Hauntologies
The Fire These Times
96/ The Arab Spring Diaspora Against Transnational Repression w/ Dana Moss
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96/ The Arab Spring Diaspora Against Transnational Repression w/ Dana Moss

This is a conversation with Dana Moss, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame and the author of the book "The Arab Spring Abroad: Diaspora Activism against Authoritarian Regimes."

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Topics Discussed:

  • How Yemeni, Libyan and Syrian diasporas in the US and UK reacted to the Arab Spring

  • Risks of protesting in the diaspora

  • Government responses to diaspora pressures and activism

  • Personal insights from my own experience

  • Why diasporas are still undervalued

  • Impostor's syndrome and survivor's guilt

  • Diasporas are not homogeneous

  • The Interpol problem

  • Legacy of the Arab Spring

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Hauntologies
The Fire These Times
A podcast project working to uplift internationalist dialogues on human rights, climate change, and visions of bold futures. Our unique editorial team are deeply committed to weaving together radical perspectives from the periphery. By Elia Ayoub, Leila Al-Shami, Ayman Makarem, Dana El Kurd, Karena Avedissian, Daniel Voskoboynik, Anna M, Aydın Yıldız, Ed S, Alice Bonfatti & Israa Abdel Fattah.
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