{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64fc8470defa1f0011d1a4d6/675b3706619022857c9055f4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How Did Syria Move From Torture To Triumph? With Robin Yassin-Kassab","description":"<p>Become a member to ger access to exclusive monthly calls: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/membership</p><p><br></p><p>Syria has finally been liberated after 13 years of struggle. We mourn the lives of all that have fallen and celebrate with Syrians. But the horrors of Assad’s gulags are coming to light for the world to see. The scenes from Seydnaya, the slaughterhouse, have shocked many of us. Reflecting on the horrors and looking at some of the challenges, I am honoured today to have a Syrian who has been at the heart of this struggle.</p><p><br></p><p>Robin Yassin-Kassab is the author of the novel The Road from Damascus. He is co-author with Leila al-Shami of the Rathbone-Folio prize-shortlisted book Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War. And he is the chief English editor of the ISIS prisons museum – which may soon become the Syria Prisons Museum</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>You can also support The Thinking Muslim through a one-time donation: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/Donate</p><p><br></p><p>Listen to the audio version of the podcast:</p><p><br></p><p>Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vXiAjVFnhNI3T9Gkw636a</p><p><br></p><p>Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-thinking-muslim/id1471798762</p><p><br></p><p>Sign up to Muhammad Jalal's newsletter: https://jalalayn.substack.com</p><p><br></p><p>Purchase our Thinking Muslim mug: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/merch</p><p><br></p><p>Find us on:</p><p><br></p><p>Squarespace: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/membership</p><p><br></p><p>Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinking_muslim</p><p><br></p><p>Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Thinking-Muslim-Podcast-105790781361490</p><p><br></p><p>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkingmuslimpodcast/</p><p><br></p><p>Telegram: https://t.me/thinkingmuslim</p><p><br></p><p>BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/thinkingmuslim.bsky.social</p><p><br></p><p>Host: https://twitter.com/jalalayn</p><p><br></p><p>Website Archive: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com</p><p><br></p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>0:00- Introduction</p><p>2:16 – Reflections</p><p>8:13 – Syria another Libya?</p><p>15:20 – Prisons – Torture state</p><p>22:57 – Information accessing</p><p>25:13 – HTS discipline</p><p>31:48 – Syrians re-migrating</p><p>35:02 – Israelis in Syria</p><p>41:47 – International community crippling revolution</p>","author_name":"Muhammad Jalal"}