Robin Yassin-Kassab is a regular media commentator on Syria and the Middle East. He is the co-author of Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War published by Pluto Press and distributed in the US by Chicago University Press. The book was shortlisted for the 2017 Folio Prize. He is also author of the novel The Road from Damascus published by Hamish Hamilton and Penguin, and by il Saggiatore in Italy.
Robin Yassin Kassab
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Mnemonic the Play, A Presentation and Discussion
January 24, 2026
This presentation and discussion of Mnemonic the P...
Sufism between deconstruction and theory
September 11, 2025
A religious and scientific dialogue on Sufism, i...
Mahmoud Said, a Pioneer of Fine Arts
September 20, 2025
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Sonallah Ibrahim's Ice
June 26, 2025
The discussion of Sonallah Ibrahim's novel Ice...