The MENA Club is hosting a book talk with Professor Amy Austin Holmes, author of "Statelet of Survivors: The Making of a Semi-Autonomous Region in Northeast Syria." The book analyzes the creation of a semi-autonomous region in Syria as a de facto statelet, based on fieldwork conducted over seven years in Syria and includes original survey data of more than 400 rank-and-file members of the Syrian Democratic Forces, the US partner force that defeated the Islamic State. Joined by Sirwan Kajjo, a Kurdish journalist, this moderated conversation will present and build on the book's novel insights into how minorities have secured their survival in the face of atrocities. Lunch will be provided!
You can read the book's first chapter for free here: https://academic.oup.com/book/55753/chapter/434217584
