Book Launch: The Blood Between Us - Syria After the Fall of Assad

Syrian British Consortium and Oxford Syria Society invite you to a discussion with Robin Yassin-Kassab about his new book, which captures a major turning point in Syria's history following the end of the sixty-year Baathist dictatorship and Assad family rule!
The Blood Between Us - Syria After the Fall of Assad

• The book explores the unprecedented and volatile transition, asking urgent questions about justice, reconciliation, and the future shape of the country.
• The text interweaves political context, reportage, and personal stories to offer a textured portrait of a nation facing immense risk and revolutionary promise.

About the Author

• Robin Yassin-Kassab is a British Syrian writer and journalist based in Scotland who has commented on the Syrian Revolution since 2011.
• He is the co-author of the Folio Prize-shortlisted Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War and the novel The Road to Damascus.
• He currently acts as the English editor for the Prisons Museum, an NGO documenting prisons run by both ISIS and the Assad regime.

Praise for the Book

• "Robin Yassin-Kassab is unmatched in his knowledge, analysis and his passion." — Janine di Giovanni
• "Robin Yassin-Kassab delivers a lucid and compelling account of Syria's ongoing struggle for change. Powerful and deeply informed..." — Dr Bente Scheller
• "An invaluable account of a brutal dictatorship combining historical insight with first-hand observation..." — Philip S. Khoury