This episode of The Dig is brought to you by our supporters on Patreon and by Verso Books,

which has loads of great left-wing titles, perfect for dig listeners like you.

One that you might like is Harah Hotel, a tale of Syrian refugees in Greece, by Teresa Thornhill.

This is a firsthand account of a Greek refugee camp, and the stories of the refugees staying

there.

Syrian Kurd, Joan Azad, left his home and family in Damascus in 2011 to flee military service

under the Al-Assad regime.

After several troubled years as a refugee in Turkey,

he arrived in Greece by sea, on the route taken by hundreds of thousands of his fellow

Syrians seeking a safe haven in Europe. But as borders closed across the Balkans in early

2016, Joanne and his fellow Syrians found themselves blocked from

traveling any further. Teresa Thornhill volunteered at Harah Hotel, a makeshift camp on the Greece-Macedonia

border. An Arabic speaker, she met Syrians from all walks of life as she distributed clothing

and organized activities for children. One of the Syrians was all walks of life as she distributed clothing and organized activities for children.

One of the Syrians was Joanne, who would later walk through the mountains of Macedonia to

safety in Austria. In Harah Hotel, Thornhill interweaves a narrative of daily life at the camp,

with Joanne's extraordinary story, the recent history of the revolution in Syria,

and an account of the ensuing civil war, painting a vivid picture of the predicament of

Syrians trapped on Europe's borders. Hara Hotel, a tale of Syrian refugees in Greece,

by Teresa Thornhill. Out now from Verso Books.

Welcome to The Dig, a podcast from Jacobin Magazine. My name is Daniel Denver, and I'm broadcasting from Providence, Rhode Island.

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