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Hassan Hassan
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham
Occupation(s)Author, Journalist

Hassan Hassan is an author and journalist. He co-wrote the 2015 New York Times Bestseller ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror with Michael Weiss.[1][2][3][4] His work on Islamist groups in the Middle East is widely acclaimed.[5][6] He frequently appeared on flagship television programs, including the O'Reilly Factor,[7] Amanpour[8] and the Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell,[9] and has written for the New York Times, Foreign Policy, the Guardian, Foreign Affairs, among other outlets.[10]

Background

Hassan is from Albu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border.[11] He moved from hometown to Damascus in 2000 to study English literature at the Damascus University.[12] He completed an MA in International Relations at the University of Nottingham, the UK.[13] After graduation, he moved to the United Arab Emirates in 2008 to work as a journalist for The National newspaper, covering domestic and Gulf affairs.[14] He covered the Syrian conflict since the uprising began in 2011.[15] His research on the Islamic State included extensive interviews with members of the organization since its rise in his area in 2014.[16]

Career

Hassan Hassan discusses his work on extremism in DC

His book on the rise of the Islamic State[17] was chosen by the Wall Street Journal as one of 10 must-read works on the evolution of terrorism in the Middle East,[18] one of the Times of London’s Best Books of 2015,[19] and the New York Times' Editors' Choice in April 2015.[20] The book was reviewed favorably twice by the New York Times.[21][22] The New York Times' chief book critic, Michio Kakutani, said the book gave readers "a fine-grained look at the organization’s evolution through assorted incarnations."[23]

Hassan studies Sunni and Shia militant organizations, as well as Iraq, Syria, and the Gulf.[24] His research was commissioned by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,[25] European Council on Foreign Relations,[26][27] Chatham House,[28] Royal United Services Institute,[29] Brookings Institution,[30] University of Oxford's Gulf studies forum.[31]

Hassan is currently a resident fellow at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, a think-tank in Washington DC, and a weekly columnist for The National newspaper in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.[32][33] He was previously an associate fellow at Chatham House.[34]

On June 2016, Hassan testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on the extremist ideology of ISIS.[35][36]

References

  1. ^ "Hassan Hassan". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  2. ^ "ISIS:Inside the Army of Terror". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Hassan Hassan on How to Uproot ISIS in Deir Ezzor". News Deeply. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Book Discussion on ISIS Hassan Hassan, co-author of ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror". C-SPAN. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  5. ^ Hassan, Hassan (2015-02-07). "Isis has reached new depths of depravity. But there is a brutal logic behind it". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  6. ^ "Eight Experts To Watch On Syria's Islamist Groups". Syria Deeply. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  7. ^ O'Reilly, Bill. "Bill O'Reilly: The O'Reilly Factor - U.S. Ineffective in Fighting ISIS". www.billoreilly.com. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  8. ^ U.S. and the West 'out of cards to play' in Syria - CNN Video, retrieved 2016-10-31
  9. ^ Hassan Hassan (2015-11-29), Hassan Hassan on the Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, retrieved 2016-10-31
  10. ^ "Hassan Hassan - The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy". The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  11. ^ "Making Sense of ISIS: an interview with Michael Weiss". Fathom. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
  12. ^ "Sign Up | LinkedIn". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  13. ^ "Hassan Hassan - The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy". The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  14. ^ "Hassan Hassan - The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy". The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  15. ^ "'Why Would Someone Participate in the Beheading of Their Cousin?' Talking With an Author Who Interviewed Dozens of ISIS Members". Daily Intelligencer. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
  16. ^ "'Why Would Someone Participate in the Beheading of Their Cousin?' Talking With an Author Who Interviewed Dozens of ISIS Members". Daily Intelligencer. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
  17. ^ Weiss, Michael; Hassan, Hassan (2015-02-17). ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror (First Edition edition ed.). Regan Arts. ISBN 9781941393574. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help)
  18. ^ Russell, Anna. "10 Must-Read Books on the Evolution of Terrorism in the Middle East". WSJ. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  19. ^ Noble, Barnes &. "ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror (Updated Edition)". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  20. ^ "Editors' Choice". The New York Times. 2015-04-10. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  21. ^ Negus, Steve (2015-04-01). "'ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror,' and More". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  22. ^ Kakutani, Michiko (2015-04-02). "Review: 'ISIS: The State of Terror,' by Jessica Stern and J. M. Berger, and 'ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror,' by Michael Weiss and Hassan Hassan". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  23. ^ Kakutani, Michiko (2015-04-02). "Review: 'ISIS: The State of Terror,' by Jessica Stern and J. M. Berger, and 'ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror,' by Michael Weiss and Hassan Hassan". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
  24. ^ "Hassan Hassan - The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy". The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  25. ^ Hassan, Hassan. "The Sectarianism of the Islamic State: Ideological Roots and Political Context". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  26. ^ "Syria: the view from the Gulf states". ECFR. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  27. ^ The Gulf and sectarianism.
  28. ^ "Understanding Iran's Role in the Syrian Conflict". RUSI. 2016-08-01. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  29. ^ "Understanding Iran's Role in the Syrian Conflict". RUSI. 2016-08-01. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  30. ^ "Experts weigh in (part 7): Is ISIS good at governing? | Brookings Institution". Brookings. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  31. ^ "new item". www.oxgaps.org. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  32. ^ "Understanding the Islamic State's Strategy: Hassan Hassan on Last Week's Terrorism Events". Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  33. ^ "Hassan Hassan | - The National". The National. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  34. ^ "Hassan Hassan Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme". Chatham House. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  35. ^ "Hearings | Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee". www.hsgac.senate.gov. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  36. ^ Hassan Hassan (2016-06-27), Hassan's testimony before the Senate's Homeland Security & Govt Affairs Committee, retrieved 2016-11-24

External links

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