Leila is joined by Armenian writer, scholar and member of From The Periphery media collective, Dr Karena Avedissian.
Karena recently returned from a trip to conduct research and build ties with the Armenian community in Northeast Syria. We spoke about an article she wrote - Armenians in Rojava: A quiet revolution - looking at the experiences of Islamized Armenians, descendants of survivors of the Armenian Genocide who were forcibly ‘assimilated’ during and after 1915.
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 to Patreon.com/fromtheperiphery
Credits and More:
Karena is on Bluesky. For more on this topic, watch another recent interview with her here.
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: Antidote Zine
Elia Ayoub (Producer). More: Bluesky, Mastodon, Instagram and his Newsletter
Hisham Rifai (Illustration)
Omar Offendum and Sami Matar (Music)
Date of recording: 18 July 2025