Hassan Hassan

Hassan Hassan is an author and journalist. He co-wrote the 2015 New York Times Bestseller ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror with Michael Weiss. His work on Islamist groups in the Middle East is widely acclaimed. He frequently appeared on flagship television programs, including the O'Reilly Factor, Amanpour and the Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, and has written for the New York Times, Foreign Policy, the Guardian, Foreign Affairs, Financial Times, the Daily Beast, among other outlets. 2Background Hassan is from Albu Kamal, Deir Ezzor, in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border. He moved from hometown to Damascus in 2000 to study English literature at the Damascus University. He completed an MA in International Relations at the University of Nottingham, the UK. 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. He covered the Syrian conflict since the uprising began in 2011. His research on the Islamic State included extensive interviews with members of the organization since its rise in his area in 2014. 2Career His book on the rise of the Islamic State was chosen by the Wall Street Journal as one of 10 must-read works on the evolution of terrorism in the Middle East, one of the Times of London’s Best Books of 2015, and the New York Times' Editors' Choice in April 201