مقدّمة لـ«أسس نقد الاقتصاد السياسي» (١٨٥٧) جزء ٢/١

Introduction to the "Grundrisse" (1857) Part 1/2

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In "Grundrisse," Marx challenges the classical economic view that separates and eternalizes production and distribution, revealing their organic unity and historical determination within specific social relations.

مقالات عن سورية ولبنان، ١٨٦٠

Articles on Syria and Lebanon, 1860

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Translation: Marx in 1860 reveals great-power horse-trading over Syria's corpse — but neglects the internal causes: the collapse of the muqata'ji system and peasant uprisings.

مثقفون في حوداث الـ١٨٦٠

Intellectuals in the 1860 Events

The 1860 civil war didn't only produce victims — it produced intellectuals. The Nahda wasn't born from "contact with the West" but from the cracks of civil war itself.

مئوية سايكس بيكو الخرائط والتاريخ

The Sykes-Picot Centenary: Maps and History

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The Great Loot: Gouraud raised his glass — "the deal will be profitable!" What the French unified economically, the independentists divided in 1950. One partition Sykes-Picot can't be blamed for.

Aḥmad Fāris al-Shidyāq: An Arab Traveler in Nineteenth-Century Europe and Beyond

Aḥmad Fāris al-Shidyāq, the rebellious Nahda thinker, bridged the gap between East and West, advocating for freedom, equality, and women's liberation, facing censorship and marginalization.

Ahmad Faris Shidyaq: An Arab Traveller in 19th Century Europe

Shidyaq: a deacon who converted, the first Arab socialist—and 121 years on, his Muslim name still embarrasses his Maronite village.

The financial-merchant oligarchy in Lebanon

The Consortium: thirty families ruled independent Lebanon — the Pharaon-Chiha Bank made the president, and Chiha's five sisters married into the oligarchy to protect wealth.

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?"