لاوان
@lauan.bsky.social
Doing a PhD on the intellectual history of Marxism in the Middle East / Mahdi Amel & his interlocutors / الطريق
Mahmood Mamdani dedicating his latest book to his son @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Mahmood Mamdani dedicating his latest book to his son @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Interesting reflections on the current transition from neoliberal capitalism by Sven Beckert. Yet the question remains how to avoid the "morbid phenomena" of Gramsci's interregnum
November 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Interesting reflections on the current transition from neoliberal capitalism by Sven Beckert. Yet the question remains how to avoid the "morbid phenomena" of Gramsci's interregnum
Autumn Sunday walk in Hamburg 🍂🍁
November 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Autumn Sunday walk in Hamburg 🍂🍁
Here are the readings for the seminar (in chronological order)
October 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Here are the readings for the seminar (in chronological order)
Preparing the first session on Arab Nationalism for my current seminar on "Nation, Class, and Religion in the 20th century Middle East" 📚📖
October 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Preparing the first session on Arab Nationalism for my current seminar on "Nation, Class, and Religion in the 20th century Middle East" 📚📖
Currently reading: Yvonne Albers' "Biography" of the periodical Mawāqif. A history of intellectuals & the practice of producing and publishing journals in Beirut, 1960s-90s. I hope there will be an English & Arabic translation of the book soon...
October 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Currently reading: Yvonne Albers' "Biography" of the periodical Mawāqif. A history of intellectuals & the practice of producing and publishing journals in Beirut, 1960s-90s. I hope there will be an English & Arabic translation of the book soon...
latest find via AUB's digital archive of »al-Ādāb«: Elias Khoury's article on the role of cultural journals for the national liberation movement and social progress (1974)
October 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
latest find via AUB's digital archive of »al-Ādāb«: Elias Khoury's article on the role of cultural journals for the national liberation movement and social progress (1974)
One thing I've found between the pages of the Lebanese Communist »al-Tarīq« journal: the yearly subscription form, stating that a sub would support the intellectual & political line of the journal. Subscription price for a full year: 10 Lebanese Lira (or equivalent for other currencies)
October 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
One thing I've found between the pages of the Lebanese Communist »al-Tarīq« journal: the yearly subscription form, stating that a sub would support the intellectual & political line of the journal. Subscription price for a full year: 10 Lebanese Lira (or equivalent for other currencies)
I really appreciate this passage from the book's epilogue
October 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I really appreciate this passage from the book's epilogue
Starting with this book on the Lebanese New Left (Socialist Lebanon / Lubnan al-ishtiraki) this week I hope. Any good reviews so far?
October 21, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Starting with this book on the Lebanese New Left (Socialist Lebanon / Lubnan al-ishtiraki) this week I hope. Any good reviews so far?
I've been looking forward to the publication of this book for a while.
By @esmat.bsky.social via @ucpress.bsky.social
By @esmat.bsky.social via @ucpress.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I've been looking forward to the publication of this book for a while.
By @esmat.bsky.social via @ucpress.bsky.social
By @esmat.bsky.social via @ucpress.bsky.social
Fawwaz Traboulsi, in his latest book »The Time of the New Left« writes about the central role of translating other works into Arabic within his Marxist circle in the early 1970s. Here, works by the Italian Communist Antonio Gramsci, translated by Waddah Chararah & himself
October 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Fawwaz Traboulsi, in his latest book »The Time of the New Left« writes about the central role of translating other works into Arabic within his Marxist circle in the early 1970s. Here, works by the Italian Communist Antonio Gramsci, translated by Waddah Chararah & himself
Spotted in Beirut: Mahdi Amel's »Marx in Edward Said's Orientalism«, published by Dar al-Farabi (1985)
September 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Spotted in Beirut: Mahdi Amel's »Marx in Edward Said's Orientalism«, published by Dar al-Farabi (1985)
I hope to find time soon to start reading this
August 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I hope to find time soon to start reading this
August 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Gerade erschienen bei @suhrkamp.de: L'an V de la révolution algérienne & Les damnés de la terre in einer Ausgabe in deutscher Übersetzung
July 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Gerade erschienen bei @suhrkamp.de: L'an V de la révolution algérienne & Les damnés de la terre in einer Ausgabe in deutscher Übersetzung
International conference on Fanon, happening next week in Marrakesh
June 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
International conference on Fanon, happening next week in Marrakesh
If you're in Berlin in July, don't miss out on this 2 days conference on Frantz Fanon
June 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
If you're in Berlin in July, don't miss out on this 2 days conference on Frantz Fanon
Now published in Kurdish Studies Journal 3 (2025): Reading and Translating Fanon in Kurdistan, my interview with Sardar Saadi
May 26, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Now published in Kurdish Studies Journal 3 (2025): Reading and Translating Fanon in Kurdistan, my interview with Sardar Saadi
Stocking up my bookshelf with the follow-up to Kevin Anderson's Marx at the Margins
March 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Stocking up my bookshelf with the follow-up to Kevin Anderson's Marx at the Margins
Latest addition to my collection of Fanon books: Gibson's Frantz Fanon - Combat Breathing (2024 by Polity Press)
March 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Latest addition to my collection of Fanon books: Gibson's Frantz Fanon - Combat Breathing (2024 by Polity Press)
Started reading Empire of Cotton (King Cotton in the German version), a global history of capitalism through the lens of cotton. So far so good
January 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Started reading Empire of Cotton (King Cotton in the German version), a global history of capitalism through the lens of cotton. So far so good
Good combination
@plutopress.bsky.social
@plutopress.bsky.social
January 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Good combination
@plutopress.bsky.social
@plutopress.bsky.social
I've just finished reading pt. I of Lea Ypi's "Free", a memoir of her childhood/youth in Albania. Haven't read such a good book in a while. Also the German translation is brilliant. @leaypi.bsky.social
December 22, 2024 at 8:04 PM
I've just finished reading pt. I of Lea Ypi's "Free", a memoir of her childhood/youth in Albania. Haven't read such a good book in a while. Also the German translation is brilliant. @leaypi.bsky.social