What made Syrians fight for revolution?
The Slow Newscast · Sep 11, 2026 · 25:23
The Slow Newscast · Sep 11, 2026 · 25:23
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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/
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