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On Salafism offers a compelling new understanding of this phenomenon, both its deve

Azmi Bishara's seminal study of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution chronicles in granular detail the le

Azmi Bishara's book on the Syrian Revolution is one of the most comprehensive and profound works

Based on empirical and theoretical investigation, and original insight into how a local protest m

In January 2020, US President Donald Trump announced his ‘deal of the century’.

Published by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies in April 2018, Sect, Sectar

Studies

Studies
Besides political and ideological conflicts, the savagery of war and mass killing inspires several existential reflections.
Studies
Azmi Bishara's Introduction to the Arabic Edition of Zygmunt Bauman's Modernity and the Holocaust, translated by Hajjaj Abu Jabr and Dina Ramadan and published by the Arab Center for Research and P
Studies
Full Text of Azmi Bishara's Keynote Lecture “Democratic Transition and its Problems: Theoretical Lessons from Arab Experiences” Given at the College de France, Paris, 28 November 2019.
Studies
Although this article generally acknowledges the priority of internal factors, it discusses the conditions for bringing back the external factor in certain cases, especially after the collapse of a
Studies
Complete text of an address delivered in an abbreviated form as the keynote opening the Social Sciences and Humanities Conference on Research Methodologies, held at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies in Doha, Qatar, 22 - 24 March. Translated by Michael Scott
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L’antisionisme est-il «une des formes modernes de l’antisémitisme»?

Articles

Articles
Abstract Arab social science scholarship, and IR in particular, has been systematically underfunded and sidelined by governments across the region.
Articles
The heated debate (in academic circles at least) over the difference between comprehensive liberalism and political liberalism eludes applied liberal thought, in whatever corner of the gl
Articles
This article addresses the near absence of American Studies, as an Academic discipline, and in cultural and intellectual debates on America in the Arab world.
Articles
After the murder of George Floyd on 25 May 2020, demonstrations against anti-black racism spread like wildfire across the US. The entire scene of the policeman kneeling on Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes was broadcast across the media. Floyd's last words, “I Can't Breathe,” served as a metaphor for the protesters to express a buried cumulative feeling of suffocation and as a slogan to lead the marches around the United States and some Western European countries
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This 14-part essay written by Azmi Bishara consists of a series of think pieces originally posted on social media, republished by Arab 48 and some other sites. Colleagues at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies suggested that the posts be amended and re-published in the form of an extended essay as part of the ACRPS Covid-19 series. The essay covers the current Covid-19 pandemic from various angles and was originally published in Arabic on 20 April 2020.