A Town For Women

In this episode, we visit an all-women farming commune and a group of grandmas who have taken the task of local law enforcement into their own hands.Episode Transcript: https://www.thewomenswar.com/ Music: "Bella Ciao" by Astronautalis (feat. Subp Yao & Rickolus) Learn more about ...  Show more

In this episode, we visit an all-women farming commune and a group of grandmas who have taken the task of local law enforcement into their own hands.Episode Transcript: https://www.thewomenswar.com/ Music: "Bella Ciao" by Astronautalis (feat. Subp Yao & Rickolus) Learn more about ...  Show more

When Bashar al Assad’s government fell just a couple of days ago, after a two week whirlwind campaign by opposition forces which surprised the entire world, it signalled the end of more than 54 years of rule by the Assad family and it’s the so called Ba’th-party. While it has bee ...  Show more

In December 2024, the long and bloody stalemate in Syria broke down. In a transformation breathtaking for its suddenness and speed, President Bashar al-Assad, the beating heart of Arab authoritarianism, fled to Russia, his dungeons emptying as rebels overcame the Syrian army with ...  Show more

On Sunday Morning the sound of gunfire filled the air in Damascus. The noise, not of fighting, but celebrations. President Bashar al-Assad and his family had fled to Russia. A family which ruled for more than 50 years, brought down by a rebel offensive which had begun less than t ...  Show more

What are the prospects for democracy in Syria? Is this the right question to ask? What do we need to better understand about Syria’s new leader, its civil society, and the challenges it faces in a new era for Syria? Join Rana Khoury, Daniel Neep, and Emily Scott for this special ...  Show more