Hassan Hassan

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] 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, Financial Times, the Daily Beast, among other outlets.[10]

For the Iraqi sports shooter, see Hassan Hassan (sport shooter).
Hassan Hassan
Hassan Hassan discusses his work on extremism at the Wilson Center
Born1982
Al-Shaafah, Syria
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham
OccupationAuthor, journalist

Background

Hassan is from the town of Al-Shaafah in Al-Bukamal District, Deir ez-Zor Governorate, in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border.[11] 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.[12] In 2006 he moved to the United Kingdom, where he completed an MA in International Relations at the University of Nottingham.[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 of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) included extensive interviews with members of the organization since its rise in his home region in June 2014.[16]

Career

His book on the rise of the militant group ISIL[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] 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 Persian 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, and[30] University of Oxford's Gulf studies forum.[31]

Hassan is currently a senior fellow at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, a think-tank in Washington D.C., and a weekly columnist for The National newspaper in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[32][33] He was previously an associate fellow at Chatham House.[34] 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,[35][36] a widely covered hearing.[37][38][39][40] In February 2017, he testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on defeating terrorism in Syria.[41]

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.[42]

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. Archived from the original on 2018-09-24. 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. Archived from the original on 2018-09-24. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  14. "Hassan Hassan – The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy". The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy. Archived from the original on 2018-09-24. 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 ed.). Regan Arts. ISBN 978-1-941393-57-4.
  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. Archived from the original on 2018-09-24. 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. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  31. "GCC Security Amid Regional Crises". 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. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  34. "Hassan Hassan Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme". Chatham House. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  35. "Hearings". Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee. 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
  37. "Experts: The next president will face a more dangerous ISIS". Washington Examiner. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  38. "Gains against Islamic State not yet enough, could backfire: U.S. officials". Reuters. 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  39. Seldin, Jeff. "Yazidi Woman Pleads With US to Hold IS Accountable". VOA. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  40. "Syrian Refugee Subhi Nahas Gives Voice to LGBTQ Asylum-Seekers". NBC News. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  41. "Subcommittee Hearing: Defeating Terrorism in Syria: A New Way Forward". House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  42. "Russia's relentless and vicious campaign in NW Syria, where millions of civilians and IDPs live and could be forced to flee en mass, 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. 2019-12-24.
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