Robin Yassin-Kassab
Robin Yassin-Kassab is the author of The Road From Damascus, a novel published by Penguin. He is a co-editor of www.pulsemedia.org and the Critical Muslim. He blogs at www.qunfuz.com.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, April 17, 2012 0:00 - 6 Comments
Comment">On the perils of sectarianism in Syria Comment
As the Syrian tragedy becomes increasingly painted in sectarian terms, author Robin Yassin-Kassab asks why so many Syrians, including leftists, liberals and secularists, continue to ignore the issue. It is time, he argues, to break this taboo once and for all.
New in Ceasefire, Politics - Saturday, May 21, 2011 0:00 - 3 Comments
Essay">Syria: Blundering and Adapting Essay
"By arresting schoolchildren, the regime caused protests in Dara’a. By killing protestors, the regime caused protests all over the country. Those who first called for reform now call for the fall of the regime." Syrian-British novelist and commentator Robin Yassin-Kassab diagnoses the repeated missteps and miscalculations of the Assad regime, and says change, no matter how protracted or tortuous, is now inevitable.
Ideas, New in Ceasefire - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 0:00 - 10 Comments
Essay Reflections on Libya and the Left
In an exclusive opinion piece, Syrian-British novelist and commentator Robin Yassin-Kassab offers his take on the Western Left's contradictions on Libya.
