Robin yassin kassab biography of michael

  • British Syrian novelist Robin Yassin-Kassab was born in London, and grew up in Merseyside and Scotland, spending another year in England's capital before.
  • Robin Yassin-Kassab was born in west London in Except for six months he spent in Beirut, he grew up in England and Scotland.
  • Robin Yassin-Kassab is co-author of Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War and English editor of the Isis Prisons Museum.

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    In the second issue of Critical Muslim:

    Ziauddin Sardar argues why Islamic reform is necessary, Bruce Lawrence sees Muslim cosmopolitanism as the future, Parvez Manzoor declares jihad on the idea of ‘the political’, Samia Rahman gets to the root of Muslim misogyny, Michael Muhammad Knight explains his taqwacore beliefs, Soha al-Jurf has problems with orthodoxy, Carool Kersten suggests that critical thinkers and reformers are often seen as heretics, and Ben Gidley on what keeps Muslims and Jews apart and what can bring them together.

    Also in this issue: Stuart Sim takes a sledgehammer to the ‘profit motive’, Andy Simons argues that Jazz is just as Muslim as it is American, Robin Yassin-Kabbab meets the new crop of Iraqi writers in Erbil, Said Adrus visits a Muslim cemetery in Woking, Ehsan Masood confesses he spent his youth reading the extremist writer Maryam Jameelah, Iftikar Malik dismisses pessimism about Pakistan, Hassan Mahamdallie explores what it means to be an American, Jerry Ravetz discovers the Arabic Maimonides, Vinay Lal assesses the legacy of Edward Said, and Merryl Wyn Davies takes a train to 9/ Plus a brilliant new story from Aamer Hussein and four poems by the celebrated Mimi Khalvati.

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    Capital

    C Scott Jordan and Tahir Abbas explores the way of capital, Liam Mayo highlights capitalist abstractions, Muhammad Aslam and Amreen Sultan suggest that Islamic banking has highjacked Islamic economics, Haroon Moghul wants to bring spiritual capital back to Muslim lives, Hassan Mahamdallie sets the record straight on capitalism and slavery, Haiffa Jawad eulogises Turkiye, Richard McNeil-Willson revisits the ‘War on Terror’, Nuzha Allssad Alhuza describes how Israeli bediouns have conjured up a religious economy, Scott Jordan reads recent key tomes on Capitalism, Robin Yassin-Kassab shuns capital for simple and ecologically sound lifestyle, Anwar Ibrahim defends the morally enlightened Adam Smith, and our list of ten definitions of capital.

    Also in this issue: Michael Vokabre illustrates Russian lives, Liam McKenna muses on travel, Anna Gunin and James Brooks watch recent French films about Muslims and race, Shamim Miah examines the life and books of Oliver Roy, a short story by Robin Yassin-Kassab, and poems by Naomi Foyle.

    In this issue

    • Economics

      The Inefficiency of Islamic Banking

      The last twenty-five years, rife with numerous banking and financial crises, has re-emphasized two factual realities. First, tha

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