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. He is currently writing a book on the transitional moment in Syria.
Latest from Robin Yassin-Kassab
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.