Yassin al-Haj Saleh

Yassin al - Haj Saleh (* ar - Raqqa, 1961 in Syria) is a Syrian writer and dissident. His topics include politics, culture and social affairs in Syria and the Arab world.

During his medical studies Saleh was arrested in 1980 because of membership in an illegal Communist Party. He was imprisoned for 16 years, the last years in the dreaded prison of Tadmor. After his release in 1996 he made in 2000 with a degree in medicine, but never practiced. It calls for democratic reforms and writes as a political writer for several Arabic newspapers. Among them are al -Hayat, a pan-Arab newspaper published in London is. He can not leave Syria because he was forbidden to own a passport.

Publications

  • Prisoner of Damascus, Yassin al - Haj Saleh, The New York Times, 10 April 2011 ( eng)
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