Yassin al-Haj Saleh

1 month ago | links.org.au | Yassin al-Haj Saleh

First published at Al-Jumhuriya. Has the Syrian revolution triumphed with the fall of the Assad regime? Is what we have witnessed since last December a successful revolution — albeit after a long, tortuous path? This question carries cognitive significance, since it demands a detailed understanding of the almost 14 years which passed in Syria between the outbreak of the revolution and the collapse of the regime.

2 months ago | almendron.com | Yassin al-Haj Saleh

1. My darling Sammour,After years of silence, I began writing you a letter last October. I gave it the title “Guardian of Hope”, since your absence is bound up with my sense of hope, both personal and public, slowly eroding for the last eleven years. But I stopped after a few lines, for there was nothing I could tell you about the situation. You are the situation. What could someone who has no part in your absence tell you about yourself?

2 months ago | nybooks.com | Yasmine Seale |Yassin al-Haj Saleh

1. My darling Sammour,After years of silence, I began writing you a letter last October. I gave it the title “Guardian of Hope,” since your absence is bound up with my sense of hope, both personal and public, slowly eroding for the last eleven years. But I stopped after a few lines, for there was nothing I could tell you about the situation. You are the situation. What could someone who has no part in your absence tell you about yourself?

Oct 3, 2024 | newlinesmag.com | Yassin al-Haj Saleh

While conflict with Israel has been part of the collective consciousness of the Arab world for generations, the character of the Israeli state and its ideological underpinnings have rarely been the subject of serious reflection outside of certain Palestinian circles. In some neighboring countries like Syria and Lebanon, the existence of Israel has been used by rulers as a pretext to justify imposing unjust policies at home.

Jan 3, 2024 | aljumhuriya.net | Yassin al-Haj Saleh

There is no better phrase to describe Riad al-Turk, who departed our world on Monday, than the French expression animale politique, a ‘political animal’.