The next book club session will be held on Tuesday, April 16th at The Grey Dog in Nolita to discuss Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War.
Authors Robin Yassin-Kassab and Leila Al-Shami speak with Syrians from all corners of society providing a vivid account of Syrians' revolutionary hopes and strategies in the face of the Assad regime's brutal repression and the rise of ISIS. The book sews together the stories of the grassroots opposition organizations, the Free Syrian Army, the rise of ISIS and the emergence of the refugee crisis. By combining a scrupulous academic approach and insightful analysis with real world accounts, Yassin-Kassab and Al-Shami offer the most compelling narrative of the Syrian crisis to date.