Explore every episode of the podcast Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution
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| Introducing the Podcast! (E1) | 11 May 2025 | 00:11:44 | |
Welcome to Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution (STIR)! In this episode, Leila Al-Shami (Burning Country) and Elia Ayoub (The Fire These Times, Hauntologies) introduce themselves and the podcast. What is STIR about? From the Assad regime to the Arab Spring and beyond, we will dive into questions of reconstruction, prisoners, the forcibly disappeared, transitional justice, minority rights, women's rights, LGBTQ+ rights, environmental politics, culture and more. STIR is part of the From The Periphery Media Collective. To support all of our projects please head out to Patreon.com/fromtheperiphery STIR is also on Bluesky! Credits and More:
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| Our Region After Samir Kassir: Special 20 Years Commemoration (E3) | 02 Jun 2025 | 00:29:13 | |
It's been 20 years since the Assad regime assassinated Samir Kassir, the Lebanese-Syrian-Palestinian historian, journalist and writer in Beirut on June 2nd 2005. Joining us today is Lebanese-French political researcher and academic Ziad Majed, a friend and comrade of Kassir, to talk about his legacy in the two decades that have passed given how much has changed since for Lebanon, Palestine and of course Syria. This is a special cross-over episode between The Fire These Times (TFTT) and Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution (STIR). We are both part of the From The Periphery Media Collective. To support all of our projects please head out to Patreon.com/fromtheperiphery Resources:
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Date of recording: May 30th 2025 | |||
| Unrest in Sweida (E2) | 15 May 2025 | 00:50:05 | |
Leila is joined by two Sweida-based activists, Khuzama and Ian from the Interstices-Fajawat grassroots initiative, to talk about the recent unrest in Syria in which members of the Druze community were targeted. In the first part, they got into what happened, the fault lines, the role of Israel as well as the agreement that was reached. The second part, starting at roughly 23 minutes in, is a dive into Sweida and the Syrian revolution, the role of women and the situation since the fall of the Assad regime. STIR is part of the From The Periphery Media Collective. To support all of our projects please head out to Patreon.com/fromtheperiphery STIR is also on Bluesky! Credits and More:
Date of recording: May 8th 2025 | |||