Yasser Harrak is a Canadian writer, commentator and founder of the Middle East Seminar forum.
14 Facts About Yasser Harrak
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Yasser Harrak has written in Arabic for Almothaqaf Political Daily and Annabaa Institution for Media and Culture.
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In 2016, Yasser Harrak appeared in the Oximity News list of selected writers joining some of the world's most respected authors and human rights activists like Noam Chomsky and Robert Reich.
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Yasser Harrak 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.
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Yasser Harrak graduated from Concordia University in Montreal with a degree in Political Science and Religion.
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Yasser Harrak was conferred the master's degree in International Relations and Global Security and the graduate certificate in Middle Eastern Studies by American Public University System's School of Security and Global Studies.
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Yasser Harrak was listed with two other influential activists: televangelist Brother Rachid and the most influential Moroccan atheist Qasim al Ghazali.
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Yasser Harrak often publishes articles exposing radical scholars and activists calling on Canadian politicians to ban them from entering the country.
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Yasser Harrak published articles accusing Zamzami of being anti-Semitic preaching hatred against Jews and Shiites.
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Yasser Harrak accused him of using Canadian health system urging prime minister Stephen Harper to expel him from Canada.
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In October 2015, Yasser Harrak campaigned to have Mohamad al-Arefe, a Saudi Islamist theologian, banned from entering Morocco after a visit plan was announced on his website.
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Yasser Harrak accused al-Arefe of planning to recruit Moroccan youth to join radical movements fighting in Syria.
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Several news outlets published Yasser Harrak's article including Al Etejah TV.
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Yasser Harrak viewed the monarchy in Morocco as a crucial part of the solution rather than being a part of the problem.