cohosted a podcast with the great Leila Shami. We spoke to Razan Rashidi from The Syria Campaign about a lot but particularly about how acts of justice build trust in the state and how without it a culture of impunity takes over that can spiral off into retaliatory violence and acts of vengeance.

Leila @leilashami.bsky.social & Justin @justinsalhani.bsky.social are joined by Razan Rashidi from @thesyriacampaign.org to talk about Transitional Justice On all podcast apps and Patreon. Support us there! www.patreon.com/posts/stir-7... @fromtheperiphery.com

Syria: One year on after the fall of Assad On From the Periphery Podcast www.patreon.com/posts/145397...

Cedric, who I recently spoke to for @syriapodcast.bsky.social published a moving first hand testimony of the violent attacks in Sweida in July theamargi.com/posts/syria-...

Leila Al-Shami @leilashami.bsky.social is joined by Swiss-Syrian academic, researcher and author Joseph Daher about the removal of sanctions and future economic prospects for Syria. On all podcast apps and Patreon. Support us there! www.patreon.com/posts/130837... @fromtheperiphery.com

On Episode 3 of Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution, myself & @ayoub.bsky.social spoke with Ziad Majed to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Lebanese-Syrian-Palestinian historian, journalist and writer Samir Kassir @syriapodcast.bsky.social fromtheperiphery.com/syria-the-in...

Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution is out! In Episode 1, @leilashami.bsky.social @ayoub.bsky.social go through what the STIR podcast is about, and why Syria? Available for free on Patreon and wherever you get your podcasts www.patreon.com/posts/128666... Part of @fromtheperiphery.com

20 years ago today, the Assad regime assassinated Samir Kassir in Beirut. On this special ep published with @thefirethesetimes.com, Ziad Majed, his friend and comrade, joins us to talk about his legacy - and how much has changed since. On all podcast apps and: www.patreon.com/posts/130502...

For ep two of STIR, @leilashami.bsky.social is joined by two Sweida-based activists to talk about the recent unrest in Syria in which members of the Druze community were targeted. Available for free on Patreon and wherever you get your podcasts www.patreon.com/posts/stir-2... @fromtheperiphery.com

Very excited for “STIR” a new @fromtheperiphery.com podcast series on the history and politics of Syria hosted by @leilashami.bsky.social and past Non Serviam guest @ayoub.bsky.social. Check out their introductory episode below. 👇 fromtheperiphery.com/2025/05/11/i...

Our second episode will be on what's been happening in Suwayda/Sweida, southern Syria. @leilashami.bsky.social interviews two activists based there. Stay tuned!

Our latest podcast :) Excited for this one. It's @leilashami.bsky.social 's brainchild

Pod also has a Bluesky account: bsky.app/profile/syri...

Excited to launch this new podcast on Syria ...

New podcast just dropped by @fromtheperiphery.com! Check it out. There is SO much disinformation on Syria so its so important to have stuff like this by dedicated, progressive voices.

Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution is out! In Episode 1, @leilashami.bsky.social @ayoub.bsky.social go through what the STIR podcast is about, and why Syria? Available for free on Patreon and wherever you get your podcasts www.patreon.com/posts/128666... Part of @fromtheperiphery.com