Works
Kassir's books, in French and Arabic, include a history of Beirut and a study of the Lebanese Civil War. He also co-authored a book about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and Palestinian-French relations. His last book in Arabic concerned with the "Damascus Spring" and the consequences for Lebanon of Syrian political developments; Syrian dissident film-maker Omar Amiralay penned its introduction. Before his assassination, he was working on another book about the "Beirut Spring" that aimed to discuss the recent momentous developments in Lebanon, that was supposed to be published by Actes Sud. In February 2006, a book was published with the same title, by Actes Sud, but contained translations of Arabic articles written mainly after Hariri's assassination.
- 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. ISBN 2-213-02980-6
- `Askar `ala mén? Lubnan al-jumhúriyya al-mafqúda, Beirut, Dár al-Nahár, 2004. (Soldiers against whom? Lebanon, the lost republic).
- Dímúqrátiyyat súria wastiqlál lubnan; al-ba`th `an rabí` dimashq, Beirut, Dár al-Nahár, 2004. (Syrian democracy and Lebanese independence: in search of the Damascus Spring).
- Considerations sur le malheur arabe, Paris, Actes Sud, 2004. Translated and published by, Dár al-Nahár, in November 2005.
- Liban: Un printemps inachevé, Actes Sud, 2006. Translated from Arabic by Hoda Saliby.
- L'infelicità araba, Giulio Einaudi editore s.p.a. Torino 2006.
- Primavere per una Siria Democratica e un Libano Independente, Mesogea by GEm s.r.l. 2006.
- Das Arabische unglück, Schiler 2006
- De la desgracia de ser árabe, Almuzara 2006
- Being Arab, Verso, London 2006
- Den arabiska olyckan, Ruin, Stockholm 2006
- At være araber, Informations Forlag, Købehavn 2009
- Arap Talihsizliği, İletişim Yayınları, İstanbul 2011
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