Robin Yassin-Kassab
Robin Yassin-Kassab is a co-author of “Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War” and author of the novel “The Road From Damascus.” He is English editor of the Prisons Museum and deputy editor of the journal Critical Muslim. His new book, “The Blood Between Us: Syria After the Fall of Assad,” will be published in June 2026.
Latest from Robin Yassin-Kassab
In Search of a Story for Syria
With the recent reincorporation of northeastern Syria under central rule, the existential risk of national dissolution that Syrians feared seems to have passed. But stitching up the bonds between communities will be a longer and more difficult task than defeating separatist militias.
Assad’s Prisons and the Need for Justice
After years of war, reconciliation with Syria’s past and between the country’s sects and factions cannot be achieved without some measure of justice being done. The first step is to establish the facts by documenting the prisons and mass graves, as well as the massacre sites and destroyed cities.
Syria Needs a Strong Society, Not a Strongman
The world is worried about the jihadism of Syria’s new leaders, but the world may be missing the point. Whether the state is religious or secular, Syria needs a strong society, not a strongman.