Episode 001: Reflection on migration and exile in Europe, from a Syrian perspective
In this first episode, we wanted to share more intimate insights about what it means to be a Syrian in Europe. Khuzama will be sharing her personal experience, thoughts and feelings.
Episode 003: In the building of Assad's Military Intelligence, Suwayda (Syria)
This week we explored the military compound that was used by the Assad’s military intelligence. We share our exploration and feelings with you while we walk through the place.
We apologize for the poor quality of the recording, due to the bad conditions and lack of preparation. Next time, we will take more care about it and protect the mic from wind 😉
Episode 002: An introduction to the question of "minorities" in Syria
In this second episode, we talk about the documentary film we’re planning to make starting next week in Syria, which will take us into the lives of so-called “minorities”. It explores the notions of minorities, centralism, autonomy and sectarianism with a non-exhaustive et non-academic approach.
Episode 004: On the traces of Tadamon's massacres (Syria)
Between April 4 and 16, 2025, we made several visits to Tadamon as part of our documentary film. We met the victims and survivors of the massacres and brutal executions committed there by members of the National Defense militia over several years between 2013 and 2024. On April 16, we recorded this podcast to describe the place and share our analysis and feelings with you.
Collaboration with other Podcast Editors
First Newroz After the Fall - Oct 19, 2025
Our final episode takes us to the Newroz celebrations in Qamislo, where we see Syrian musician Samih Choukeir perform. Once back in Montreal, Virginia talks to Khuzama and Cedric from the media project Fajawat about the importance of Choukeir’s performance and their perspectives on the changing climate in Syria. Newroz 2025 was openly celebrated in Damascus for the first time and the holiday has taken on new significance in the wake of Assad’s fall. However, as of October 2025, the transitional government in Damascus has decided to exclude Newroz from the list of official holidays in Syria. We end the episode with an update from Khuzama and Cedric that was recorded in late September 2025 and includes talk about the massacres that took place in Sweida in July.
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STIR 6/ Unrest in Sweida - Oct 8, 2025
Khuzama and Cedric from the Fajawat grassroots initiative return to STIR to talk to Leila about the July unrest in Sweida province, which included massacres against members of the Druze community. Our guests were in Sweida during the unrest, so share their moving first-hand testimony as well as provide analysis on implications for the future of Syria as a whole.
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STIR 2/ Unrest in Sweida - May 15, 2025
Leila is joined by two Sweida-based activists, Khuzama and Ian from the Fajawat grassroots initiative, to talk about the recent unrest in Syria in which members of the Druze community were targeted. In the first part, they got into what happened, the fault lines, the role of Israel as well as the agreement that was reached. The second part, starting at roughly 23 minutes in, is a dive into Sweida and the Syrian revolution, the role of women and the situation since the fall of the Assad regime.
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We Will Need Time: two libertarian communist perspectives on events and possibility in Syria
In this episode, you’ll hear Cedric and Khuzama, two libertarian communists with connections to Syria and editor contributors to the blog interstices-fajawat.org , speaking about their observations of what’s been going on leading up to and through the ouster of Bashar Al-Assad, as well as complications among various factions on the ground and the view from the Syrian diaspora.
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Почему французы любят Путина? / Why do the French love Putin? (RUSSIAN)
В этом подкасте вы услышите разговоры с анархистами и анархистками из разных стран Европы о войне в Украине. Здесь будут некомфортные вопросы о неосознанной колониальности, имперскости, отсутствии солидарности и слабости анархистской теории перед лицом многогранной реальности, с которой нам пришлось столкнуться.
In this podcast, you will hear conversations with anarchists from different European countries about the war in Ukraine. There will be uncomfortable questions about unconscious colonialism, imperialism, lack of solidarity, and the weakness of anarchist theory in the face of the multifaceted reality we have had to confront.
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