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'''Hassan Hassan''' 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 (journalist)|Michael Weiss]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/hassan-hassan | title=Hassan Hassan | work=The Guardian | accessdate=30 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/books/review/isis-inside-the-army-of-terror-and-more.html| title=ISIS:Inside the Army of Terror | work=The New York Times | accessdate=30 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/10/27/hassan-hassan-on-how-to-uproot-isis-in-deir-ezzor/ | title=Hassan Hassan on How to Uproot ISIS in Deir Ezzor | publisher=News Deeply | accessdate=30 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.c-span.org/video/?324789-1/hassan-hassan-isis-inside-army-terror | title=Book Discussion on ISIS Hassan Hassan, co-author of ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror | publisher=C-SPAN | accessdate=30 June 2016}}</ref> His work on Islamist groups in the Middle East is widely acclaimed.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/08/isis-islamic-state-ideology-sharia-syria-iraq-jordan-pilot|title=Isis has reached new depths of depravity. But there is a brutal logic behind it|last=Hassan|first=Hassan|date=2015-02-07|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-10-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/07/15/eight-experts-to-watch-on-syrias-islamist-groups|title=Eight Experts To Watch On Syria’s Islamist Groups|newspaper=Syria Deeply|access-date=2016-10-31}}</ref> He frequently appeared on flagship television programs, including the O'Reilly Factor,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.billoreilly.com/b/U.S.-Ineffective-in-Fighting-ISIS/-618547670637964360.html|title=Bill O'Reilly: The O'Reilly Factor - U.S. Ineffective in Fighting ISIS|last=O'Reilly|first=Bill|website=www.billoreilly.com|access-date=2016-10-31}}</ref> Amanpour<ref>{{Citation|title=U.S. and the West 'out of cards to play' in Syria - CNN Video|url=http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2016/02/16/syria-intv-amanpour-holmes-hassan-slim.cnn|accessdate=2016-10-31}}</ref> and the Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell,<ref>{{Citation|last=Hassan Hassan|title=Hassan Hassan on the Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell|date=2015-11-29|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbFdlR-WO5E|accessdate=2016-10-31}}</ref> and has written for the New York Times, Foreign Policy, the Guardian, Foreign Affairs, Financial Times, the Daily Beast, among other outlets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timep.org/author/hassan/|title=Hassan Hassan - The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy|website=The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy|language=en-US|access-date=2016-10-31}}</ref>
'''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 (journalist)|Michael Weiss]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/hassan-hassan |title=Hassan Hassan |work=The Guardian |access-date=June 30, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/books/review/isis-inside-the-army-of-terror-and-more.html|title=ISIS:Inside the Army of Terror |work=The New York Times |date=April 2015 |access-date=June 30, 2016 |last1=Negus |first1=Steve }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2014/10/27/hassan-hassan-on-how-to-uproot-isis-in-deir-ezzor/ |title=Hassan Hassan on How to Uproot ISIS in Deir Ezzor |date=October 27, 2014 |publisher=News Deeply |access-date=June 30, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.c-span.org/video/?324789-1/hassan-hassan-isis-inside-army-terror |title=Book Discussion on ISIS Hassan Hassan, co-author of ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror |publisher=C-SPAN |access-date=June 30, 2016}}</ref> He has written on Islamist groups in the [[Middle East]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/08/isis-islamic-state-ideology-sharia-syria-iraq-jordan-pilot|title=Isis has reached new depths of depravity. But there is a brutal logic behind it|last=Hassan|first=Hassan|date=February 7, 2015|newspaper=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|access-date=2016-10-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newsdeeply.com/syria/articles/2016/07/15/eight-experts-to-watch-on-syrias-islamist-groups|title=Eight Experts To Watch On Syria's Islamist Groups|newspaper=Syria Deeply|access-date=2016-10-31}}</ref> He frequently appeared on ''The O'Reilly Factor'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.billoreilly.com/b/U.S.-Ineffective-in-Fighting-ISIS/-618547670637964360.html|title=Bill O'Reilly: The O'Reilly Factor – U.S. Ineffective in Fighting ISIS|last=O'Reilly|first=Bill|website=www.billoreilly.com |access-date=2016-10-31}}</ref> ''Amanpour''<ref>{{Citation|title=U.S. and the West 'out of cards to play' in Syria – CNN Video|date=February 16, 2016 |url=http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2016/02/16/syria-intv-amanpour-holmes-hassan-slim.cnn|access-date=2016-10-31}}</ref> and ''The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell'',<ref>{{Citation|last=Hassan Hassan|title=Hassan Hassan on the Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell|date=November 29, 2015|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbFdlR-WO5E|access-date=2016-10-31}}</ref> and has written for ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[Foreign Policy]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', ''[[The Atlantic]]'', ''[[Foreign Affairs]]'', ''[[Financial Times]]'', and ''[[The Daily Beast]]'', among others.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=24 January 2024 |title=Hassan Hassan - New Lines Institute |url=https://newlinesinstitute.org/people/hassan-hassan/ |access-date=24 January 2024 |website=New Lines Institute}}</ref> Hassan is the founder and editor-in-chief of ''New Lines Magazine'', a [[International relations|global affairs]] magazine.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=11 January 2024 |title=Hassan Hassan - New Lines Magazine |url=https://newlinesmag.com/writers/hassan-hassan/ |access-date=11 January 2024 |website=New Lines Magazine}}</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
Hassan is from the town of [[Al-Shaafah]] in [[Al-Bukamal District]], [[Deir ez-Zor Governorate]], in eastern [[Syria]] near the Iraqi border.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fathomjournal.org/making-sense-of-isis-an-interview-with-michael-weiss/|title=Making Sense of ISIS: an interview with Michael Weiss|work=Fathom|access-date=2016-11-18}}</ref> In 1996, he moved from ash-Sha'fa to the city of [[Abu Kamal|Al Bukamal]] for high school.
Hassan is from [[Al-Bukamal District|Albu Kamal]], [[Deir ez-Zor|Deir Ezzor]], in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fathomjournal.org/making-sense-of-isis-an-interview-with-michael-weiss/|title=Making Sense of ISIS: an interview with Michael Weiss|newspaper=Fathom|access-date=2016-11-18}}</ref> He moved from hometown to Damascus in 2000 to study English literature at the Damascus University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/profile/preview?locale=en_US&trk=prof-0-sb-preview-primary-button|title=Sign Up {{!}} LinkedIn|website=www.linkedin.com|access-date=2016-11-24}}</ref> He completed an MA in International Relations at the University of Nottingham, the UK.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timep.org/author/hassan/|title=Hassan Hassan - The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy|website=The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-24}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timep.org/author/hassan/|title=Hassan Hassan - The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy|website=The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-19}}</ref> He covered the Syrian conflict since the uprising began in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/03/isis-members-interviewed-book.html|title=‘Why Would Someone Participate in the Beheading of Their Cousin?’ Talking With an Author Who Interviewed Dozens of ISIS Members|newspaper=Daily Intelligencer|access-date=2016-11-18}}</ref> His research on [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|the Islamic State]] included extensive interviews with members of the organization since its rise in his area in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/03/isis-members-interviewed-book.html|title=‘Why Would Someone Participate in the Beheading of Their Cousin?’ Talking With an Author Who Interviewed Dozens of ISIS Members|newspaper=Daily Intelligencer|access-date=2016-11-18}}</ref>

In 2000, he moved to [[Damascus]] to study English literature at Damascus University.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/profile/preview?locale=en_US&trk=prof-0-sb-preview-primary-button|title=Sign Up {{!}} LinkedIn|website=www.linkedin.com|access-date=2016-11-24}}</ref> In 2006, he moved to the United Kingdom, where he completed an MA in [[International relations]] at the [[University of Nottingham]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Hassan Hassan |url=https://timep.org/author/hassan/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924213532/https://timep.org/author/hassan/ |archive-date=2018-09-24 |access-date=2016-10-31 |publisher=The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy |language=en-US}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
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[[File:Hassanhassan.jpg|thumb|Hassan Hassan discusses his work on extremism in DC]]
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His book on the rise of the Islamic State<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/ISIS-Inside-Terror-Michael-Weiss/dp/1941393578|title=ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror|last=Weiss|first=Michael|last2=Hassan|first2=Hassan|date=2015-02-17|publisher=Regan Arts.|isbn=9781941393574|edition=First|language=English}}</ref> was chosen by the [[The Wall Street Journal|Wall Street Journal]] as one of 10 must-read works on the evolution of terrorism in the Middle East,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2015/11/17/10-must-read-books-on-terrorism/|title=10 Must-Read Books on the Evolution of Terrorism in the Middle East|last=Russell|first=Anna|newspaper=WSJ|access-date=2016-11-19}}</ref> one of the [[The Times|Times of London]]’s Best Books of 2015,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/isis-michael-weiss/1120956176;jsessionid=E907C3E6751EB9667AC281515501662B.prodny_store01-atgap10|title=ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror (Updated Edition)|last=Noble|first=Barnes &|website=Barnes & Noble|access-date=2016-11-19}}</ref> and the New York Times' Editors' Choice in April 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/12/books/review/editors-choice.html|title=Editors’ Choice|date=2015-04-10|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-11-19}}</ref> The book was reviewed favorably twice by the New York Times.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/books/review/isis-inside-the-army-of-terror-and-more.html|title=‘ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror,’ and More|last=Negus|first=Steve|date=2015-04-01|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-11-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/03/books/review-isis-the-state-of-terror-by-jessica-stern-and-j-m-berger-and-isis-inside-the-army-of-terror-by-michael-weiss.html|title=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|last=Kakutani|first=Michiko|date=2015-04-02|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-11-19}}</ref> [[The New York Times]]' chief book critic, [[Michiko Kakutani|Michio Kakutani]], said the book gave readers "a fine-grained look at the organization’s evolution through assorted incarnations."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/03/books/review-isis-the-state-of-terror-by-jessica-stern-and-j-m-berger-and-isis-inside-the-army-of-terror-by-michael-weiss.html|title=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|last=Kakutani|first=Michiko|date=2015-04-02|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-11-19}}</ref>


=== Journalism ===
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Hassan studies Sunni and Shia militant organizations, as well as Iraq, Syria, and the Gulf.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timep.org/author/hassan/|title=Hassan Hassan - The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy|website=The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-24}}</ref> His research was commissioned by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/06/13/sectarianism-of-islamic-state-ideological-roots-and-political-context-pub-63746|title=The Sectarianism of the Islamic State: Ideological Roots and Political Context|last=Hassan|first=Hassan|website=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace|access-date=2016-11-24}}</ref> European Council on Foreign Relations,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_syria_the_view_from_the_gulf_states135|title=Syria: the view from the Gulf states|website=ECFR|access-date=2016-11-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/the_gulf_and_sectarianism217|title=The Gulf and sectarianism}}</ref> Chatham House,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://rusi.org/publication/occasional-papers/understanding-irans-role-syrian-conflict|title=Understanding Iran's Role in the Syrian Conflict|date=2016-08-01|newspaper=RUSI|access-date=2016-11-24}}</ref> [[Royal United Services Institute]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://rusi.org/publication/occasional-papers/understanding-irans-role-syrian-conflict|title=Understanding Iran's Role in the Syrian Conflict|date=2016-08-01|newspaper=RUSI|access-date=2016-11-24}}</ref> Brookings Institution,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/04/18/experts-weigh-in-part-7-is-isis-good-at-governing/|title=Experts weigh in (part 7): Is ISIS good at governing? {{!}} Brookings Institution|newspaper=Brookings|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-24}}</ref> University of Oxford's Gulf studies forum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxgaps.org/gulf-affairs/publications/gcc-security-amid-regional-crises|title=new item|website=www.oxgaps.org|access-date=2016-11-24}}</ref>
After graduation, Hassan moved to the [[United Arab Emirates]] in 2008 to work as a news reporter for the then newly-launched English-language daily ''[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]]'' newspaper in [[Abu Dhabi]], covering domestic and Gulf affairs.<ref name=":0" /> After the onset of the Arab Spring uprisings, he joined its opinion section as a weekly columnist, and later became the department’s deputy editor.<ref name=":5" />

In particular, Hassan covered the Syrian conflict since the uprising began in 2011.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |title='Why Would Someone Participate in the Beheading of Their Cousin?' Talking With an Author Who Interviewed Dozens of ISIS Members |url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/03/isis-members-interviewed-book.html |access-date=2016-11-18 |work=Daily Intelligencer}}</ref> His research on the [[Islamic State of Iraq and Syria]] (ISIS) included extensive interviews with members of the organization since its rise in his home region in June 2014.<ref name=":1" />

After moving to Washington, D.C., in 2016, Hassan continued writing for ''The National'',<ref name=":5" /> and was also a regular contributing writer to ''The Atlantic''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 January 2024 |title=All stories by Hassan Hassan - The Atlantic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/author/hassan-hassan/ |access-date=24 January 2024 |website=The Atlantic}}</ref> In addition, Hassan has written for ''The Guardian'', the ''New York Times'', the ''Financial Times'', ''Foreign Policy'', ''Foreign Affairs'' and the ''Daily Beast''.<ref name=":4" />

=== Academia ===
In Washington, D.C., Hassan has been involved in policy research, in parallel to his journalistic work.<ref name=":5" /> He specialized in the study of [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] and [[Shia Islam|Shia]] militant organizations, as well as Iraq, Syria, and the [[Persian Gulf]].<ref name=":0" />

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His research was commissioned by [[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/06/13/sectarianism-of-islamic-state-ideological-roots-and-political-context-pub-63746|title=The Sectarianism of the Islamic State: Ideological Roots and Political Context|last=Hassan|first=Hassan|website=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace|access-date=2016-11-24}}</ref> [[European Council on Foreign Relations]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_syria_the_view_from_the_gulf_states135|title=Syria: the view from the Gulf states|website=ECFR|date=June 13, 2013 |access-date=2016-11-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.ecfr.eu/publications/summary/the_gulf_and_sectarianism217|title=The Gulf and sectarianism|date=November 13, 2013 }}</ref> [[Chatham House]],<ref name=":3" /> [[Royal United Services Institute]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://rusi.org/publication/occasional-papers/understanding-irans-role-syrian-conflict|title=Understanding Iran's Role in the Syrian Conflict|date=August 1, 2016|publisher=RUSI|access-date=2016-11-24}}</ref> [[Brookings Institution]], and<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2016/04/18/experts-weigh-in-part-7-is-isis-good-at-governing/|title=Experts weigh in (part 7): Is ISIS good at governing? |publisher=Brookings Institution|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-24}}</ref> [[University of Oxford]]'s Gulf studies forum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oxgaps.org/gulf-affairs/publications/gcc-security-amid-regional-crises|title=GCC Security Amid Regional Crises|website=www.oxgaps.org|access-date=2016-11-24}}</ref>

He previously worked as an associate fellow at [[Chatham House]],<ref name=":3">{{cite web |title=Hassan Hassan Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme |url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/hassan-hassan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815103425/https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/hassan-hassan |archive-date=15 August 2016 |access-date=June 30, 2016 |website=Chatham House – International Affairs Think Tank |publisher=Chatham House}}</ref> a senior fellow at the [[Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timep.org/commentary/understanding-the-islamic-states-strategy-hassan-hassan-on-last-weeks-terrorism-events/ |title=Understanding the Islamic State's Strategy: Hassan Hassan on Last Week's Terrorism Events |publisher=Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy |date=November 19, 2015 |access-date=June 30, 2016}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> a senior researcher at [[George Washington University]],<ref name=":4" /> and a director at the Center for Global Policy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 January 2021 |title=Hassan Hassan - Center for Global Policy |url=https://cgpolicy.org/author/hassan/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113022506/https://cgpolicy.org/author/hassan/ |archive-date=13 January 2021 |access-date=24 January 2024 |website=Center for Global Policy}}</ref> He was also a research associate at the Delma Institute in the United Arab Emirates.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 February 2024 |title=Hassan Hassan – The Cairo Review of Global Affairs |url=https://www.thecairoreview.com/contributors/hassan-hassan/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928060135/https://www.thecairoreview.com/contributors/hassan-hassan/ |archive-date=28 September 2021 |website=The Cairo Review of Global Affairs}}</ref>

Hassan is currently a director at the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy, a think tank in Washington D.C.<ref name=":4" /> He was responsible for founding the institute’s Human Security Unit, before establishing New Lines Magazine.

=== Testifying in Congress ===
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Hassan has advised officials in the United States and the Middle East. In June 2016, Hassan testified before the [[United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs|US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee]] on the extremist ideology of ISIS,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/the-ideology-of-isis|title=Hearings |publisher=Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee|access-date=2016-11-24}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Hassan Hassan|title=Hassan's testimony before the Senate's Homeland Security & Govt Affairs Committee|date=June 27, 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB_QY-0-wfM|access-date=2016-11-24}}</ref> a widely covered hearing.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/experts-the-next-president-will-face-a-more-dangerous-isis/article/2596692|title=Experts: The next president will face a more dangerous ISIS |newspaper=Washington Examiner|access-date=2017-02-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-usa-iraq-idUSKCN0Z80CO|title=Gains against Islamic State not yet enough, could backfire: U.S. officials|date=June 22, 2017|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=2017-02-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.voanews.com/a/yazidi-woman-pleads-us-hold-is-accountable/3386001.html|title=Yazidi Woman Pleads With US to Hold IS Accountable|last=Seldin|first=Jeff|newspaper=VOA|access-date=2017-02-15|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/syrian-refugee-subhi-nahas-gives-voice-lgbtq-asylum-seekers-n597686|title=Syrian Refugee Subhi Nahas Gives Voice to LGBTQ Asylum-Seekers|publisher=NBC News|access-date=2017-02-15|language=en}}</ref> In February 2017, he testified before the [[United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs|House Foreign Affairs Committee]] on defeating [[terrorism in Syria]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-defeating-terrorism-syria-new-way-forward/|title=Subcommittee Hearing: Defeating Terrorism in Syria: A New Way Forward|publisher=House Committee on Foreign Affairs|access-date=2017-02-15|language=en-US|archive-date=2019-01-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103153859/https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-defeating-terrorism-syria-new-way-forward/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Publications ==

=== Books ===
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In 2015, Hassan authored a book with Michael Weiss on the rise of the militant group ISIS, titled ''[[ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror]].''<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Weiss |first1=Michael |title=ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror |last2=Hassan |first2=Hassan |date=February 17, 2015 |publisher=Regan Arts. |isbn=978-1-941393-57-4 |edition=First |language=English}}</ref> His book was chosen by ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' as one of 10 must-read works on the evolution of terrorism in the Middle East,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Russell |first=Anna |title=10 Must-Read Books on the Evolution of Terrorism in the Middle East |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2015/11/17/10-must-read-books-on-terrorism/ |access-date=2016-11-19 |newspaper=WSJ}}</ref> one of the London ''[[The Times|Times]]''{{'}} Best Books of 2015,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Noble |first=Barnes & |title=ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror (Updated Edition) |url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/isis-michael-weiss/1120956176;jsessionid=E907C3E6751EB9667AC281515501662B.prodny_store01-atgap10 |access-date=2016-11-19 |website=Barnes & Noble}}</ref> and ''The New York Times'' Editors' Choice in April 2015.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 10, 2015 |title=Editors' Choice |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/12/books/review/editors-choice.html |access-date=2016-11-19 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The book was reviewed favorably twice by ''The New York Times''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Negus |first=Steve |date=April 1, 2015 |title='ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror,' and More |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/books/review/isis-inside-the-army-of-terror-and-more.html |access-date=2016-11-19 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Kakutani |first=Michiko |date=April 2, 2015 |title=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 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/03/books/review-isis-the-state-of-terror-by-jessica-stern-and-j-m-berger-and-isis-inside-the-army-of-terror-by-michael-weiss.html |access-date=2016-11-19 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ''Times''{{'}} chief book critic, [[Michiko Kakutani]], said the book gave readers "a fine-grained look at the organization’s evolution through assorted incarnations."<ref name=":2" /> It has been translated into over a dozen languages.<ref name=":5" />

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 [[Hayat Tahrir al-Sham|Tahrir al-Sham]], the successor organisation of the Syrian branch of [[al-Qaeda]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 24, 2019 |title=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 |url=https://twitter.com/hxhassan/status/1209614616810205185 |publisher=Hassan Hassan on YouTube |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== ''New Lines Magazine'' ===
Hassan founded ''New Lines Magazine'', a global affairs magazine, in October 2020. Since then, he has acted as its [[editor-in-chief]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 January 2024 |title=New Lines Institute Annual Report 2020-2021 - New Lines Institute |url=https://newlinesinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/New-Lines-Institute-annual-report-V9-1.pdf |access-date=31 January 2024 |website=New Lines Institute}}</ref> The magazine was initially launched by the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy to showcase the best writing from the Middle East. In September 2022, Hassan announced that the magazine would be broadening its coverage to publish stories from around the world.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 September 2022 |title=New Lines Broadens Its Horizons to Include the Whole World {{!}} New Lines Magazine |url=https://newlinesmag.com/pressroom/new-lines-broadens-its-horizons-to-include-the-whole-world/ |access-date=31 January 2024 |website=New Lines Magazine}}</ref>


Hassan told the [[Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism|Reuters Institute]] in 2021 that the magazine was launched in response to Western journalists’ reliance on outdated views of the Middle East, which pervades coverage of the region.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 April 2021 |title=Newlinesmag.com: a fresh voice from the Middle East - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWiI3Qze9lI |access-date=31 January 2024 |website=YouTube}}</ref>
Hassan is currently a senior fellow at the [[Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy]], a think-tank in Washington DC, and a weekly columnist for [[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]] newspaper in [[Abu Dhabi]], the United Arab Emirates.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timep.org/commentary/understanding-the-islamic-states-strategy-hassan-hassan-on-last-weeks-terrorism-events/ | title=Understanding the Islamic State’s Strategy: Hassan Hassan on Last Week’s Terrorism Events | publisher=Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy | date=19 November 2015 | accessdate=30 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thenational.ae/authors/hassan-hassan|title=Hassan Hassan {{!}} - The National|website=The National|access-date=2016-10-31}}</ref> He was previously an associate fellow at [[Chatham House]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/hassan-hassan|title=Hassan Hassan Associate Fellow, Middle East and North Africa Programme|publisher=Chatham House|accessdate=30 June 2016}}</ref> He advises officials in the United States and the Middle East.


[[Harvard University]]’s [[Nieman Foundation for Journalism|''Nieman Lab'']] describes New Lines Magazine’s mission as “to serve audiences that want to read [[Long-form journalism|long-form]], [[narrative journalism]],” with an emphasis on "[[Local journalism|local reporting]] from journalists and experts".<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 January 2023 |title=How New Lines Magazine built a home for long-form international reporting {{!}} Nieman Journalism Lab |url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/01/how-new-lines-magazine-built-a-home-for-long-form-international-reporting/ |access-date=31 January 2024 |website=Nieman Journalism Lab}}</ref>
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In June 2016, Hassan testified before the [[United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs|Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee]] on the extremist ideology of [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIS]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/the-ideology-of-isis|title=Hearings {{!}} Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee|website=www.hsgac.senate.gov|access-date=2016-11-24}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Hassan Hassan|title=Hassan's testimony before the Senate's Homeland Security & Govt Affairs Committee|date=2016-06-27|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB_QY-0-wfM|accessdate=2016-11-24}}</ref> a widely covered hearing.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/experts-the-next-president-will-face-a-more-dangerous-isis/article/2596692|title=Experts: The next president will face a more dangerous ISIS|newspaper=Washington Examiner|access-date=2017-02-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-usa-iraq-idUSKCN0Z80CO|title=Gains against Islamic State not yet enough, could backfire: U.S. officials|date=2017-06-22|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=2017-02-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.voanews.com/a/yazidi-woman-pleads-us-hold-is-accountable/3386001.html|title=Yazidi Woman Pleads With US to Hold IS Accountable|last=Seldin|first=Jeff|newspaper=VOA|access-date=2017-02-15|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/syrian-refugee-subhi-nahas-gives-voice-lgbtq-asylum-seekers-n597686|title=Syrian Refugee Subhi Nahas Gives Voice to LGBTQ Asylum-Seekers|newspaper=NBC News|access-date=2017-02-15|language=en}}</ref> In February 2017, he testified before the [[United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs|House Foreign Affairs Committee]] on defeating terrorism in Syria.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-hearing-defeating-terrorism-syria-new-way-forward/|title=Subcommittee Hearing: Defeating Terrorism in Syria: A New Way Forward - Committee on Foreign Affairs|newspaper=Committee on Foreign Affairs|access-date=2017-02-15|language=en-US}}</ref>


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*[https://books.google.com/books/about/ISIS.html?id=-khxBgAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y Google books]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=-khxBgAAQBAJ Google books]
*[https://www.amazon.com/Hassan-Hassan/e/B00SWTQR4Y/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_2 Amazon]
* [https://www.amazon.com/Hassan-Hassan/e/B00SWTQR4Y/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_2 Amazon]
*[http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/06/13/sectarianism-of-islamic-state-ideological-roots-and-political-context-pub-63746 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]
* [http://carnegieendowment.org/2016/06/13/sectarianism-of-islamic-state-ideological-roots-and-political-context-pub-63746 Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]
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Revision as of 17:41, 1 May 2024

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 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.[14]

Career

Journalism

After graduation, Hassan moved to the United Arab Emirates in 2008 to work as a news reporter for the then newly-launched English-language daily The National newspaper in Abu Dhabi, covering domestic and Gulf affairs.[14] After the onset of the Arab Spring uprisings, he joined its opinion section as a weekly columnist, and later became the department’s deputy editor.[11]

In particular, Hassan covered the Syrian conflict since the uprising began in 2011.[15] His research on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) included extensive interviews with members of the organization since its rise in his home region in June 2014.[15]

After moving to Washington, D.C., in 2016, Hassan continued writing for The National,[11] and was also a regular contributing writer to The Atlantic.[16] In addition, Hassan has written for The Guardian, the New York Times, the Financial Times, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs and the Daily Beast.[10]

Academia

In Washington, D.C., Hassan has been involved in policy research, in parallel to his journalistic work.[11] He specialized in the study of Sunni and Shia militant organizations, as well as Iraq, Syria, and the Persian Gulf.[14]

His research was commissioned by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,[17] European Council on Foreign Relations,[18][19] Chatham House,[20] Royal United Services Institute,[21] Brookings Institution, and[22] University of Oxford's Gulf studies forum.[23]

He previously worked as an associate fellow at Chatham House,[20] a senior fellow at the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy,[24][14] a senior researcher at George Washington University,[10] and a director at the Center for Global Policy.[25] He was also a research associate at the Delma Institute in the United Arab Emirates.[26]

Hassan is currently a director at the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy, a think tank in Washington D.C.[10] He was responsible for founding the institute’s Human Security Unit, before establishing New Lines Magazine.

Testifying in Congress

Hassan has advised officials in the United States and the Middle East. In June 2016, Hassan testified before the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on the extremist ideology of ISIS,[27][28] a widely covered hearing.[29][30][31][32] In February 2017, he testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on defeating terrorism in Syria.[33]

Publications

Books

In 2015, Hassan authored a book with Michael Weiss on the rise of the militant group ISIS, titled ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror.[34] His book was chosen by The Wall Street Journal as one of 10 must-read works on the evolution of terrorism in the Middle East,[35] one of the London Times' Best Books of 2015,[36] and The New York Times Editors' Choice in April 2015.[37] The book was reviewed favorably twice by The New York Times.[38][39] Times' chief book critic, Michiko Kakutani, said the book gave readers "a fine-grained look at the organization’s evolution through assorted incarnations."[39] It has been translated into over a dozen languages.[11]

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.[40]

New Lines Magazine

Hassan founded New Lines Magazine, a global affairs magazine, in October 2020. Since then, he has acted as its editor-in-chief.[41] The magazine was initially launched by the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy to showcase the best writing from the Middle East. In September 2022, Hassan announced that the magazine would be broadening its coverage to publish stories from around the world.[42]

Hassan told the Reuters Institute in 2021 that the magazine was launched in response to Western journalists’ reliance on outdated views of the Middle East, which pervades coverage of the region.[43]

Harvard University’s Nieman Lab describes New Lines Magazine’s mission as “to serve audiences that want to read long-form, narrative journalism,” with an emphasis on "local reporting from journalists and experts".[44]

References

  1. ^ "Hassan Hassan". The Guardian. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  2. ^ Negus, Steve (April 2015). "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. October 27, 2014. 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, February 16, 2016, 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. ^ a b c d "Hassan Hassan - New Lines Institute". New Lines Institute. January 24, 2024. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  11. ^ a b c d e "Hassan Hassan - New Lines Magazine". New Lines Magazine. January 11, 2024. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  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. ^ a b c d "Hassan Hassan". The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy. Archived from the original on September 24, 2018. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  15. ^ a b "'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.
  16. ^ "All stories by Hassan Hassan - The Atlantic". The Atlantic. January 24, 2024. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  17. ^ Hassan, Hassan. "The Sectarianism of the Islamic State: Ideological Roots and Political Context". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  18. ^ "Syria: the view from the Gulf states". ECFR. June 13, 2013. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  19. ^ The Gulf and sectarianism. November 13, 2013.
  20. ^ a b "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.
  21. ^ "Understanding Iran's Role in the Syrian Conflict". RUSI. August 1, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  22. ^ "Experts weigh in (part 7): Is ISIS good at governing?". Brookings Institution. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  23. ^ "GCC Security Amid Regional Crises". www.oxgaps.org. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  24. ^ "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.
  25. ^ "Hassan Hassan - Center for Global Policy". Center for Global Policy. January 13, 2021. Archived from the original on January 13, 2021. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  26. ^ "Hassan Hassan – The Cairo Review of Global Affairs". The Cairo Review of Global Affairs. February 2, 2024. Archived from the original on September 28, 2021.
  27. ^ "Hearings". Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  28. ^ Hassan Hassan (June 27, 2016), Hassan's testimony before the Senate's Homeland Security & Govt Affairs Committee, retrieved November 24, 2016
  29. ^ "Experts: The next president will face a more dangerous ISIS". Washington Examiner. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  30. ^ "Gains against Islamic State not yet enough, could backfire: U.S. officials". Reuters. June 22, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  31. ^ Seldin, Jeff. "Yazidi Woman Pleads With US to Hold IS Accountable". VOA. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  32. ^ "Syrian Refugee Subhi Nahas Gives Voice to LGBTQ Asylum-Seekers". NBC News. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  33. ^ "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.
  34. ^ Weiss, Michael; Hassan, Hassan (February 17, 2015). ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror (First ed.). Regan Arts. ISBN 978-1-941393-57-4.
  35. ^ Russell, Anna. "10 Must-Read Books on the Evolution of Terrorism in the Middle East". WSJ. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  36. ^ Noble, Barnes &. "ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror (Updated Edition)". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  37. ^ "Editors' Choice". The New York Times. April 10, 2015. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  38. ^ Negus, Steve (April 1, 2015). "'ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror,' and More". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  39. ^ a b 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.
  40. ^ "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.
  41. ^ "New Lines Institute Annual Report 2020-2021 - New Lines Institute" (PDF). New Lines Institute. January 31, 2024. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
  42. ^ "New Lines Broadens Its Horizons to Include the Whole World | New Lines Magazine". New Lines Magazine. September 12, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
  43. ^ "Newlinesmag.com: a fresh voice from the Middle East - YouTube". YouTube. April 28, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
  44. ^ "How New Lines Magazine built a home for long-form international reporting | Nieman Journalism Lab". Nieman Journalism Lab. January 4, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2024.

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