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Leila Al-Shami

Leila Al-Shami

Leila Al-Shami is a British-Syrian writer and activist. She is the co-author (with Robin Yassin-Kassab) of “Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War.”

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Why the US Far Right Loves Bashar al-Assad

Why the US Far Right Loves Bashar al-Assad

Some on the far right envisage Assad as a secular leader fighting Islamic extremists. Assad’s own racial and religious affiliations matter less than his willingness to use racialized dehumanization as a justification for murder; this willingness qualifies him as effectively white in the eyes of his Western fascist followers.

Leila Al-Shami,
Shon Meckfessel