13 Best Syria Podcasts (Country in the Middle East)

1. Sharayet | شرايط

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بودكاست «شرايط» يوثّق تجارب السوريّين شفويًّا. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Category History, Culture, Personal Narratives
Producer/Network Sowt | صوت
Email ****@sowt.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 329Facebook 138.7KInstagram 54.2K Avg Length 23 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. What Happened to Syria?

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A look back at what's happened in Syria since 2011.
Category Politics, History, Current Events
Host Sean Hastings
Producer/Network whathappenedtosyria
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 19 Avg Length 70 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

3. Syria Spectrum Podcast

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The Syria Spectrum is a monthly podcast delivering concise, policy-relevant analysis on contemporary Syrian affairs.
Apple Reviews 7 Avg Length 54 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution

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Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution (STIR) is a podcast by British-Syrian writer and activist Leila Al-Shami (Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution anda War) and Elia Ayoub (The Fire These Times, Hauntologies) on the history and politics of Syria, and in particular since the 2011 revolution. This is a production of the From The Periphery Media Collective. To support us head out to https://www.patreon.com/fromtheperipherymore Email ****@proton.me
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Recent Guests Ziad Majed, Joseph Daher
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 8 Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. Syria; Alternative Dialogues

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Syria; Alternative Dialogues is a podcast that provides a platform for knowledge production and evidence-based dialogue about domestic and transnational political, economic and social challenges in Syria's protracted conflict. For more information about the hosting organisations; www.scpr-syria.org www.arabstudiesinstitute.org www.securityincontext.com ..more Producer/Network Syria Center for Policy Research, Arab Studies Institute, Security in Context
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Reviews 1 Avg Length 65 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

6. The Women's War

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These are...not optimistic times for most Americans. Across the world, the dangers of climate change and the terror of creeping authoritarianism present an increasing danger to all of us. After covering this degeneration for four years, Robert Evans went looking for hope. He found it in the unlikeliest of places: Northeast Syria, in a region known as Rojava that's become host to a feminist, anti-authoritarian revolution.When you've heard about these folks in the mainstream media, they're usually just described as the 'Syrian Kurds', and credited with beating ISIS...more Host Robert Evans
Producer/Network Cool Zone Media
Email ****@howstuffworks.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 985 Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

7. The Syria Trials

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Season 2 of The Syria Trials tracks the story of Brigadier General Khaled al-Halabi. Over 11 episodes, we tell the story of Halabi's work within the Syrian intelligence system, his role in violently suppressing the peaceful Revolution and his escape to Europe, after his city fell out of regime control. Throughout the series, we're asking two key questions: who is Halabi and why hasn't he been arrested yet?more Category International Law, Human Rights, Global Accountability
Host Fritz Streiff
Producer/Network 75 Podcasts
Email ****@pm.me
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 49 Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

8. Branch 251

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Branch 251 takes you to the heart of the world's first criminal trial dealing with atrocity crimes committed by Syrian officials. Now also in Arabic!Prosecutors in the German city of Koblenz accuse two alleged henchmen of the Syrian government of crimes against humanity committed at 'Branch 251' detention center near Damascus.Branch 251 gives you a biweekly update on the trial. With portraits of the main protagonists. Commentary, analysis, and testimony from the courtroom. Especially from victims and their families looking for justice...more Category Justice, Conflict, War Crimes
Host Fritz Streiff
Producer/Network 75 Podcasts
Email ****@protonmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 68 Avg Length 18 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

9. Refugees' Stories Podcast

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We all know about the war in Syria, and most of us have an opinion about it, but very few of us have had the opportunity to sit in a refugee's tent and listen to their story. Refugees' Stories aims to change that.more Category War Crisis, Human Stories, Social Impact
Producer/Network Refugees' Stories
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4/5Apple Reviews 29Facebook 137 Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Since Jul 2017 Get Email Contact

10. Gay Girl Gone

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Of all the young revolutionaries in Syria during the Arab Spring, Amina is different. An out lesbian in a country where homosexuality is illegal, she bravely documents her life on the blog Gay Girl in Damascus. Her candid posts attract readers from around the world, and soon she has a wide, ardent following. But then a post appears saying Amina has been abducted. Her fans mobilize, desperate to track down and save their fearless heroine. What they find shocks them. Journalist Samira Mohyeddin investigates what actually happened to the infamous Gay Girl in Damascus in this 6-part series...more Host Samira Mohyeddin
Producer/Network CBC STORIES
Email ****@cbc.ca
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Recent Guests Cory Doctorow, Sam Mullins
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 320Facebook 31.9KTwitter 11.4KInstagram 37K Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

11. Bloodlines

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WINNER BRONZE, GOLD & GRAND TROPHY AT NEW YORK FESTIVALS RADIO AWARDSFrom BBC Sounds, BBC Asian Network and CBC. Syria. 2018. ISIS is on the brink of defeat. Two-year-old Salmaan disappears amid the bombardment. In London, his grandfather desperately searches for answers. After the war against the Islamic State was won, what became of the children of its fighters? There are thousands of kids like Salmaan, with roots in Canada, the UK, the US and beyond - they were taken to IS or born there. Now they are trapped there without a way back home...more Category War and Conflict, Human Rights, Children's Welfare
Host Poonam Taneja
Producer/Network BBC Sounds & CBC Podcasts
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 377Facebook 898.8KTwitter 282.9KInstagram 1.1M Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

12. Real Syrian Arabic

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Hi! I'm Tammam, a Syrian doctor and a Levantine Arabic tutor since 2021.In this podcast, I talk about the syrian and arabic language and culture while teaching levantine Arabic at the same time. For more info or if you have any questions or suggestions and to book 1-on-1 conversation lessons with me, visit my website: is.gd/syrianarabic or send me an email at: ****@gmail.com If you like the podcast, please consider supporting it by joining my membership at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/syrianarabic/membership You'll get transcripts, bonus content, meetups, and much more.more Category Culture, Language, Culinary
Host Tammam
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 18 Avg Length 14 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

13. Bassam

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„Bassam' erzählt über sechs Folgen die wahre Geschichte von der dramatischen Flucht eines syrischen Jungen vor dem Bürgerkrieg in seiner Heimat bis in ein neues Leben nach Deutschland.Eine hochaktuelle Geschichte von Krieg und Vertreibung, aufwühlend und berührend. Und eine Geschichte mit vielen Wahrheiten, die in der Öffentlichkeit bisher viel zu kurz kommen. Weil persönliche Schicksale in der erhitzten Migrationsdebatte, wenn überhaupt, gerne zu Statistiken in nüchternen Nachrichtenmeldungen degradiert werden. Bis jetzt...more Category War and Conflict, Refugee Crisis, Migration
Hosts Ariana Baborie, Tim Sohr
Producer/Network Ariana Baborie, Tim Sohr, Podstars by OMR
Email ****@podstars.de
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Reviews 238 Avg Length 20 min Format Short form Get Email Contact