Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila Al-Shami: BURNING COUNTRY: Syrians in Revolution and War

Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila Al-Shami: BURNING COUNTRY: Syrians in Revolution and War

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Politics & Prose at Busboys and Poets 14th & V presents Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila Al-Shami to discuss the new book Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War.

In their detailed and extensively researched picture of Syria, Yassin-Kassab, a noted commentator on Syria and the Middle East and a contributor to Syria Speaks, and Al-Shami, a founding member of Tahrir-ICN, a network established to connect anti-authoritarian struggles across the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe, interweave fresh analysis of Syria’s turmoil with first-hand accounts from Syrian freedom fighters, exiles, and human rights activists; their comprehensive discussion includes assessment of the roles ISIS, regional politics, and revolutionary groups play in the ongoing crisis.

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