Refugee Stories Research

Here are some resources where one can find stories and background data on the ongoing war in Syria and the Syrian Refugee Crisis.

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This American Life

• This American Life A visual tour of five refugee camps in Greece. Also, links links to two This American Life episodes about life as a refugee. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/greece/

• The New Yorker Radio Hour Podcast entirely devoted to what’s happening in Syria Episode 54: Syria, The World’s Nightmare

 

• Field of Vision Field of Vision in collaboration with The New Yorker made a six part documentary. Director Matthew Cassel follows Aboud Shalboub on his trek from war-torn Syria to the EU, where he hopes to gain refuge for his family. https://fieldofvision.org/the-journey

The New Yorker

​​Podcasts
The New Yorker Radio Hour Podcast entirely devoted to what’s happening in Syria Episode 54: Syria, The World’s Nightmare

Articles​
“The Assad Files” by Ben Taub
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“Whom Can you Trust on the Syrian Border?” by Ben Taub

"Assad's War on Aleppo" by Steve Coll






Cover Artwork by Lorenzo Mattotti

Books

• Syria Burning: A Short History of a Catastrophe by Charles Glass​
  
• The Morning They Came for Us: Dispatches from Syria by Janine di Giovanni.
• The Isis Apocalypse: The History, Strategy and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State by William McCants