A Syrian independent academic and author from Damascus, and lives in the UK since 1998. He has BA and diploma in Political Economy from the University of Damascus, MSc in International Relations fr...view moreA Syrian independent academic and author from Damascus, and lives in the UK since 1998. He has BA and diploma in Political Economy from the University of Damascus, MSc in International Relations from the University of Bristol, and PhD in International Relations from the University of St-Andrews. He writes about Middle East politics, Syria, the Arab Spring, international relations, revolutions, and extensively on political Islam and Jihad.view less