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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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 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 toPatreon.com/fromtheperiphery
STIR is also on Bluesky!
Credits and More:
Leila Al Shami (Host, Lead Researcher). More: Bluesky, Mastodon and her Blog
Elia Ayoub (Producer). More: Bluesky, Mastodon, Instagram and his Newsletter
Aydin Yildiz (Producer)
Hisham Rifai (Illustration)
Omar Offendum and Sami Matar (Music)
Date of recording: May 8th 2025
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