Tag: Journalism
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Podcast: Why I stopped writing about Syria (With Asser Khattab)
This is a conversation with Asser Khattab, a Syrian writer who has reported on Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq for various international news outlets. We spoke about his essay for New Lines Magazine, “why I stopped writing about Syria.” This is episode 97 of The Fire These Times podcast. Topics Discussed: How Asser started writing about…
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19. Our Women on the Ground
This is a conversation with Lebanese-British journalist and editor Zahra Hankir. She’s the editor of the award-winning, best-selling anthology Our Women on the Ground which features 19 women reporters from the Middle East and North Africa. The book includes essay by Donna Abu-Nasr, Aida Alami, Hannah Allam, Jane Arraf, Lina Attalah, Nada Bakri, Shamael Elnoor,…
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10. Syria, Journalism and the Cost of Indifference
I spoke to Kareem Shaheen about the importance of journalism given the lack of justice and accountability in Syria, the Middle East and beyond.
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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.