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Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution

Podcast by From The Periphery Media Collective

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About Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution

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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8 episodes

episode Searching for Solidarity w/Noor Ghazal Aswad (E8) artwork

Searching for Solidarity w/Noor Ghazal Aswad (E8)

Leila is joined by US-based academic Dr. Noor Ghazal Aswad to talk about her recent book ‘Searching for Solidarity: Revolutionary Dreams and Radical Social Movements’.  This episode explores the erasure of Syrians from their own story during the revolution, and the implications and lessons for building transnational solidarity with radical movements in the future. STIR is part of the From The Periphery Media Collective. To support all of our projects please head out to https://www.patreon.com/fromtheperiphery⁠Patreon.com/fromtheperiphery⁠ [about:blank] STIR is also on ⁠Bluesky⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/syriapodcast.bsky.social]! Credits and More: * Leila Al Shami (Host, Lead Researcher, Producer). More: ⁠Bluesky⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2ad7mmwmfprr6b3pkan46ub4], ⁠Mastodon⁠ [https://spore.social/@leilashami] and her ⁠Blog⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/leilashami.bsky.social] * Aydin Yildiz (Producer) * Hisham Rifai (Illustration) * Omar Offendum and Sami Matar (Music) Date of recording: 6 February 2026

20 Feb 2026 - 51 min
episode Transitional Justice w/Razan Rashidi (E7) artwork

Transitional Justice w/Razan Rashidi (E7)

Leila and Justin are joined by Razan Rashidi, Executive Director of The Syria Campaign [https://thesyriacampaign.org/], to talk about Transitional Justice.  Tens of thousands of Syrians were forcibly disappeared at the hands of the Assad regime, as well as other actors. Only a small number were released from prison, mass graves were discovered and many families still have no news about the fate of their loved ones. In this episode we discuss what is being done to hold perpetrators to account, achieve justice for the victims and end the ongoing culture of impunity. STIR is part of the From The Periphery Media Collective. To support all of our projects please head out to https://www.patreon.com/fromtheperiphery⁠Patreon.com/fromtheperiphery⁠ [about:blank] STIR is also on ⁠Bluesky⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/syriapodcast.bsky.social]! Credits and More: * Leila Al Shami (Host, Lead Researcher, Producer). More: ⁠Bluesky⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2ad7mmwmfprr6b3pkan46ub4], ⁠Mastodon⁠ [https://spore.social/@leilashami] and her ⁠Blog⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/leilashami.bsky.social] * Justin Salhani (Co-Host)  * Aydin Yildiz (Producer) * Hisham Rifai (Illustration) * Omar Offendum and Sami Matar (Music) Date of recording: 29 January 2026

8 Feb 2026 - 52 min
episode Unrest in Sweida Part 2 w/ Interstices-Fajawat (E6) artwork

Unrest in Sweida Part 2 w/ Interstices-Fajawat (E6)

Khuzama and Cedric from the Interstices-Fajawat grassroots initiative [https://interstices-fajawat.org/] return to STIR to talk to Leila about the July unrest in Sweida province, which included massacres against members of the Druze community. Our guests were in Sweida during the unrest, so share their moving first-hand testimony as well as provide analysis on implications for the future of Syria as a whole. STIR is part of the From The Periphery Media Collective. To support all of our projects please head out to https://www.patreon.com/fromtheperiphery⁠Patreon.com/fromtheperiphery⁠ [about:blank] STIR is also on ⁠Bluesky⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/syriapodcast.bsky.social]! Credits and More: * Leila Al Shami (Host, Lead Researcher). More: ⁠Bluesky⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2ad7mmwmfprr6b3pkan46ub4], ⁠Mastodon⁠ [https://spore.social/@leilashami] and her ⁠Blog⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/leilashami.bsky.social] * Aydin Yildiz (Producer) * Elia Ayoub (Producer). More: ⁠Bluesky⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/ayoub.bsky.social], ⁠Mastodon⁠ [https://spore.social/@ayoub], ⁠Instagram⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/eliajayoub] and his ⁠Newsletter⁠ [https://www.hauntologies.net/] * Hisham Rifai (Illustration) * Omar Offendum and Sami Matar (Music) Date of recording: 5 September 2025

8 Oct 2025 - 49 min
episode Syria's Islamized Armenians w/ Karena Avedissian (E5) artwork

Syria's Islamized Armenians w/ Karena Avedissian (E5)

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 [https://armenianweekly.com/2025/06/25/armenians-in-rojava-a-quiet-revolution/] - 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 [https://bsky.app/profile/leilashami.bsky.social] (⁠Burning Country⁠ [https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745337821/burning-country/], The Peoples Want [https://thepeopleswant.org/]) and Elia Ayoub [https://bsky.app/profile/ayoub.bsky.social] (⁠The Fire These Times⁠ [https://thefirethesetimes.com/], ⁠Hauntologies⁠ [https://www.hauntologies.net/]) and is part of the From The Periphery Media Collective. To support all of our projects please head out to ⁠Patreon.com/fromtheperiphery⁠ [https://⁠Patreon.com/fromtheperiphery⁠] Credits and More: * Karena is on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/karena1.bsky.social]. For more on this topic, watch another recent interview with her here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPihpbvj-s8]. * STIR is on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/syriapodcast.bsky.social] * From The Periphery is on ⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.patreon.com/fromtheperiphery],⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/fromtheperiphery.com] ⁠Bluesky⁠⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/fromtheperiphery.com], ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGE68ISVDHvj6DN2Zhucblg],⁠⁠ Instagram⁠⁠ [https://instagram.com/fromtheperipherymedia], and has a website⁠⁠⁠ [https://fromtheperiphery.com/] * Leila Al Shami (Host, Lead Researcher, Editor). More: Bluesky⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2ad7mmwmfprr6b3pkan46ub4], ⁠Mastodon⁠ [https://spore.social/@leilashami] and her ⁠Blog⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/leilashami.bsky.social] * Aydin Yildiz (Producer). More: Antidote Zine [https://antidotezine.com/] * Elia Ayoub (Producer). More:⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/ayoub.bsky.social] ⁠Bluesky⁠⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/ayoub.bsky.social],⁠ ⁠Mastodon⁠⁠ [https://spore.social/@ayoub],⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠⁠ [https://www.instagram.com/eliajayoub] and his⁠ ⁠Newsletter⁠⁠ [https://www.hauntologies.net/] * Hisham Rifai [https://www.instagram.com/bizri.6/] (Illustration) * Omar Offendum [https://www.youtube.com/@Offendum] and Sami Matar (Music) Date of recording: 18 July 2025

30 Jul 2025 - 48 min
episode Sanctions and Future Economic Prospects w/ Joseph Daher (E4) artwork

Sanctions and Future Economic Prospects w/ Joseph Daher (E4)

Leila is joined by Swiss-Syrian academic, researcher and author Joseph Daher to talk about the removal of sanctions and future economic prospects for Syria. Daher is the author of Syria After the Uprising: The Political Economy of State Resilience [https://www.plutobooks.com/9781786804648/syria-after-the-uprisings/] (Pluto, 2019) and Hezbollah: The Political Economy of Lebanon’s Party of God [https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745336893/hezbollah/] (Pluto, 2016), and founder of the blog Syria Freedom Forever. STIR is a podcast by ⁠Leila Al-Shami⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/leilashami.bsky.social] (⁠Burning Country⁠ [https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745337821/burning-country/], The Peoples Want [https://thepeopleswant.org/]) and Elia Ayoub [https://bsky.app/profile/ayoub.bsky.social] (⁠The Fire These Times⁠ [https://thefirethesetimes.com/], ⁠Hauntologies⁠ [https://www.hauntologies.net/]) and is part of the From The Periphery Media Collective. To support all of our projects please head out to ⁠Patreon.com/fromtheperiphery⁠ [https://⁠Patreon.com/fromtheperiphery⁠] Credits and More: * STIR is on Bluesky [https://bsky.app/profile/syriapodcast.bsky.social] * From The Periphery is on ⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.patreon.com/fromtheperiphery],⁠ ⁠Bluesky⁠⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/fromtheperiphery.com], ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠ [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGE68ISVDHvj6DN2Zhucblg],⁠⁠ Instagram⁠⁠ [https://instagram.com/fromtheperipherymedia], and has a website⁠⁠⁠ [https://fromtheperiphery.com/] * Leila Al Shami (Host, Lead Researcher, Editor). More: ⁠Bluesky⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2ad7mmwmfprr6b3pkan46ub4], ⁠Mastodon⁠ [https://spore.social/@leilashami] and her ⁠Blog⁠ [https://bsky.app/profile/leilashami.bsky.social] * Aydin Yildiz (Producer). More: Antidotezine [https://antidotezine.com/] * Hisham Rifai [https://www.instagram.com/bizri.6/] (Illustration) * Omar Offendum [https://www.youtube.com/@Offendum] (Music) Date of recording: June 3rd 2025

6 Jun 2025 - 36 min
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