Rime Allaf
Rime Allaf is a Syrian-born writer, editor, and public speaker.
A former Associate Fellow at London’s eminent Chatham House (the Royal Institute for International Affairs) for nearly ten years, she has researched, spoken and written about Syria, the region and international affairs for two decades.
Her articles have appeared in publications including the Guardian, New York Times and Telegraph, and she has authored and co-authored numerous academic papers. Regularly sought for her analysis and commentary, she has often been quoted by journalists on regional events, and has been a frequent guest on international broadcast media channels.
On Syria, she is now deploying her in-depth knowledge of domestic, geopolitical, cultural and socio-economic affairs in a new book, It Started in Damascus, showing how the West’s failure to deal with the Assads has led to many of the geopolitical tensions of our present era.