Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution
Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution
Podcast Description
Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution (STIR) is a podcast by British-Syrian writer and activist Leila Al-Shami (Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution anda War) and Elia Ayoub (The Fire These Times, Hauntologies) on the history and politics of Syria, and in particular since the 2011 revolution.
This is a production of the From The Periphery Media Collective. To support us head out to https://www.patreon.com/fromtheperiphery
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Content Themes
The podcast explores various themes including the Syrian revolution, minority rights, environmental politics, and transitional justice. Episodes tackle specific events such as the unrest in Sweida, discussing community dynamics and targeting of the Druze people, as well as broader issues like women's rights and the state of political prisoners.
Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution (STIR) is a podcast by British-Syrian writer and activist Leila Al-Shami (Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution anda War) and Elia Ayoub (The Fire These Times, Hauntologies) on the history and politics of Syria, and in particular since the 2011 revolution.
This is a production of the From The Periphery Media Collective. To support us head out to https://www.patreon.com/fromtheperiphery
Leila is joined by Swiss-Syrian academic, researcher and author Joseph Daher to talk about the removal of sanctions and future economic prospects for Syria.
Daher is the author of Syria After the Uprising: The Political Economy of State Resilience (Pluto, 2019) and Hezbollah: The Political Economy of Lebanon’s Party of God (Pluto, 2016), and founder of the blog Syria Freedom Forever.
STIR is a podcast by Leila Al-Shami (Burning Country, The Peoples Want) and Elia Ayoub (The Fire These Times, Hauntologies) and is part of the From The Periphery Media Collective. To support all of our projects please head out toPatreon.com/fromtheperiphery
Credits and More:
STIR is on Bluesky
From The Periphery is on Patreon, Bluesky, YouTube, Instagram, and has a website
Leila Al Shami (Host, Lead Researcher, Editor). More: Bluesky, Mastodon and her Blog
Aydin Yildiz (Producer). More: Antidotezine
Hisham Rifai (Illustration)
Omar Offendum (Music)
Date of recording: June 3rd 2025
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