Organize an event!

Here you can find some ideas and recomendations to organize an event to Remember Omar Aziz.


You can also see a list of programed events and places:

Recomended Text

The most known text written by Omar Aziz is known as “The formation of the local councils”

This text was originally published in arabic in facebook. It was translated to french in 2013 and to english in 2017.

It was published as a brochure before, but it is the chapter 13 of the reader about the Syrian revolution published in this website.

Recomended documentary

A comprehensive documentary of the life and work of Omar Aziz is not existing (yet).

For a movie screening, we recomend ‘the war show‘, avilable on youtube with english subtitles. It gives a raw view of the first months of the Syrian Revolution from the eyes of young media activists.

Other recomended Documentaries:

Mapping Lessons

An experimental film inspired by the diary of Omar Aziz and the relations of the Syrian local councils with legacy of past events. Available in vimeo. This interview gives more context about it.

Ecos del desgarro

Documentary of an anarchist collective about the Syrian Revolution based on interviews with different activists who took part in the protests of 2011. Available in youtube.

Return to Homs

“Return to Homs” focus on the lives of two friends who met in Homs during the Syrian Civil War, highlighting their transformation from peaceful protesters to armed insurgents. Available in the internet archive.

Some short videos on Syrian revolution

The fall of the regime

A short piece of less than 15 minutes produced by the anarchist collective Submedia about the fall of the Assad regime and the uprisings of 2011 from an anarchist perspective.

Yabroud: Assad is overthrown

A short video of 5 minutes about the neighborhood of Yabroud, Damascus countryside, after the forces of the regimee withdrawed in 2011. Published in youtube.

The boy who started the Syrian war

A documentary of over 45 minutes where Aljazeera tells the story of Mouawiya Syasneh, the boy whose anti-Assad graffiti lit the spark that engulfed Syria.

Who is Abu Mohammed al-Golani?

A video of 30 minutes about how Ahmed al-Sharaa, once Abu Mohammed al-Golani, about the complexities of HTS leadership and its impact on a fractured nation. Published on youtube.

Start a reading circle!

The Syrian Revolution,
A Reader


These are texts by Syrian revolutionaries, activists, intellectuals, anarchists, as well as interviews with such. Initially compiled in 2022, it has been updated and comes with renewed relevance due to the collapse of Assad regime at the end of 2024.

120 pages, where the next chapter is still unwritten.

More about the reader

This reader is a compilation of 22 texts about the Syrian revolution. There is a common focus of the Western left, to which the editors count themselves, on North & Eastern Syria, the liberated area also called Rojava. Other parts of the struggle in this region have been widely sidelined. This has been criticised by many of the authors in this reader. Thus, it is an attempt to spread the views, ideas and efforts of revolutionary people in West and South Syria.

Except chapter 20, written by the editors of the reader, the other texts have been published on websites, online archives and magazines before. The authors and interviewees have different approaches, views, and backgrounds. Readers are explicitly welcome to keep adding to and changing this compilation and spread it.

Download the PDF:

Short videos on the Rojava revolution.

Accidental Anarchist – What is the Rojava Revolution?

A short video of 20 minutes about the visit of Crane Ross in Rojava: “The future of the extraordinary feminist and democratic revolution in Rojava is now in danger. This clip from Accidental Anarchist shows why it matters.”
Available on youtube.

The Communes of Rojava: A Model In Societal Self Direction

40 minutes with an in-depth look into the inner workings of the commune system in Northeast Syria (Rojava) and how they work in practice to give people direct say over the decisions that affect their lives at the most local level. Available on youtube.

ŞOREŞA JİN / women’s revolution

A documentary of 20 minutes about Kongreya Star. Under the fierce oppression of Bashar Al Assad’s Ba’th regime, women in towns and villages across the northern areas of Syria began to come together and organise themselves, creating a strong basis for the confederated women’s movement. Available on youtube.