As the year wraps up, we're looking back at ten of the episodes that defined 2024 at The Take. This originally aired on March 15. None of the dates, titles, or other references have been changed.
Thirteen years ago, Syrians took to the streets to stand up against the government of Bashar al-Assad. The war that followed has killed hundreds of thousands and displaced more than 12 million. Today, al-Assad is still in power. Has the world abandoned Syria?
In this episode:
Alia Malek (@AliaMalek), journalist, lawyer, and author of The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by David Enders, Chloe K. Li, Negin Owliaei and Amy Walters Khaled Soltan, and Ashish Malhotra, with Spencer Cline, Phillip Lanos, Mohannad al-Melhem, Hisham Abu Salah, and our host Malika Bilal.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Joe Plourde mixed this update. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
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