Welcome to Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution (STIR)! In this episode, Leila Al-Shami (Burning Country) and Elia Ayoub (The Fire These Times, Hauntologies) introduce themselves and the podcast.
What is STIR about? From the Assad regime to the Arab Spring and beyond, we will dive into questions of reconstruction, prisoners, the forcibly disappeared, transitional justice, minority rights, women's rights, LGBTQ+ rights, environmental politics, culture and more.
STIR is part of the From The Periphery Media Collective. To support all of our projects please head out to Patreon.com/fromtheperiphery
STIR is also on Bluesky!
Credits and More:
Leila Al Shami (Host, Lead Researcher). More: Bluesky, Mastodon and her Blog
Elia Ayoub (Host, Producer). More: Bluesky, Mastodon, Instagram and his Newsletter
Hisham Rifai (Illustration)
Omar Offendum and Sami Matar (Music)