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Al Jadeed News
Al-Hadath
Adam Shamseddine
November 2025
Video 1h 1m
Arabic

Fawwaz Traboulsi on "Al-Hadath" (14-11-2025)

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Video AR Al Jadeed News 2025

فواز طرابلسي في برنامج «الحدث» (14-11-2025)

Fawwaz Traboulsi on "Al-Hadath" (14-11-2025)

Historian Dr. Fawwaz Traboulsi breaks down the historical roots of Lebanon's sectarian paralysis, the realities of Israel's regional hegemony, and the complex path toward a unified national defense strategy. Discover why internal disintegration, not redrawn borders, is the Middle East's true crisis.

Al Arabi 2
Mutalaat
November 2025
Video 6m
Arabic

"Man Does Not Live by Culture Alone" — What Did Fawwaz Traboulsi Mean?

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Video AR Al Arabi 2 2025

مطالعات l "ليس بالثقافة وحدها يحيا الإنسان".. ما الذي قصده المفكر اللبناني فواز طرابلسي بهذا المقال؟

"Man Does Not Live by Culture Alone" — What Did Fawwaz Traboulsi Mean?

Culture became a commodity then was frozen by religion and language into an identity for killing — we end at Huntington: real renaissance is born of work, not awareness.

Al Arabi 2
Mutalaat
Najwa Barakat
November 2025
Video 8m
Arabic

"Lebanon Is Not an Eastern Exception, but a Model of Fragmented Modernity" — Fawwaz Traboulsi on the Rise of Greater Lebanon

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مطالعات l "لبنان ليس استثناء شرقيا، بل نموذجا لحداثة مفككة".. فواز طرابلسي يتأمل "نشوء لبنان الكبير"

"Lebanon Is Not an Eastern Exception, but a Model of Fragmented Modernity" — Fawwaz Traboulsi on the Rise of Greater Lebanon

Lebanon is not an Eastern exception but a model of disassembled modernity — freedoms without democracy, elections without rule of law, sectarian definition confining Lebanese to a single existence.

Al Arabi 2
Mutalaat
Najwa Barakat
November 2025
Video 8m
Arabic

Is There Still a Left in the Arab World? Fawwaz Traboulsi Answers

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مطالعات l هل مازال هناك يسار في العالم العربي؟.. المفكر اللبناني فواز طرابلسي يجيب

Is There Still a Left in the Arab World? Fawwaz Traboulsi Answers

The left was not defeated intellectually, only practically — and twelve billionaires own a third of world wealth. If that's not the left's task, what is?

Al Arabi 2
Mutalaat
November 2025
Video 7m
Arabic

Fawwaz Traboulsi Describes Al-Aqsa Flood as the Most Important Armed Struggle Operation Since the Battle of Algiers

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Video AR Al Arabi 2 2025

مطالعات l "أهم عملية كفاح مسلح تم القيام بها بعد معركة الجزائر".. فواز طرابلسي يصف طوفان الأقـصى

Fawwaz Traboulsi Describes Al-Aqsa Flood as the Most Important Armed Struggle Operation Since the Battle of Algiers

Nobody tell me the lobby — there is an organic part of NATO called Israel: and the first unspoken weakness — the Palestinian people are split.

Shams TV
Special Interview
Malik Al-Sharif
April 2025
Video 56m
Arabic

Special Interview — Writer and Historian Fawwaz Traboulsi

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Video AR Shams TV 2025

لقاء خاص | الكاتب والمؤرخ فواز طرابلسي

Special Interview — Writer and Historian Fawwaz Traboulsi

I don't speak of 'resistance' — the resistance ended in 2000. Since then, the legitimacy of arms is purely defensive.

Al Jadeed News
Adam Shamseddine
December 2024
Video 6m
Arabic

Fawwaz Traboulsi: The International and Russian Withdrawal from Assad Is Surprising

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Video AR Al Jadeed News 2024

فواز_طرابلسي : الانسحاب الدولي والروسي من بشار الأسد مفاجئ والنظام دمر كل مقومات محاربة إسرائيل

Fawwaz Traboulsi: The International and Russian Withdrawal from Assad Is Surprising

The regime destroyed all foundations for fighting Israel — using the army against its people instead: the international and Russian withdrawal is surprising.

Al Jadeed News
Al-Hadath
Adam Shamseddine
December 2024
Video 1h 7m
Arabic

Fawwaz Traboulsi on "Al-Hadath" (10-12-2024)

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Video AR Al Jadeed News 2024

فواز طرابلسي في برنامج «الحدث» (10-12-2024)

Fawwaz Traboulsi on "Al-Hadath" (10-12-2024)

Lebanese historian Dr. Fawwaz Traboulsi unpacks the sudden collapse of the Syrian regime, Israel's strategic military maneuvers, and the uncertain future of the region. This episode also offers a critical assessment of Hezbollah's strategic choices, urging a profound recalibration of the "Resistance Axis" in a rapidly shifting Middle East.

Lebanese Communist Party
Fares Eshti
June 2024
Video 1h 13m
Arabic

The Social Base of the Left in the Socio-Economic Formation — Dr. Kamal Hamdan and Dr. Fawwaz Traboulsi

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Video AR Lebanese Communist Party 2024

القاعدة الإجتماعية لليسار في التشكيلة الإقتصادية الإجتماعية - د. كمال حمدان، د. فواز طرابلسي

The Social Base of the Left in the Socio-Economic Formation — Dr. Kamal Hamdan and Dr. Fawwaz Traboulsi

60-70% of banks have partnerships with politicians — and multinational corporations harmonize with tribal loyalties against the sovereign state.

Al Jadeed Special Content
Huna Beirut
Adam Shamseddine
April 2024
Video 7m
Arabic

Fawwaz Traboulsi: What the Palestinians Did in October Is the Most Successful Military Operation Recently

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Video AR Al Jadeed Special Content 2024

فواز طرابلسي : ما قاموا به الفلسطينيين في تشرين يعدّ أنجح عملية عسكرية مؤخراً

Fawwaz Traboulsi: What the Palestinians Did in October Is the Most Successful Military Operation Recently

Delve into a critical analysis with Fawwaz Traboulsi as he evaluates the October Palestinian military operation, comparing its strategic success to the historic 1957 Battle of Algiers. This discussion challenges the mainstream narrative, exploring the profound asymmetric realities of the conflict and the fallacy of reducing systemic occupation to a clash of individual leaders.

Al Jadeed News
Huna Beirut
Adam Shamseddine
April 2024
Video 51m
Arabic

Fawwaz Traboulsi on "Here Beirut" (26-04-2024)

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Video AR Al Jadeed News 2024

هنا بيروت - فواز طرابلسي - 26-4-2024

Fawwaz Traboulsi on "Here Beirut" (26-04-2024)

Historian Dr. Fawwaz Traboulsi analyzes the geopolitical shifts following October 7th, drawing historical parallels between the Gaza war and the 1957 Battle of Algiers. He critically evaluates Arab normalization, Hezbollah's involvement in southern Lebanon, and the stark contrast between global solidarity and regional political inaction.

Channel SifR
Channel SifR
March 2024
Video 56m
Arabic

Gaza — Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict

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Video AR Channel SifR 2024

غزة - فلسطين والصراع العربي الاسرائيلي

Gaza — Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict

The Al-Aqsa Flood is the greatest national liberation operation since the Battle of Algiers — and Israeli doctors calculated Palestinian calorie limits like their Nazi predecessors.

Information International
Lecture at Al-Madina Theatre
Nidal Al-Ashkar
March 2024
Video 1h 35m
Arabic

Gaza, Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict with Dr. Fawwaz Traboulsi

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Video AR Information International 2024

غزة فلسطين والصراع العربي الاسرائيلي مع الدكتور فواز طرابلسي

Gaza, Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict with Dr. Fawwaz Traboulsi

Join historian Dr. Fawwaz Traboulsi for a profound lecture unpacking the war on Gaza and the shifting paradigms of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Discover deep insights into Arab normalization, the role of the resistance axis, and the future of Palestinian liberation amidst unprecedented global solidarity.

Al Mada Group
Iyad Al-Anbar
February 2024
Video 46m
Arabic

Culture, Politics, and the Paths of the Arab Individual

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Video AR Al Mada Group 2024

الثقافة والسياسة ومسارات الانسان العربي

Culture, Politics, and the Paths of the Arab Individual

In 2011 I believed what the revolutions said about themselves — and I consider I was wrong: their expression was a product of neoliberal thought borrowed from Eastern Europe.

Al Mada Group
Iraq International Book Fair
Salem
February 2024
Video 26m
Arabic

Book Signing: The Era of the New Left

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Video AR Al Mada Group 2024

حفل توقيع كتاب زمن اليسار الجديد

Book Signing: The Era of the New Left

Civil wars end with two losers — and sectarianism is not identity but five structural inequalities: fix them and the sect disappears.

Faculty of Arts and Sciences
October 2023
Video 56m
Arabic

Fawwaz Traboulsi: Political Activism in the Aftermath of May 1968

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Video AR Faculty of Arts and Sciences 2023

فواز طرابلسي: النشاط السياسي في أعقاب أيار 1968

Fawwaz Traboulsi: Political Activism in the Aftermath of May 1968

In our days we said militant — now they say activist: the militant fights something, the activist wants something. And the word transforms into "terrorist."

Arabisch Österreichisches Haus
Arab-Austrian House
Nabil Andoura
September 2023
Video 2h 42m
Arabic

Book of the Month: "Silk and Iron" by Dr. Fawwaz Traboulsi, moderated by Nabil Andoura

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Video AR Arabisch Österreichisches Haus 2023

كتاب الشهر "حرير وحديد" للدكتور فواز طرابلسي، إدارة الحوار: الأستاذ نبيل أندورة

Book of the Month: "Silk and Iron" by Dr. Fawwaz Traboulsi, moderated by Nabil Andoura

Political thought is the weakest expression of the tragedies of wars — so I turned to art criticism, theater, and economic history.

Al Jazeera Arabic
Al-Muqabala
January 2023
Video 51m
Arabic

The Interview — With Writer and Historian Fawwaz Traboulsi — Part 2

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Video AR Al Jazeera Arabic 2023

المقابلة - مع الكاتب والمؤرخ اللبناني فواز طرابلسي - الجزء الثاني

The Interview — With Writer and Historian Fawwaz Traboulsi — Part 2

Revolutions without revolutionaries — organized Islamists with a complete vision, versus civil forces whose entire position was "we are not the Islamists."

Articles AR Political Economy Politics 2020 Bidayat

ماذا يستطيع الحراك؟ جدل المتخيّل والضروري

What Can the Movement Do? The Dialectic of the Imagined and the Necessary

Bidayat

The Hirak faces a paradox between the dream of radical change and the necessity of resisting the crisis; if it keeps demanding the impossible without achieving the necessary, it will fail to secure the rights of the popular majority.

Diwan FM
April 2019
Podcast 2m
Arabic

Fawwaz Traboulsi: Marxism Has Become Excommunicating

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Podcast AR Diwan FM 2019

الاكاديمي اللبناني فواز الطرابلسي: الماركسية أصبحت تكفيرية

Fawwaz Traboulsi: Marxism Has Become Excommunicating

The worst thing in Marxism is that it became takfiri — part of our people is turning jihadist and we write theories for Westerners.

Al Jadeed News
Al-Hadath
Nancy Al-Sabeh
December 2018
Video 1h 24m
Arabic

Fawwaz Traboulsi on "Al-Hadath" with Nancy Al-Sabeh (03-12-2018)

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Video AR Al Jadeed News 2018

فواز طرابلسي في برنامج «الحدث» مع نانسي الصبح (03-12-2018)

Fawwaz Traboulsi on "Al-Hadath" with Nancy Al-Sabeh (03-12-2018)

A country importing $10 billion and exporting $1 billion — "this is no accident, people live off this system" — and whole generations pushed out because they can't buy an apartment.

iReMMO
Silk and Iron
Farouk Mardam-Bey
June 2018
Video 1h 27m
French

Silk and Iron: At the Heart of the Tumultuous Relations Between Europe and the Near East in the 19th Century

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Video FR iReMMO 2018

Soie et fer : au cœur des relations tumultueuses entre Europe et Proche-Orient au XIXe siècle

Silk and Iron: At the Heart of the Tumultuous Relations Between Europe and the Near East in the 19th Century

French-language interview with Fawwaz Traboulsi on his book "Silk and Iron" exploring 19th-century Europe-Middle East relations. Covers imperial projects, the silk trade, global capitalism, and a critical analysis of the 2011 Arab uprisings.

Pa Reece
February 2018
Video 13m
English

Mandatory Palestine: 1936 revolt against British colonialism and 1948 annexation by King of Jordan

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Video EN Pa Reece 2018

Mandatory Palestine: 1936 revolt against British colonialism and 1948 annexation by King of Jordan

The 1936-39 revolt: a year-long strike and three years of guerrilla war — forcing Britain to reconquer Palestine with 30,000 soldiers.

LSE Middle East Centre
LSE Middle East Centre Podcasts
Fawaz Gerges
November 2017
Podcast 1h 38m
English

In the Eye of the Storm: The History of Lebanon Revisited

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Podcast EN LSE Middle East Centre 2017

In the Eye of the Storm: The History of Lebanon Revisited

Why would 120,000 Lebanese kill each other to serve others? — memory doesn't produce history: collecting violence material is not enough without causes and questions.

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