[Marxism] Reminder: Being Arab Event at SOAS, London

[Rowan Wilson <rowanwilsonwork@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Verso invite you to a panel discussion on the subject of the late Samir 
Kassir’s book ‘Being Arab’, winner of the Index on Censorship Freedom of 
Expression Award 2007.  Details below.
 
THE ARAB MALAISE IS NOT THE RESULT OF MODERNITY BUT 
OF MODERNITY’S COLLAPSE
 
A discussion of
 
Being Arab by Samir Kassir
Hardback £10.99 ISBN 9781844670994
 
with
 
Sabry Hafez (Professor of Modern Arabic, SOAS), Nadim Shehadi (Middle East 
Programme, Chatham House), Karma Nabulsi (Oxford academic, author and former 
PLO representative), and Ramsay Short (British-Lebanese journalist, writer and 
blogger).  
Chaired by Brian Whitaker, Middle East Editor, Guardian.
 
Samir Kassir (1960 – 2005) was one of Lebanon’s best-known journalists and 
historians.  ‘Being Arab’ is an exploration of the current political and 
intellectual stagnation of the Arab world in which Samir Kassir considers the 
huge impact of modernity on the region and the accompanying shockwaves that 
turned society upside-down.
 
‘Being Arab’ recently received the Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression 
Award 2007
 
Tuesday 24th April
7pm
Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS
 
Organised by Verso in association with the London Middle East Institute at SOAS
Supported and recommended by Pen
 
All Welcome
This event is free and there is no need to book
For further information please contact Clara Heyworth at clarah@xxxxxxxxxxx


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