Randa Kassis

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Randa Kassis, 2018

Randa Kassis ( Arabic رندة قسيس, DMG Randa Qassīs , born October 8, 1970 in Damascus ) is a French - Syrian politician and a leading secular figure in the Syrian opposition .

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She is the president of the Astana Political Platform of the Syrian opposition and founder of the Pluralist Society Movement . She was a member of the Syrian National Council until August 2012. Kassis is the former president of the coalition of secular and democratic Syrians . The coalition of secular and democratic Syrians, the core of a secular and democratic Syrian opposition, was formed by the union of twelve Muslim, Christian, Arab and Kurdish parties that called on the minorities in Syria to fight against the government of Bashar al-Assad to support.

Kassis is also an anthropologist and journalist . She published a book called "Crypts of the Gods," which deals with religions, their origins and how they work. Since the beginning of the civil war in Syria on March 15, 2011, she has been a leading commentator on the Syrian conflict and the greater complexities of the Arab Spring and the future of the Middle East .

Kassis participated in the Geneva peace talks in 2016 under the banner of the Moscow / Astana groups. She is co-president with Qadri Jamil from the Syrian secular and democratic opposition delegation. She has been criticized by other opposition members for advocating a political transition in collaboration with Bashar al-Assad's regime and for supporting Russian intervention in the civil war.

At the invitation of the Center of Political and Foreign Affairs , Kassis met Donald Trump Jr. in October 2016 to discuss solutions to the Syrian conflict.

In January 2018, Kassis took part in the Russian-hosted Syrian National Dialogue Congress in Sochi as a leading representative of the opposition.

bibliography

  • Crypts of the Gods, Randa Kassis, Editions E-Kutub, 2013 (EN)
  • Le Chaos Syrien, Printemps Arabes et Minorités Face à l'islamisme, Randa Kassis and Alexandre del Valle, Editions Dhow, 2014 (FR)
  • Comprendre le chaos syria, L'Artilleur, coll.Toucan essais, 2016 (FR)
  • La Syrie et le Retour de la Russie, Editions des Syrtes, 2018 (FR)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Randa Kassis, Geneva Peace Talks 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2019 .
  2. ^ France hails Syria council, develops contacts . In: Reuters . September 16, 2011 ( reuters.com [accessed August 29, 2019]).
  3. ^ Entretien avec Randa Kassis, opposante et intellectuelle syrienne porte-parole de la Coalition des Forces Laïques et membre du Conseil National Syria. Retrieved August 29, 2019 (French).
  4. ↑ Les partis d'opposition Laics syria unissent leurs forces à Paris. September 18, 2011, accessed August 29, 2019 (French).
  5. ↑ FRANCE 5 - Programs, vidéos et replay - Pluzz FRANCE 5. Retrieved on August 29, 2019 (French).
  6. ↑ chris111: Speakers 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2019 (British English).
  7. ↑ Moscow-Astana Group - Media Stakeout (Geneva, March 23, 2016). Retrieved on August 29, 2019 .
  8. ↑ United States to press Russia on Syria's Assad . In: Reuters . March 23, 2016 ( reuters.com [accessed August 29, 2019]).
  9. ↑ Syria peace talks broaden as pro-Russia opposition meet UN envoy. March 16, 2016, accessed August 29, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Julian Borger Raya Jalabi in New York: US Syria policy: signs of shift as Trump son meets pro-Russia Damascus figure . In: The Guardian . November 23, 2016, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed August 29, 2019]).
  11. ↑ Julian Borger Raya Jalabi in New York: US Syria policy: signs of shift as Trump son meets pro-Russia Damascus figure . In: The Guardian . November 23, 2016, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed September 5, 2019]).
  12. ↑ Christina Hebel, Christoph Sydow: Syria Conference in Sochi: Peace as Putin likes it . In: Spiegel Online . January 29, 2018 ( spiegel.de [accessed September 5, 2019]).
  13. ↑ Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor: Russia's Syrian peace conference teeters on farce . In: The Guardian . January 30, 2018, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed September 5, 2019]).
  14. ↑ chris111: Speakers 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2019 (British English).
  15. ^ Randa Kassis: Crypts of the gods . Ed .: E-Kutub. London 2013, ISBN 978-1-4928-8060-8 .
personal data
SURNAME Kassis, Randa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French-Syrian politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Damascus