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Azzam Tamimi and the Mirage of Democracy: A Quest towards Subversion

Azzam Tamimi and the Mirage of Democracy: A Quest towards Subversion

Ali Harfouch If there is one thing we can learn from Azzam Tamimi’s article ‘The Quest for Democracy in the Arab World is an Islamic Cause ’ it is that the continuity of colonization in the [...]

When “Islamism” Becomes an Opium

When “Islamism” Becomes an Opium

Ali Harfouch When Marx wrote vehemently on religion, referring it to‘opium’ he was referring to a particular clerical order which legitimized the Monarchial power-structures shaping the dismal status-quo in the Middle Ages . Religion was sedative, [...]

Thinking Beyond Erdogan

Thinking Beyond Erdogan

Ali Harfouch Reactionary v. Revolutionary Positions To be reactionary, means quite simply, to react to an existing reality. Being a revolutionary however means one changes the existing reality.  Reactionary positions and revolutionary positions are often [...]

The End of Hezbollah in the New Middle East

The End of Hezbollah in the New Middle East

Ali Harfouch The End of Hezbollah in the ‘New’ Middle East This is our stance and obligation: we have tried to be people of sincerity and fidelity; we believe in truth and enunciate it. We defend [...]

Democracy, Dictatorship, and the Mimic

Democracy, Dictatorship, and the Mimic

Ali Harfouch The Self-Defeating Mimic: A Walking Paradox A liberating moment occurs when the oppressed can think beyond the imaginary horizon constructed by the oppressor. A liberation of the consciousness and the inauguration of an emancipatory [...]

Beyond the Mursi Effect – Holding the Egyptian President to Account

Beyond the Mursi Effect – Holding the Egyptian President to Account

Ali Harfouch Debate, discussion, and consultation are essential if Islamic activists are to draw and develop and elucidate a programme of liberation for the Muslim world following the tumultuous revolutions which toppled the long-standing Arab despots. [...]