… Al-ʿArawī’s problematic is represented in the state of our historical paralysis, and the …
Al-ʿArawī looks at embodiments of this (political, economic, and cultural) historical failure …

The Six-Day War in 1967 ended an era characterized by cultural exuberance and political
optimism, ushering the Arab world into a period rife with economic anxiety and political unrest. …

The place of reason (ʿaql) in the Islamic tradition has attracted much debate, among both
classical scholars and modern researchers. One of the main areas of disagreement is the …

This chapter does not attempt to include all of the modern Arabic studies on the Umayyad
period. The selected material aims to show the most significant characteristics and tendencies …

… Saudi critic ʿAbd Allāh al-Ghadhdhāmī identifies the current stage of Arab history as lying
between the collapse of universals and the rise of sectarian and tribal identities on the one …

… 38 Marxist historian ʿArawī argues that on the one hand, popular history exposed the public
to the look and feel of a particular era by helping audiences visualize the past in a way no …

… Sadeq al-Azm and the Moroccan Abdallah Laroui (ʿAbd Allāh alʿArawī, b. 1933); the Egyptian
Nasr … His sons Fayṣal and ‘Abd Allāh were made rulers of Iraq and Transjordan in 1921. …

In Egypt today, turāth (often translated as “heritage”, “legacy”, or “tradition”) is a pivotal
concept for the Muslim religious scholars ( ʿulamāʾ ) of al-Azhar, the preeminent institution of …