Hassan Hassan
Hassan Hassan discusses his work on extremism at the Wilson Center
Born1982
Al-Shaafah, Syria
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham University of Damascus
Occupation(s)Author, journalist, scholar

Hassan Hassan (born 1982) is an American author and journalist of Syrian origin. He co-wrote the 2015 New York Times bestseller ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror with Michael Weiss.[1][2][3][4] He has written on Islamist groups in the Middle East.[5][6] He frequently appeared on 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, The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, Financial Times, and The Daily Beast, among others.[10] Hassan is the founder and editor-in-chief of New Lines Magazine, a global affairs magazine.[11]

Background

Hassan is from the town of Al-Shaafah in Al-Bukamal District, Deir ez-Zor Governorate, in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border.[12] In 1996, he moved from ash-Sha'fa to the city of Al Bukamal for high school.

In 2000, he moved to Damascus to study English literature at Damascus University.[13] In 2006, he moved to the United Kingdom, where he completed an MA in International relations at the University of Nottingham.[10]

Career

Journalism

After graduation, Hassan moved to the United Arab Emirates in 2008 to work as a journalist for The National newspaper, covering domestic and Gulf affairs.[10] He covered the Syrian conflict since the uprising began in 2011.[14] His research on the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) included extensive interviews with members of the organization since its rise in his home region in June 2014.[14]

Academia

Hassan studies Sunni and Shia militant organizations, as well as Iraq, Syria, and the Persian Gulf.[10] His research was commissioned by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,[15] European Council on Foreign Relations,[16][17] Chatham House,[18] Royal United Services Institute,[19] Brookings Institution, and[20] University of Oxford's Gulf studies forum.[21]

Hassan is currently a director at the Center for Global Policy, a think tank in Washington D.C.[22] He previously worked as an associate fellow at Chatham House[18] a senior fellow at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, and a weekly columnist for The National newspaper in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[23][24] He advises officials in the United States and the Middle East.

In June 2016, Hassan testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on the extremist ideology of ISIL,[25][26] a widely covered hearing.[27][28][29][30] In February 2017, he testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on defeating terrorism in Syria.[31]

Publications

His book on the rise of the militant group ISIL, ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror,[32] was chosen by The Wall Street Journal as one of 10 must-read works on the evolution of terrorism in the Middle East,[33] one of the London Times' Best Books of 2015,[34] and The New York Times Editors' Choice in April 2015.[35] The book was reviewed favorably twice by The New York Times.[36][37] Times' chief book critic, Michiko Kakutani, said the book gave readers "a fine-grained look at the organization’s evolution through assorted incarnations."[37]

On December 24, 2019, Hassan published his translation of a speech of Abu Mohammad al-Julani, the commander-in-chief of the Syrian militant group Tahrir al-Sham, the successor organisation of the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda.[38]

References

  1. ↑ "Hassan Hassan". The Guardian. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  2. ↑ "ISIS:Inside the Army of Terror". The New York Times. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Hassan Hassan on How to Uproot ISIS in Deir Ezzor". News Deeply. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Book Discussion on ISIS Hassan Hassan, co-author of ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror". C-SPAN. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  5. ↑ Hassan, Hassan (February 7, 2015). "Isis has reached new depths of depravity. But there is a brutal logic behind it". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Eight Experts To Watch On Syria's Islamist Groups". Syria Deeply. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  7. ↑ O'Reilly, Bill. "Bill O'Reilly: The O'Reilly Factor – U.S. Ineffective in Fighting ISIS". www.billoreilly.com. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  8. ↑ U.S. and the West 'out of cards to play' in Syria – CNN Video, retrieved October 31, 2016
  9. ↑ Hassan Hassan (November 29, 2015), Hassan Hassan on the Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, retrieved October 31, 2016
  10. 1 2 3 4 "Hassan Hassan". The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy. Archived from the original on September 24, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Hassan Hassan - New Lines Magazine". New Lines Magazine. January 11, 2024. Retrieved January 11, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ↑ "Making Sense of ISIS: an interview with Michael Weiss". Fathom. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Sign Up | LinkedIn". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  14. 1 2 "'Why Would Someone Participate in the Beheading of Their Cousin?' Talking With an Author Who Interviewed Dozens of ISIS Members". Daily Intelligencer. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  15. ↑ Hassan, Hassan. "The Sectarianism of the Islamic State: Ideological Roots and Political Context". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Syria: the view from the Gulf states". ECFR. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  17. ↑ The Gulf and sectarianism.
  18. 1 2 "Hassan Hassan Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme". Chatham House – International Affairs Think Tank. Chatham House. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Understanding Iran's Role in the Syrian Conflict". RUSI. August 1, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Experts weigh in (part 7): Is ISIS good at governing?". Brookings Institution. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  21. ↑ "GCC Security Amid Regional Crises". www.oxgaps.org. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Hassan Hassan". Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  23. ↑ "Understanding the Islamic State's Strategy: Hassan Hassan on Last Week's Terrorism Events". Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy. November 19, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  24. ↑ "Hassan Hassan". The National. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  25. ↑ "Hearings". Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  26. ↑ Hassan Hassan (June 27, 2016), Hassan's testimony before the Senate's Homeland Security & Govt Affairs Committee, retrieved November 24, 2016
  27. ↑ "Experts: The next president will face a more dangerous ISIS". Washington Examiner. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  28. ↑ "Gains against Islamic State not yet enough, could backfire: U.S. officials". Reuters. June 22, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  29. ↑ Seldin, Jeff. "Yazidi Woman Pleads With US to Hold IS Accountable". VOA. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  30. ↑ "Syrian Refugee Subhi Nahas Gives Voice to LGBTQ Asylum-Seekers". NBC News. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  31. ↑ "Subcommittee Hearing: Defeating Terrorism in Syria: A New Way Forward". House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on January 3, 2019. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  32. ↑ Weiss, Michael; Hassan, Hassan (February 17, 2015). ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror (First ed.). Regan Arts. ISBN 978-1-941393-57-4.
  33. ↑ Russell, Anna. "10 Must-Read Books on the Evolution of Terrorism in the Middle East". WSJ. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  34. ↑ Noble, Barnes &. "ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror (Updated Edition)". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  35. ↑ "Editors' Choice". The New York Times. April 10, 2015. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  36. ↑ Negus, Steve (April 1, 2015). "'ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror,' and More". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  37. 1 2 Kakutani, Michiko (April 2, 2015). "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 November 19, 2016.
  38. ↑ "Russia's relentless and vicious campaign in NW Syria, where millions of civilians and IDPs live and could be forced to flee en masse, continues. The leader of the force that dominates that area has a new speech. A new & dangerous chapter is looming. Details in following tweets". Hassan Hassan on YouTube. December 24, 2019.
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