Tag: Activism
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Podcast: The Arab Spring Diaspora Against Transnational Repression (With Dana Moss)
This is a conversation with Dana Moss, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame and the author of the book “The Arab Spring Abroad: Diaspora Activism against Authoritarian Regimes.” This is episode 96 of The Fire These Times podcast. Topics Discussed: How Yemeni, Libyan and Syrian diasporas in the US and UK…
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08. Lebanon’s October Uprising, Six Months Later
This is a conversation with Lebanese journalist Timour Azhari of Al Jazeera (previously The Daily Star) about the legacy of the October 17 uprising six months since it began. We spoke about the current state of Lebanese politics, the government’s response to the Covid-19 crisis and its impact on the country’s most vulnerable groups as…
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06. Lebanon’s October 17 Revolution/ A Country in Fragments
The first in a series of episodes exploring Lebanon’s October 17th Revolution in its post-war context.