Jad is a Middle Eastern socialist based in Paris. He has been part of the wave of Yellow Vests protests that have forced French President Emmanuel Macron to freeze a fuel tax hike, as well as campaigns against Islamophobia and the fascist National Front, now known as Rassemblement national. He also writes on Middle Eastern politics, and is co-author of the pamphlet Syria–revolution, counter-revolution and war. Jad will speak on imperialism and revolution in the Middle East as well as fighting fascism and the far right in Europe.
Watch Jad speak on the Yellow Vests here
and on Imperialism and resistance in the Middle East today (2017) and A Marxist history of early Islam
Jad has also written for Middle East Eye and Socialist Review (UK)
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