Syria’s Lost Democratic Revolution with Anand Gopal

Writer's Voice with Francesca Rheannon

Jun 12, 202659:12Arts

Writer’s Voice talks with journalist Anand Gopal about his remarkable book Days of Love and Rage. It’s a deeply human story of the Syrian revolution, the democratic experiment in Manbij, the forces that undermined it, an...

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