The Fire These Times

Elia Ayoub reads from his newsletter piece "Merry Christmas Homs: Tribute to Bassel Shehadeh's Last City" which is available for free. It is a reference to a short film directed by Bassel during Christmas 2011 in Homs under heavy shelling by the Assad regime. You can watch it on YouTube. Trigger warning: this audio features some sounds from the original film, including airstrikes. They come right after Elia says 'at times getting closer' at around 1:25 seconds. Skip to 1:59 to avoid them. As this is time sensitive, it is released on the public feed shortly after the Patreon. If you're seeing this from the public feed, please consider joining our Patreon to support this podcast as well as all the other podcasts by FTP. Follow Wafa Mustafa on Instagram to get updates on her ongoing search for her father, Ali Mustafa. Quick announcement: Elia and Leila Al-Shami are going to launch a new podcast called The Inconvenient Revolution focusing on Syrian history between 2011 and 2024. From the Periphery (FTP) Patreon subscribers will get all episodes before the general public. From The Periphery is built by Elia Ayoub, Leila Al-Shami, Ayman Makarem, Dana El Kurd, Karena Avedissian, Daniel Voskoboynik, Anna M, Aydın Yıldız, Ed S, Alice Bonfatti, israa abd elfattah, with more joining soon! ⁠⁠⁠The Fire These Times⁠⁠⁠⁠ by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Elia Ayoub⁠⁠⁠⁠ is licensed under ⁠⁠⁠⁠Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

For episode 181, Elia Ayoub is joined by Margaret Killjoy to talk about her piece "The Sky is Falling; We've Got This" published on her newsletter. We recorded this shortly after Trump was announced as the winner of the US elections and many people were feeling despair, understandably so. The Fire These Times is a proud member of ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠From The Periphery (FTP) Media Collective⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.  How to Support: on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. You’ll get early access to all podcasts, exclusive audio and video episodes, an invitation to join ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠our monthly hangouts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and more. Transcriptions: Transcriptions will be by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Antidote Zine⁠⁠⁠⁠ and published on this website.  For more: Living Like the World is Dying w/ Margaret Killjoy Follow The Fire These Times on ⁠⁠⁠IG⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠ From The Periphery is on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and has a ⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Elia is on ⁠Bluesky⁠, ⁠Mastodon⁠, ⁠IG⁠. He has a ⁠newsletter⁠ and a ⁠website⁠ Margaret is on Instagram and Bluesky. She has a website and a newsletter. Credits: Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rap and Revenge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | TFTT theme design: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wenyi Geng⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | FTP theme design: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Hisham Rifai⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Sound editor: ⁠Elliott Miskovicz⁠ | Team profile pics: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Molly Crabapple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Episode design: Elia Ayoub | Producer: Elliott Miskovicz From The Periphery is built by Elia Ayoub, Leila Al-Shami, Ayman Makarem, Dana El Kurd, Karena Avedissian, Daniel Voskoboynik, Anna M, Aydın Yıldız, Ed S, Alice Bonfatti, israa abd elfattah, with more joining soon! ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠The Fire These Times⁠⁠⁠ by ⁠⁠⁠Elia Ayoub⁠⁠⁠ is licensed under ⁠⁠⁠Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

For episode 180, Leila Al-Shami and Elia Ayoub are joined by Dr Banah Ghadbian to talk about her piece "Give Us Our Land Back: The Golan Heights, Greenwashing, Syria and Palestine’s Intertwined Revolutions" published on Spectre Journal. As the title suggests, we spoke of the importance of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights in the liberation of both Palestine and Syria. This was recorded before the fall of the Assad dynasty in Syria. Since then, Israel has already taken steps to occupy more of Syrian territory in the Golan Heights, making Banah's arguments about how Syria and Palestine's freedoms are intertwined even more pertinent. The Fire These Times is a proud member of ⁠⁠⁠⁠From The Periphery (FTP) Media Collective⁠⁠⁠⁠.  How to Support: on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠. You’ll get early access to all podcasts, exclusive audio and video episodes, an invitation to join ⁠⁠⁠⁠our monthly hangouts⁠⁠⁠⁠, and more. Transcriptions: Transcriptions will be by ⁠⁠⁠Antidote Zine⁠⁠⁠ and published on this website.  For more: Listen to the previous episode with Banah on TFTT: 78/ Pedagogies of Liberation, Gender and the Syrian Revolution Follow The Fire These Times on ⁠⁠IG⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ From The Periphery is on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and has a ⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠ Elia is on Bluesky, Mastodon, IG. He has a newsletter and a website. Leila is on Mastodon and Bluesky. She has a website. Credits: Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rap and Revenge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | TFTT theme design: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wenyi Geng⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | FTP theme design: ⁠⁠⁠Hisham Rifai⁠⁠⁠ | Sound editor: Elliott Miskovicz | Team profile pics: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Molly Crabapple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Episode design: Elia Ayoub | Producer: Elliott Miskovicz From The Periphery is built by Elia Ayoub, Leila Al-Shami, Ayman Makarem, Dana El Kurd, Karena Avedissian, Daniel Voskoboynik, Anna M, Aydın Yıldız, Ed S, Alice Bonfatti, israa abd elfattah, with more joining soon! ⁠⁠The Fire These Times⁠⁠ by ⁠⁠Elia Ayoub⁠⁠ is licensed under ⁠⁠Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

For episode 179, Beirut-based journalist Justin Salhani is joined with New York University professor and journalist Mohamad Bazzi to talk about the situation in Lebanon before and after the ceasefire with Israel. The Fire These Times is a proud member of ⁠⁠⁠From The Periphery (FTP) Media Collective⁠⁠⁠.  How to Support: on ⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠. You’ll get early access to all podcasts, exclusive audio and video episodes, an invitation to join ⁠⁠⁠our monthly hangouts⁠⁠⁠, and more. Transcriptions: Transcriptions will be by ⁠⁠Antidote Zine⁠⁠ and published on this website.  For more: Follow The Fire These Times on ⁠⁠IG⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠ From The Periphery is on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and has a ⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠ More links: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/27/israel-lebanon-gaza-war-biden https://www.theguardian.com/profile/mohamad-bazzi https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/11/10/in-lebanon-misleading-and-sporadic-israeli-evacuation-orders-instil-fear https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2024/10/26/once-upon-a-time-in-dahiyeh-israels-destruction-of-lebanons-communities Books recommended by Bazzi: Rashid Khalidi 100 years war Fawaz Traboulsi A History of Modern Lebanon David Hirst Beware of Small States Credits: Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rap and Revenge⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | TFTT theme design: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wenyi Geng⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | FTP theme design: ⁠⁠⁠Hisham Rifai⁠⁠⁠ | Sound editor: Elliott Miskovicz | Team profile pics: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Molly Crabapple⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | Episode design: Elia Ayoub | Producers: Elliott Miskovicz and Elia Ayoub From The Periphery is built by Elia Ayoub, Leila Al-Shami, Ayman Makarem, Dana El Kurd, Karena Avedissian, Daniel Voskoboynik, Anna M, Aydın Yıldız, Ed S, Alice Bonfatti, israa abd elfattah, with more joining soon! ⁠⁠The Fire These Times⁠⁠ by ⁠⁠Elia Ayoub⁠⁠ is licensed under ⁠⁠Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International