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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaPopular oral culture and sectarianism, a materialist analysisHow and by whom is sectarianism produced and maintained? And for what reasons?العربية
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaRacism, sectarianism or sexism? On Damascus and the Syrian demographic barcodeI am not surprised that many of my friends from our “fancy” neighborhood were really aghast at the level of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOn memorizing the FatihaWith the outbreak of the revolution in Syria, I felt I needed to justify my stance vis-à-vis this revolution, since...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhen an Alawite man and a Sunni woman put love to the testWe should opt for a more genuine and balanced approach to identity, beginning with acknowledging differences and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFrom “this onion is Sunni” to “nice Sunnis like us”In the village where I grew up, insulting Omar Ibn Khattab, Abu Bakr and Othman was common to the extent that...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhen the name Yazid is neither good nor badSyrians lack a common history and will continue to do so as long as the oral history of each group remains different...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOral culture and identity in Syria - DossierWhat are the origins of sectarian consciousness in Syria? Did it appear from nothing or was it always dormant and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaInfographic: understanding sectarianism
A very accessible introduction to how we should grasp and portray sect and sectarianism in Syria and the Middle East.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAssad's secular sectarianismA historic overview of the manipulation of sect and religion by a Syrian elite only concerned with survival.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIs the Syrian regime sectarian? Sectarianism, part twoIn the second part of our conversation on the state and sect in Syria with prominent Marxist thinkers from the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe right to neighbourhood: way out of a sectarian quagmireIn Damascus there are no direct routes linking Jaramana to Mhajirin, or the Yarmouk camp to Sayyida Zayneb - each...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhat is sectarianism in the Middle East?The term is heard whenever the Middle East or Syria are discussed, yet a talking head would be pressed to define...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaOpening the debate on sectarianism in SyriaIn a country where sectarian issues were ruthlessly suppressed for many decades, and where “instigating sectarian...
