Yasser Harrak

Yasser Harrak is a Canadian writer, commentator and founder of the Middle East Seminar forum. He has written in Arabic for Almothaqaf Political Daily and Annabaa Institution for Media and Culture. Among the books, he authored The Predicators, and Shiaphobia and the Iranianization of Shiism, both published in Arabic. The Book "Anthology of the Writers of Tangier" lists Yasser Harrak among the city's most notable. In 2016, Yasser Harrak appeared in the Oximity News list of selected writers joining authors and human rights activists like Noam Chomsky and Robert Reich. He wrote and edited articles on Middle Eastern culture, security issues and current affairs for Oximity until its acquisition by reading subscription service Scribd in November 2016. The author is also listed as top contributor to Unpublished Ottawa, Canada's only social media website dedicated to current affairs. In a study published by the Center of Studies for Arab Unity, Dr. Abdelatif Hannachi cited Harrak'a article "Salafi Revisionism" in his research on Islamic movements in the Arab world. The Moroccan Al Aan weekly magazine qualified Harrak's analysis of Shi'ism in the country as most scientific and elaborate after his interview with journalist Aziz El Hor. In his study of Sunni extremism, Iraqi leftist journalist Saeb Khalil cited Harrak's work on Shiaphobia and its sociopolitical manifestations in the Arab world. In an article on Moroccan popular culture, philanthropist Ali Issa Alwabari, from the International Center for Research and Studies, relied heavily on Harrak's essay regarding the role of Fatima Zahra in the Moroccan popular culture.

Country

Canada

Category

Writers

Type

Writer / Author

Status

living

Dates

Born 1953 · age 73

Written about in

4 languages