What the #WomenOfGhouta Have Achieved in 7.5 Years
“I am talking about the suffering of women inside Ghouta.”
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The Story of Hind Majaly, A Revolutionary Woman from Daraa
“I was one of the first women to organise peaceful demonstrations in Daraa and one of the first women to be detained.”
Read MoreI Interviewed Adel Karam, and Nothing He Said was Funny
Badar Salem on meeting Adel Karam. Translated by Elias Abou Jaoudeh.
Read MoreElias Khoury on the Lebanese political system and the prospects of challenging it
Megaphone’s Interview with left-wing Lebanese thinker Elias Khoury
Read MoreThe Irrelevant Arabs – On Syria & “The Impossible Revolution” A Conversation With Yassin Al-Haj Saleh
Syrian intellectual Yassin Al-Haj Saleh on the root causes of the Syrian uprising.
Read MoreFrom Syria to Palestine: Struggles Against Dictatorship, Imperialism, and Zionism (Audio)
Panel at Left Forum 2017 With Ramah Kudaimi, Shireen Akram-Boshar, Jehad Abusalim and myself, hosted by Ashley Smith.
Read MoreThe Syrian Revolution: Context and Consequences (Audio)
Audio and partial text of the talk I gave at the University of Bologna in 2017.
Read MoreShadow of a Man? Understanding Masculinities in the MENA (Audio)
Audio and partial transcript of the LSE Panel I took part in with Dr. Shereen El-Faki and Dr. Courtney Freer.
Read MoreIt’s Been Four Years: A Personal Letter to the Douma Four
Samira Al-Khalil, along with Razan Zeitouneh, and Wael and Nazim Hamadeh, have been kidnapped for four years now.
Read MoreOn Yassin Haj Saleh’s Book ‘The Impossible Revolution’
“Syrian society has been without a sense of historical purpose or a ‘project’ that could unite the people and align their expectations […] Today, not only is the project devoid of any national or humane aspects: it is a killing machine.”
Read MoreMiream Salameh’s Speech at #BringThemHere Rally in Melbourne
“I am from a Christian family. I say this today because I need to explain that my family and I escaped from the Syrian regime violence before ISIS even existed in my country.”
Read MoreNo, the Assad regime is not ‘defending his own country’
Regime tactics are designed to overwhelm pro-democracy and secular opposition groups, forcing them into defensive mode, while empowering, directly and indirectly, more conservative and authoritarian groups.
Read MoreOmar Sabbour: Regarding statements by Syrian opposition and Western solidarity groups
What we should focus on.
Read MoreAgainst Israel, Hamas and Fatah
“It made it very difficult for us political activists to realize our potential to end the occupation and build a Palestinian state where we can live with freedom, justice, dignity and peace and without any affiliation with any of those parties.”
Read MoreThere is something under Aleppo’s rubble to be mourned for everyone
This story has not ended.
Read MoreMarxism and the Struggle Against Counterrevolution in Syria
“The Syrian Revolution is facing the gravest dangers in the nearly six years of its existence.”
Read MoreAnarchists in Agrabah
“There wasn’t anything ‘anarchist’ about them given that they shut down a panel featuring a Syrian Arab anarchist, Leila, and insulted a Syrian Kurdish anarchist, Shiar.”
Read MoreWhat’s behind Stop the War’s aversion to Syria voices?
To the isolationists, “they” needn’t be asked what they think of their country’s situation, for “we”, as owners of great social capital, know best.
Read MoreWretched of the Earth: Thoughts on Syria, Palestine and Discourse
As a Palestinian from Gaza, Assad means nothing to me.
Read MoreOn Suffering and Solidarity
Those who suffer entrust their pain in the conscience of those who take upon themselves the task of standing to injustice and oppression.
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