What is "yasser"

Yasser (also spelled Yaser, Yasir, or Yassir; , Yāsir) is an Arabic male name, it may refer to:

Yasser is a play by Moroccan-born Dutch novelist, playwright and journalist Abdelkader Benali. It was written in 2001, and describes the challenges and adversities faced by a Palestinian actor in playing the role of Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.