How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs w/ Elizabeth Thompson

<p>In this episode of Guerrilla History, we are joined by Professor Elizabeth F. Thompson to talk about her new book How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs, about the historic Syrian-Arab Congress of 1920.  Professor Thompson is the Mohamed S. Farsi Chair of Islamic Peace and Professor of History at American University.  Her book was published by Atlantic Monthly Press, and is available here: <a href= "https://groveatlantic.com/book/how-the-west-stole-democracy-from-the-arabs/"> https://groveatlantic.com/book/how-the-west-stole-democracy-from-the-arabs/</a>    </p> <p> </p> <p>Guerrilla History is the podcast that acts as a reconnaissance report of global proletarian history, and aims to use the lessons of history to analyze the present.  If you have any questions or guest/topic suggestions, email them to us at guerrillahistorypod@gmail.com.</p> <p>Your hosts are immunobiologist Henry Hakamaki, Professor Adnan Husain, historian and Director of the School of Religion at Queens University, and Revolutionary Left Radio's Breht O'Shea.</p> <p> </p> <p>Follow us on social media!  Our podcast can be found on twitter @guerrilla_pod, and can be supported on patreon at <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory">https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory</a>.  Your contributions will make the show possible to continue and succeed!</p> <p>To follow the hosts, Henry can be found on twitter @huck1995, and also has a patreon to help support himself through the pandemic where he breaks down science and public health research and news at <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/huck1995">https://www.patreon.com/huck1995</a>.  Adnan can be followed on twitter @adnanahusain, and also runs The Majlis Podcast, which can be found at <a href= "https://anchor.fm/the-majlis">https://anchor.fm/the-majlis,</a> and the Muslim Societies-Global Perspectives group at Queens University, <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/MSGPQU/">https://www.facebook.com/MSGPQU/</a>.   Breht is the host of Revolutionary Left Radio, which can be followed o