It's been 20 years since the Assad regime assassinated Samir Kassir, the Lebanese-Syrian-Palestinian historian, journalist and writer in Beirut on June 2nd 2005. Joining Elia Ayoub and Leila Al-Shami today is Lebanese-French political researcher and academic Ziad Majed, a friend and comrade of Kassir, to talk about his legacy in the two decades that have passed given how much has changed since for Lebanon, Palestine and of course Syria.
This is a special cross-over episode between The Fire These Times (TFTT) and Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution (STIR). We are both part of the From The Periphery Media Collective. To support all of our projects please head out to Patreon.com/fromtheperiphery
Resources:
Dans la tête de Bachar al-Assad by Ziad Majed, Farouk Mardam-Bey and Subhi Hadidi
Syrian melancholy in Lebanon’s revolution by Elia Ayoub and Dara Foi’Elle
Samir Kassir:
Beirut (History)
Archives of Samir Kassir in the Revue d'études palestiniennes (French)
Credits and More:
Leila Al Shami (Host). More: Bluesky, Mastodon and her Blog
Elia Ayoub (Host, Producer). More: Bluesky, Mastodon, Instagram and his Newsletter
STIR is also on Bluesky
TFTT is on Bluesky, Instagram and has a website
From The Periphery is on Patreon, Bluesky, YouTube, Instagram, and has a website
Hisham Rifai (Illustration)
Omar Offendum and Sami Matar (Music)