Samir Kassir

Samir Kassir (Arabic: سـمـيـر قـصـيـر; 1960–June 2, 2005) was a Palestinian-Lebanese university professor, journalist and historian. A prominent left-wing activist, he was a strong advocate of freedomg for the Palestinians, democracy in Lebanon and Syria and he opposed the Syrian presence in Lebanon. He was assassinated on 2 June 2005. His assailants remain unknown.

Works

• Itinéraires de Paris à Jérusalem. La France et le conflit israélo-arabe, 2 volumes, Paris, Revue des études palestiniennes, 1992 et 1993 (with Farouk Mardam-Bey)
• La guerre du Liban; De la dissension nationale au conflit régional (1975-1982), Paris, Karthala/Cermoc, 1994
• Histoire de Beyrouth, Paris, Fayard, 2003
• `Askar `ala mén? Lubnan al-jumhúriyya al-mafqúda, Beirut, Dár al-Nahár, 2004
• Dímúqrátiyyat súria wastiqlál lubnan; al-ba`th `an rabí` dimashq, Beirut, Dár al-Nahár, 2004