A great Syrian writer and critic has passed away.
If you haven't read this piece of his, you should do so.
Orientalism and Orientalism in Reverse
He is also the author of the famous book (available in Arabic and English)
Critique of Religious Thought
A talk at LSE
On Syria
"The contradiction here is not in myposition, but in the position of those who once stood in support of the revolution of the Iranian people or the Liberation Theologists and their churches or for movements of national liberation almost everywhere, yet refuse to support the revolution of the Syrian people under the pretext that its demonstrations and protests spring from the mosque and not from the opera house or the national theatre, as Adonis justifies."
If you haven't read this piece of his, you should do so.
Orientalism and Orientalism in Reverse
He is also the author of the famous book (available in Arabic and English)
Critique of Religious Thought
A talk at LSE
On Syria
"The contradiction here is not in myposition, but in the position of those who once stood in support of the revolution of the Iranian people or the Liberation Theologists and their churches or for movements of national liberation almost everywhere, yet refuse to support the revolution of the Syrian people under the pretext that its demonstrations and protests spring from the mosque and not from the opera house or the national theatre, as Adonis justifies."
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