. It's @leilashami.bsky.social 's brainchild
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Excited to launch this new podcast on Syria ...
New podcast just dropped by @fromtheperiphery.com! Check it out. There is SO much disinformation on Syria so its so important to have stuff like this by dedicated, progressive voices.
Illustration by Hisham Rifai
Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution is out!
In Episode 1, @leilashami.bsky.social @ayoub.bsky.social go through what the STIR podcast is about, and why Syria?
Available for free on Patreon and wherever you get your podcasts
www.patreon.com/posts/128666...
Part of @fromtheperiphery.com