Hi all,
Below is a link to the podcast recording of the presentation Leila Al-Shami
and Robin Yassin-Kassab did at the Seattle Public Library. It can be
listened to online or
downloaded for later listening.
Share with whoever you think might be interested.
For justice and peace,
Sylvie
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including readings and talks by local, national and international authors,
Seattle Reads, and the annual Washington State Book Awards, American history
lecture, and Living History or Living Literature series.
Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila Al-Shami discuss their new book 'Burning
Country'
Summary:
Syrian-British co-authors Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila Al-Shami discuss
“Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War.”
Description
In 2011, many Syrians took to the streets of Damascus to demand the
overthrow of the government of Bashar al-Assad. Today, much of Syria has
become a warzone and many worry that the country is on the brink of
collapse.
“Burning Country” explores the complicated reality of life in present-day
Syria, drawing on new firsthand testimonies from opposition fighters, exiles
lost in an archipelago of refugee camps, and courageous human rights
activists. The authors interweave these stories with an incisive analysis of
the militarization of the uprising, the rise of the Islamists and sectarian
warfare, and the role of Syria’s government in exacerbating the
brutalization of the conflict. Through these accounts and a broad range of
secondary source material, the authors argue that the international
community has failed in its stated commitments to support the democratic
Syrian opposition movements.
Covering ISIS and Islamism, regional geopolitics, new grassroots
revolutionary organizations, and the worst refugee crisis since World War
Two, “Burning Country” is a groundbreaking look at a modern-day political
and humanitarian nightmare.
Robin Yassin-Kassab writes frequently for The Guardian and has contributed
to Guernica, the Daily Beast, Al Jazeera English, and Newsweek Middle East,
among other publications. He is the author of the critically acclaimed novel
“The Road from Damascus” and a contributor to Syria Speaks.
Leila Al-Shami has been involved in human rights and social justice
struggles in Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East since 2001, and was a
founding member of Tahrir-ICN, a network connecting anti-authoritarian
struggles across the Middle East, North Africa and Europe.
download or Listen here:
http://www.spl.org/Audio/16_04_28_Yassin-Kassab_and_Al-Shami.mp3
Media files:
http://www.spl.org/Audio/16_04_28_Yassin-Kassab_and_Al-Shami.mp3
