سلام نتنياهو

Netanyahu's Peace

As-Safir

Netanyahu's "peace": Arab recognition for non-war—he who gives peace can wage war. Palestinian self-rule "except what threatens Israel"—meaning everything.

وثيقة حزب اﷲ: هل النظام من الايمان؟

Hezbollah's Document: Is the System a Matter of Faith?

As-Safir

Hezbollah declares confessionalism "the fundamental problem" then adopts it. "Order is part of faith"—but is this order, run by big bankers, faith or unbelief?

لبنان في مهب السلام

Lebanon in the Winds of Peace

As-Safir

Between proposals for sectarian military federalism and confining defense to the "resistance," Lebanon finds itself divided and unable to formulate a unified defense strategy, leaving it at the mercy of regional peace instead of controlling its destiny.

الستراتيجية الدفاعية في المناخ المتقلّب

The Defense Strategy in Shifting Climates

As-Safir

In a turbulent regional climate, Lebanon's defense strategy cannot ignore the reality of its two national defense forces—the army and the resistance—nor the strategic role of the latter's missile arsenal in the balance of power with Israel.

مقابلة البوصلة

Al-Bawsala Interview

Al-Bawsala

In a world where capitalism claims victory and absorption of left-wing demands, the interview reveals this to be a superficial re-framing that exacerbates capitalism's crises and challenges the Left to renew its vision.

بين محمد سعيد الزعيم وجبرائيل منسى

Between Muhammad Said al-Za'im and Gabriel Menassa

Menassa: "we import or we die." Za'im: "exchange benefits, don't impose interests." The paradox: what colonialism united, independence divided.

الجولان في لحظة الحقيقة

The Golan at the Moment of Truth

As-Safir

The Golan at a moment of truth — the negotiations on offer entrench the occupation, not end it. What strategy: regional role or resistance?

نحو تسوية تاريخية لبنانية-سورية: من يجروء؟

Toward a Historic Lebanese-Syrian Settlement: Who Dares?

As-Safir

After the failure of the Arab League initiative and the deterioration of relations, the text calls for a bold Lebanese-Syrian historical settlement addressing the unresolved structural issues, from border control to the arms of the resistance.

الاستقلالان: اسئلة التاريخ ودروسه

The Two Independences: Questions of History and Its Lessons

As-Safir

Independence cannot be separated from the sectarian system, which is the primary generator of foreign dependency, rendering true sovereignty in Lebanon a mere illusion.

شارع الذين لا شارع لهم!

The Street of Those Who Have No Street!

As-Safir

Between March 8 and 14's streets — is there room for the street of those who have no street? Enough fighting — and enough prelude to fighting.

سؤال من أجل الجولان 

A Question for the Golan

As-Safir

What will Damascus choose for the Golan — the illusion of a regional role, or the same resistance it praises and supports in Lebanon?

الجولان في «الحرب الكونية ضد الارهاب»

The Golan Heights in the "Global War on Terror"

Al-Quds Al-Arabi

Amidst the "global war on terror," Netanyahu seeks to solidify the annexation of the occupied Golan, exploiting the Syrian regime and opposition's missed opportunities to reclaim it.

سمير قصير، كيف أضعتك؟

Samir Kassir, How Did I Lose You?

As-Safir

"Samir Kassir, how did I lose you?" is a personal elegy that goes beyond physical loss to a political and intellectual estrangement, as "false heirs" attempt to erase Kassir's true legacy by presenting his final years as his entire life.

خاف الطغاة فقتلوه

The Tyrants Feared Him, So They Killed Him

Tyrants feared him and killed him — because he said with brazen simplicity that democracy is the road to Palestine. A free man whose prisons can no longer hold everyone.

كي يتحول الكيان الى وطن

For the Entity to Become a Homeland

The entity created in 1920 has never become a homeland — the individual never became a citizen. Every solution carries the seeds of a new crisis, and every disagreement invites foreign intervention.

الانقلاب على الثورات

The Coup Against the Revolutions

Bidayat

The coup against the revolutions: removing heads to save systems — only organization defeats organization, only parties defeat parties.

حوار مع فواز طرابلسي على قناة الوحدة العربية

في صداقة عبد الرحمن منيف والباهي محمد وفي طلب الطوفان

On the Friendship of Abdel Rahman Munif and al-Bahi Muhammad, and in Calling for the Deluge

From an encounter between leftists in the Baath Party to Parisian exile, Abdel Rahman Munif's friendship unfolds as a journey of political disillusionment and a conviction that literature is more capable of grasping reality, leading to the call for a "flood."

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.

Stereotyping the ‘Syrian’ in Lebanon, Arab Stereotyping

Bashir Gemayel reduced eighteen million Syrians to the singular "the Syrian"—and the entire political class adopted this stereotyping that redirects class resentment toward a neighboring people.

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.