The Absence of the City, Individuality and Citizenship in Arab-Islamic Culture
MOREOVER, DESPITE the number of passers-by and passing cars, the street like anywhere else is always a peaceful place where…
Progressive, Enlightened Voices from the Arab World
MOREOVER, DESPITE the number of passers-by and passing cars, the street like anywhere else is always a peaceful place where…
THE SHAYKH DESPISES the civic and nation state and calls for a state based on the authority of Islamic law…
THAT THERE IS a dual personality of ‘Arab’ and ‘Islamic’, a swinging back and forth between the past and the…
ATTEMPTS TO DIAGNOSE the factors contributing to paralysis and obstacles to Arab reform date back more than two centuries. They…
I AM WELL AWARE that simply the above title is enough for the inquisition courts to unsheathe their swords, and…
BUT ALL THE MEANINGS of truth and all the values built upon it, and deriving from it, have vanished from…
THIS IS TAKING PLACE in the face of society’s prohibition against the dominance and government of eschatological religious behaviour, of…
AT THE BEGINNING of the 20th century the first motor car entered Baghdad arriving from Aleppo, and at the wheel…
ACCORDING TO IBN QUTAYBA consensus – that is, the consensus of the nation’s élite (or legislative powers in the contemporary…