Join MERIP and SPECTRE Journal for the second online conversation in our series on the unfolding events in Syria. This conversation will center on regional political dimensions, geopolitics, sanctions and the intersections between popular movements in Syria and Palestine.

Speakers:
Joseph Daher, Swiss-Syrian academic and author of several books
Ramah Kudaimi. Syrian-American activist based in DC, longtime BDS campaigner, and a former member of the National Committee of the War Resisters League.
Yasmeen Mobayed, History PhD student at the University of Chicago. She previously worked as the managing editor of The Syria Report and as a translator for the Local Coordination Committees and other Syrian grassroots organizations during the 2011 uprising.

Moderated by Shireen Akram-Boshar (SPECTRE) and James Ryan (MERIP).

Watch this event on YouTube below:

Watch the first conversation on YouTube.

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