Radio War Nerd EP #69* [*REPOST] — Rania Khalek on Syria & Druze
Guest: Rania Khalek, journalist & podcast co-host
*Originally posted January 29, 2017
Reposting the War Nerd's interview with journalist Rania Khalek, who talks to us to talk about her trip to war-torn Syria and Lebanon, what Syrians inside Syria told her about the war, how she was smeared and set up for something worse by neocon bagmen Michael Weiss & Charles Lister . . . The propaganda around Syria war and how it affected her and affects others particularly on the Left . . . Rania's experiences as a Druze . . .
Afterwards, War Nerd & Ames discuss wars around the world: Trump's first week . . . Indonesia IS suspect educated in Australia . . . British Navy trolls Russian aircraft carrier . . . Gambia resolves itself peacefully . . .
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Music: "No Escape (From Balkan)" by Dubioza Kolektiv [courtesy of Koolarrow Records]
Comments (3)
You guys might want to take a closer look at the Syrian Social Nationalist Party. Pretty embarrassing to hear them being defended on here.
Do you want to make specific what you`re alleging.
I'm so glad you guys made this episode freely available to all; I say that as a paying subscriber. Rania Khalek's opinions have sometimes given me pause - I'm not gonna call her wrong, because I lack the knowledge and expertise to make that call - but the efforts to put her out of business are way out of line. The superbly conducted interview here - starts at 5m25s and runs until just before 1h31m, i.e., total run time just over 1h25m - is long, but it really provided an education to me on the complexity of the Syrian situation, while making very clear why Khalek stands where she does. (I think Molly Crabapple has - or at least had - a similar pro-civilian/pro-refugee stance that didn't really offer any solutions, but simply called for people to pay attention as a first step. Molly C. got the same hostility that Khalek is getting now, but at least MC can make a living from her art, an option probably unavailable to journalist Khalek (though I dunno...can you paint, Rania?). Thanks again for liberating this from behind the paywall.