Robin Yassin-Kassab
@qunfuz.bsky.social
Author "The Road from Damascus". Co-author "Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War". Writer and deputy editor at the Critical Muslim. English editor at www.isisprisons.museum. Journalism etc collected at www.qunfuz.com
Pinned
I wrote this article for Time magazine. The conspiracy theorists are making a big deal about a 'jihadi' in the White House - but it's only a big deal if you haven't been paying attention. qunfuz.com/2025/11/12/a...
Ahmad al-Sharaa in the White House
This article was first published at Time magazine. On November 10, President Donald Trump met Syria’s transitional president Ahmad al-Sharaa at the White House. The meeting was remarkable in many w…
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November 12, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I wrote this article for Time magazine. The conspiracy theorists are making a big deal about a 'jihadi' in the White House - but it's only a big deal if you haven't been paying attention. qunfuz.com/2025/11/12/a...
The more Syrian Kurds I speak to the more apparent it becomes that after Suwayda even opponents of the PYD/SDF feel they have to back the SDF and reject Damascus. The Suwayda massacres were a disaster for Syrian integration, but most Syrians still don't recognise it.
October 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
The more Syrian Kurds I speak to the more apparent it becomes that after Suwayda even opponents of the PYD/SDF feel they have to back the SDF and reject Damascus. The Suwayda massacres were a disaster for Syrian integration, but most Syrians still don't recognise it.
Hamas made two huge strategic errors. One was to overestimate Iran's willingness to fight Israel. The other was to vastly underestimate the genocidal savagery of Zionist society. However evil they thought Israel was, they were being far too charitable.
October 8, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Hamas made two huge strategic errors. One was to overestimate Iran's willingness to fight Israel. The other was to vastly underestimate the genocidal savagery of Zionist society. However evil they thought Israel was, they were being far too charitable.
Two years of full-scale genocide. 77 years of expulsion, massacre, apartheid, demonization, lies. Never forgive, never forget.
October 7, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Two years of full-scale genocide. 77 years of expulsion, massacre, apartheid, demonization, lies. Never forgive, never forget.
A march in Manchester today of people waving the flag of the Zionist state. Not only does this hate march make Muslims, Arabs and many others feel terribly unsafe, it is waving the flag of a terror state actively engaged in genocide. Dozens more human beings were murdered by that state today.
October 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
A march in Manchester today of people waving the flag of the Zionist state. Not only does this hate march make Muslims, Arabs and many others feel terribly unsafe, it is waving the flag of a terror state actively engaged in genocide. Dozens more human beings were murdered by that state today.
It turns out, not surprisingly, that liberal values are necessary to underpin a multicultural society. If we are all equal and respected we can all get on. When genocide enters the balance, we can't.
October 5, 2025 at 7:01 AM
It turns out, not surprisingly, that liberal values are necessary to underpin a multicultural society. If we are all equal and respected we can all get on. When genocide enters the balance, we can't.
This is so depressing. It isn't a liberation if the revolutionaries are being re-arrested. Free Amer Matar now.
Amer Matar from the Syrian Prisons Museum was arrested by the Syrian authorities.
Freedom for Amer!
Freedom for Amer!
September 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This is so depressing. It isn't a liberation if the revolutionaries are being re-arrested. Free Amer Matar now.
Hate thy neighbour and 'Christ is king'. Christianity dies in western societies but the Crusader ideology is continually reborn.
September 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Hate thy neighbour and 'Christ is king'. Christianity dies in western societies but the Crusader ideology is continually reborn.
Here I am on the Eon podcast talking about Suwayda and the need for constructive criticism qunfuz.com/2025/08/21/c...
Constructive Criticism
Here I am on the Eon podcast with some post-Suwayda constructive criticism for the Syrian transitional authorities.
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August 22, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Here I am on the Eon podcast talking about Suwayda and the need for constructive criticism qunfuz.com/2025/08/21/c...
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1. 🧵“What I’m seeing is not a new home being built.” Zaina Erhaim and @qunfuz.bsky.social join @faisalalyafai.bsky.social on the podcast to discuss the terrible recent violence in Sweida, Israel’s bombing of Damascus and what’s next for Syria’s future.
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August 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
1. 🧵“What I’m seeing is not a new home being built.” Zaina Erhaim and @qunfuz.bsky.social join @faisalalyafai.bsky.social on the podcast to discuss the terrible recent violence in Sweida, Israel’s bombing of Damascus and what’s next for Syria’s future.
newlinesmag.com/podcast/syri...
newlinesmag.com/podcast/syri...
We had a really interesting conversation with Hussam Hamoud
about surveillance under ISIS and its effects on society. qunfuz.com/2025/08/13/t...
about surveillance under ISIS and its effects on society. qunfuz.com/2025/08/13/t...
The Hisba Diwan
At the ISIS Prisons Museum you can now read our investigations into the Hisba Diwan, a supposed behaviour police force which the organization imposed on society in eastern Syria and western Iraq. Y…
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August 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
We had a really interesting conversation with Hussam Hamoud
about surveillance under ISIS and its effects on society. qunfuz.com/2025/08/13/t...
about surveillance under ISIS and its effects on society. qunfuz.com/2025/08/13/t...
It is distressing to see the level of disinformation concerning Sweida, and the willingness of so many to believe it. The fact that Hajari's militias contain Assadists and that they have treacherously collaborated with Israel does not change the fact that
July 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM
It is distressing to see the level of disinformation concerning Sweida, and the willingness of so many to believe it. The fact that Hajari's militias contain Assadists and that they have treacherously collaborated with Israel does not change the fact that
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Powerful RUTA panel on documenting atrocities & seeking justice: @philipobaji.bsky.social on russian crimes in the CAR and Mali, Rota Dunajeva on Chechnya-Ichkeria, @dovzhyk.bsky.social on work with INDEX Ukraine, @qunfuz.bsky.social on Syria & Prisons Museum, chaired by @terrelljstarr.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Powerful RUTA panel on documenting atrocities & seeking justice: @philipobaji.bsky.social on russian crimes in the CAR and Mali, Rota Dunajeva on Chechnya-Ichkeria, @dovzhyk.bsky.social on work with INDEX Ukraine, @qunfuz.bsky.social on Syria & Prisons Museum, chaired by @terrelljstarr.bsky.social
An important and heartbreaking account of the March massacres on the coast by the revolutionary Hanadi Zahlout, whose relatives were murdered. aljumhuriya.net/ar/2025/06/2...
«لا شيء يمكن أن يُعزّيني بعد الآن»
شهادة شخصية على مجزرة الصنوبر في الساحل السوري
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July 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
An important and heartbreaking account of the March massacres on the coast by the revolutionary Hanadi Zahlout, whose relatives were murdered. aljumhuriya.net/ar/2025/06/2...
Those campist idiots who think all Ukrainians are anti-Palestinian should be at the conference in Ukraine where I am currently. Talking to and socialising with Ukrainians, plus other victims of Russian imperialism from Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Lithuania, Georgia, Chechnya,
June 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Those campist idiots who think all Ukrainians are anti-Palestinian should be at the conference in Ukraine where I am currently. Talking to and socialising with Ukrainians, plus other victims of Russian imperialism from Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Lithuania, Georgia, Chechnya,
The very clear messages from Ukraine and Iran are if you have nukes, don't give them up, and if you don't have them, rush to get them as soon as possible. I expect there will be at least two more nuclear armed Middle East states in the next few years.
June 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The very clear messages from Ukraine and Iran are if you have nukes, don't give them up, and if you don't have them, rush to get them as soon as possible. I expect there will be at least two more nuclear armed Middle East states in the next few years.
Germans decided they weren't compatible with the European Jewish community that gave the world Freud and Einstein, so they wiped it out. Of the tiny remnant that survived, half became crazed and genocidal Zionist fascists, who the Germans find very compatible indeed.
June 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Germans decided they weren't compatible with the European Jewish community that gave the world Freud and Einstein, so they wiped it out. Of the tiny remnant that survived, half became crazed and genocidal Zionist fascists, who the Germans find very compatible indeed.
If the US pretends it's doing 'the world' a favour by attacking Iran, remember that it did a deal with Iran when Iran was pouring tens of thousands of Shia militants into Syria to murder and expel en masse. This is to defend the genocidal Zionist terror state, nothing else.
June 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
If the US pretends it's doing 'the world' a favour by attacking Iran, remember that it did a deal with Iran when Iran was pouring tens of thousands of Shia militants into Syria to murder and expel en masse. This is to defend the genocidal Zionist terror state, nothing else.
A lot of these hicks, probably the majority, really can't tell the difference between the Land of Israel they read about in their Bible and the fascist state established after the Second World War.
June 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
A lot of these hicks, probably the majority, really can't tell the difference between the Land of Israel they read about in their Bible and the fascist state established after the Second World War.
What the last 20 months has shown is that racism is at the center of western thought and action. We have allowed these racists to build a racist world order at our expense. It's our job to tear it down.
June 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
What the last 20 months has shown is that racism is at the center of western thought and action. We have allowed these racists to build a racist world order at our expense. It's our job to tear it down.
What the last 20 months has shown is that racism is at the center of western thought and action. We have allowed these racists to build a racist world order at our expense. It's our job to tear it down.
June 18, 2025 at 6:54 PM
What the last 20 months has shown is that racism is at the center of western thought and action. We have allowed these racists to build a racist world order at our expense. It's our job to tear it down.
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a complicated reckoning with the aftermath of Assad's brutality as the Syrian revolution struggles to find stability in its transitional phase. written with sensitivity and great reflection by @qunfuz.bsky.social
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newlinesmag.com/argument/ass...
Assad’s Prisons and the Need for Justice
A visit to Syria’s notorious Sednaya highlights the challenges in laying ghosts to rest
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June 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
a complicated reckoning with the aftermath of Assad's brutality as the Syrian revolution struggles to find stability in its transitional phase. written with sensitivity and great reflection by @qunfuz.bsky.social
newlinesmag.com/argument/ass...
newlinesmag.com/argument/ass...
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I'm very bored with those who attack the Syrian authorities for 'negotiating with Israel'. There are good reasons to criticise the authorities, but this isn't one of them. Hamas and Hizbullah are also constantly negotiating with Israel. It doesn't mean they're normalizing.
May 31, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I'm very bored with those who attack the Syrian authorities for 'negotiating with Israel'. There are good reasons to criticise the authorities, but this isn't one of them. Hamas and Hizbullah are also constantly negotiating with Israel. It doesn't mean they're normalizing.