فواز طرابلسي في برنامج «لقاء سياسي» على المنار (02-01-2003)

عبد الرحمن منيف ينادي الطوفان*

Abdel Rahman Munif Calls for the Deluge

In "Land of Darkness," a project of alternative national modernity. From al-Bahi's testament: "The flood comes and everything becomes possible, and impossible is deleted from the dictionary."

في صداقة عبد الرحمن منيف والباهي محمد

On the Friendship of Abdel Rahman Munif and al-Bahi Muhammad

Mut'ab al-Hazzal, ghost hovering over oil fields — has a real-life double: the paramount sheikh of Anizah, arrested by the US army in Iraq. Life invents its own novelistic narrative.

Guide des révolutionnaires et des rebelles arabes

A Guide to Arab Revolutionaries and Rebels

A guide, not a museum: portraits of Arab revolutionaries from Ben Barka to Mahmoud Mohamed Taha—and the lesson that defeated revolutions change the victor and failed ones accomplish more than revolutionaries imagine.

الشرعيات الخارجية على حساب الشرعية الشعبية

External Legitimacies at the Expense of Popular Legitimacy

The Islamist scarecrow justified decades of dictatorship — the uprisings proved jihadism is the exception, and "development reports" explained water with water.

The New Middle East – what’s in a name?

Every time the US hits a dead end in the region it invents a new name—and the priority is now "moderation," not democracy: Rice admitted the "moderates" are not democratic.

في نظرات النخب العربية الى المشروع الصهيوني واسرائيل

On Arab Elite Perceptions of the Zionist Project and Israel

As-Safir

Instead of "conspiracy" say "balance of power"; instead of "victim" say "a backward society unable to defend itself" — Yassin al-Hafez against the prevailing Arab view.

Modern Arab Feminism

Arab women's rights are the first concession to fundamentalism—and since 1929, Nazirah Zayn al-Din's question stands: "Do you want to unfurl your flags over your women's faces as a substitute for the kingdoms you have lost?"

An Intelligent Man’s Guide to Modern Arab Feminism

Al-Shidyaq saw the repression of female instinct as the foundation of male domination—and Nazirah Zayn al-Din asked: "Do you want to unfurl your flags over your women's faces as a substitute kingdom for the kingdoms you have lost?"

Feminizing Politics

Al-Raida

Feminizing politics is not numerical representation but freeing politics from the patriarchy that produces authoritarianism—and the intellectual construction of Arab feminism remains an unfinished project.

Arab Democracy and New Geo-Strategic Realities

The Washington Papers

Has the West tried to impose democracy on us?—No. It exported modernization, not democracy, and always backed authoritarianism. The 1949 Zaim coup was about oil and Israel, not the Cold War.

Cruelty and silence in perspective – on Kanan Makiya’s book

Makiya cuts quotes to prove a uniquely Arab "cruelty"—while he himself worked for Saddam's regime: "somebody had to do it."

شؤؤن الاوسط

Middle East Affairs

We explained absences—'why no democracy?'—instead of analyzing what exists: the mechanisms of authoritarian systems. Hope, not optimism.

مقابلة ثناء

Thana'a Interview

As-Safir

Interview: intellectual journey from Ba'ath to the new left — from war to exile and return. The Lebanese left's experience and the question of democracy and socialism.

Democracy and Arab Nationalism – SOAS

SOAS

Arab nationalism is not the antithesis of democracy—and "defenders of authenticity" import everything Western except what is progressive. The Iraqi people were punished thrice: by war, betrayal, and blockade.

Zionism and Imperialism in the Middle East

New Left Review

A foundational 1969 paper: the fundamental contradiction combines Zionist colonialism and Western imperialism in one confrontation—and the national and class contradictions condense into one.