What made Syrians fight for revolution?
About this episode
The episode explores the motivations behind the Syrian revolution through the insights of Anand Gopal.
What drove Syrians to rise up and overthrow a brutal dictator? ‘Days of Love and Rage’ by Anand Gopal is an intimate account of how one town in Syria joined a revolution. The book took him 8 years to report and write. The Observer’s Basia Cummings and Chloe Hadjimatheou, reporter of the We Call Her Emma podcast series about Asma al-Assad, talk to Gopal about how Syrians took politics into their own hands while facing threats from their own government and then ISIS. Anand Gopal's reporting on Syria and ISIS can be found here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/03/18/the-open-air-prison-for-isis-supporters-and-victims His book, Days of Love and Rage, can be found here: https://www.plutobooks.com/product/days-of-love-and-rage/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Hosts: Basia Cummings, Chloe Hadjimatheou
Guest: Anand Gopal
Topics covered
- Syrian revolution
- political uprising
- dictatorship
- ISIS
- personal narratives
- journalism
- cultural impact
Keywords
- Syria
- revolution
- Anand Gopal
- Days of Love and Rage
- politics
- dictator
- ISIS
- journalism
- Basia Cummings
- Chloe Hadjimatheou
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Observer, ISIS, Acast, New Yorker, Pluto Books
Books & works: Days of Love and Rage
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