Dr. Dana Moss is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame. Her research investigates how authoritarian forces repress their critics and how collective actors resist this repression in a globalized world. She is also the founding director of the Yemen Peace Project.
Her most recent publication and first book, “The Arab Spring Abroa ... Show More
Dec 2025
EP 54 - Killian Clarke: Return of Tyranny: Why Counterrevolutions Emerge and Succeed
In episode 54 of Tahrir Podcast, Killian Clarke joined to discuss his new book, "Return of Tyranny: Why Counterrevolutions Emerge and Succeed" (Cambridge University Press, 2025).The book offers one of the first systematic studies of counterrevolution. Drawing on global data sinc ... Show More
1h 7m
Dec 2025
UNRELEASED EP - Danny Makki: The Night the Butcher of Damascus Fled
This episode was recorded on 08 December 2024, the day Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled the country, ending over 50 years of brutal Assad family rule, and concluding a brutal 14-year civil war. In this episode that I now release a full year later, Danni Makki joined me from D ... Show More
12m 49s
Dec 2024
Syria: Can The Tyrant Assad Fall? With Razan Saffour
Become a member to get access to exclusive monthly calls: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/membershipIt’s been a spectacular week in Syria. The world had written off the rebellion that began in 2011, believing Assad, with the support of Russian air power and Iranian militias, had c ... Show More
59m 5s
Nov 2025
The Pro Palestine Movement Two Years After Genocide feat. Dana El Kurd
Dana El Kurd speaks with author, activist, and 2025 Foundation for Middle East Peace fellow Ahmed Moor on the pro-Palestine movement in the US, and what we can learn after two years of genocide. Sources: Ahmed Moor & Antony Loewenstein’s book - https://saqibooks.com/books/saqi/af ... Show More
26m 28s
Dec 2024
Inside The Fall Of Syria’s Brutal Dictator
<p>Syria has been controlled by one family for more than half a century who ruled by repression, devastation and violence.</p><p>But about two weeks ago, the regime began to falter, and then over the course of one night, it collapsed.</p><p>Carlotta Gall, a senior correspondent f ... Show More
25m 9s