EPISODE 65

THE ATHAR PROJECT

THE ATHAR PROJECT

Across Syria’s war-ravaged towns and cities, looters are trafficking the country's priceless antiquities to the highest bidder. At the same time, two unlikely spymasters are doing their best to hold the criminals to account. Amr Al-Azm and Katie A. Paul, both US-based academics, are taking on ISIS militants, a hostile regime, and even Facebook, hoping to save Syria’s cultural heritage.
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Guest Bio

Amr Al-Azm is a founder and board member on The Day After project and coordinates the Heritage Protection Initiative for cultural heritage protection. He serves as a co-director of the ATHAR Project and is a professor of Middle East history and anthropology at Shawnee State University in Ohio.

Katie A. Paul is an anthropologist based in Washington, D.C., and co-director of the ATHAR Project. Paul investigates the trafficking of cultural property and its connection to transnational crime and terrorism.

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