On Episode 3 of Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution, myself and @npub1vlkh...m0nh spoke with Ziad Majed to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Lebanese-Syrian-Palestinian historian, journalist and writer Samir Kassir
In case you missed it, here's a recording of the webinar I did with Wafa Mustafa & Djene Rhys Bajalan, hosted by MERIP and SPECTRE examining the difficult questions arising from the fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria
For ep two of STIR, I'm joined by two Sweida-based activists from @npub1xvaz...nmpw to talk about the recent unrest in Syria in which members of the Druze community were targeted. Available for free on Patreon and wherever you get your podcasts https://www.patreon.com/posts/stir-2-unrest-in-128972762?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
Excited to launch a new podcast - Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution. Myself and @npub1vlkh...m0nh will be talking all things Syria & this first episode is an introduction to the podcast. Available for free on Patreon and wherever you get your podcasts. Part of From The Periphery Media Collective https://www.patreon.com/posts/128666665
Article looking at the way Syrian civil society organisations responded to the massacres on the coast in March, in which Alawites were specifically targeted & local solidarity initiatives
I added my name to this statement by Syrians condemning the massacres of Alawites that occurred in March and calling for an end to sectarian discrimination among Syrian citizens https://aljumhuriya.net/ar/2025/04/17/%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%a5%d8%af%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ac%d8%a7%d8%b2%d8%b1/
I'll be speaking at this event on the current situation in Syria on Wednesday ... https://merip.org/event/syria-at-the-crossroads-popular-revolt-counterrevolution-and-regional-transformation/
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Syria’s New Men: Masculinities and the Post-Assad Political Order
A letter to Columbia by Mahmoud Khalil "The situation is oddly reminiscent of when I fled the brutality of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria and sought refuge in Lebanon."