OMAR ALSHOGRE: Surviving and escaping the Syrian Prison System | Sarde (after dinner) Podcast #40

Omar Alshogre ‪@omar.alshogre‬ is a Syrian refugee, a public speaker and human rights activist who is currently the Director for Detainee Affairs at the Syrian Emergency Task Force.
He is one of the few survivors of the notorious Sednaya Military Prison, dubbed “The Human Slaughterhouse.” He now shares his unique and powerful story of survival to raise awareness of the abuses of the Syrian government to the world.

In this Sarde, Omar recounted for us his life before imprisonment, during and his great escape.
He discussed the atrocities and horrors he saw inside the Syrian prison system and how he developed the strength to survive.

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Chapters
00:00 – Intro to Omar Alshogre, from Saydnaya Prison to Sweden
04:17 – The Arab Spring and hoping it would arrive to Syria
11:21 – Omar’s first protest and first arrest
17:40 – Omar’s first experience with torture and sectarian narratives
23:11 – Omar’s uncles were political prisoners that he became proud of
26:31 – With every trip to school there was a chance of imprisonment
28:13 – The day Omar was arrested with his cousins Rashad and Bashir for the last time
35:41 – The beginning of a 3-year journey into the Syrian prison system
39:08 – The many causes of death in prison (skin disease & psychological abuse)
40:56 – Detainees were forced to torture each other to break trust
47:01 – How Omar was able to continue after Bashir’s death
50:07 – Remembering when Bashir decided to die
58:30 – One hundred roses: “Keeping Bashir alive”
1:01:18 – The University Of Whispers
1:05:34 – How a psychologist taught Omar to survive
1:13:18 – How Omar escaped
1:29:34 – “I would’ve died in my village’s massacre. Prison saved my life”
1:38:40 –Life is stronger than death
1:41:45 – Omar’s last words.
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Sarde (noun), [Sa-r-de]: A colloquial term used in the Middle East to describe the act of letting go & kicking off a stream of consciousness and a rambling narrative.
The Sarde After Dinner Podcast is a free space based out of the heart of Beirut, Lebanon, where Médéa Azouri & Mouin Jaber discuss a wide range of topics (usually) held behind closed doors in an open and simple way with guests from all walks of life.

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