The Arab Spring Diaspora Against Transnational Repression w/ Dana Moss (E96)

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."Topics Discussed:How Yemeni, Libyan and Syrian diasporas in the US and UK reacted to the Arab SpringRisks of protesting in the diasporaGovernment responses to diaspora pressures and activismPersonal insights from my own experienceWhy diasporas are still undervaluedImpostor's syndrome and survivor's guiltDiasporas are not homogeneousThe Interpol problemLegacy of the Arab SpringRecommended Books:Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War by Leila Al-Shami and Robin Yassin-KassabWe Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria by Wendy PearlmanThe Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between by Hisham MatarThe War on the Uyghurs: China's Internal Campaign against a Muslim Minority by Sean R. RobertsDictators Without Borders: Power and Money in Central Asia by Alexander Cooley and John Heathershaw