Iran: Islam and the struggle for socialism - Mohammad Ja'far and Azar Tabari Interesting article looking critically at the Iranian revolution of 1979 and the mistakes made by…
Why the reversion to Islamic archaism? - Lafif Lakhdar A historical analysis of the internal and external reasons for the development of Muslim…
Nawal Saadawi’s The Hidden Face of Eve (book review) – Magida Salman Review by Arab feminist Magida Salman of Nawal el-Saadawi's 'The Hidden Face of Eve', criticising…
Orientalism and orientalism in reverse - Sadik Jalal al-’Azm Critique of Edward Said's landmark text, Orientalism, using it as a springboard to criticise Arab…
The Arab woman: a threatening body, a captive being - Magida Salman Article by Lebanese feminist Magida Salman looking at the position of women in Arab societies.
National formation in the Arab region: a critique of Samir Amin - Mohammad Ja'far Text criticising Samir Amin's view on the formation of Arab nations, analysing from a Marxist…
Response by a Syrian anarchist to the First of May statement on Syria A Syrian anarchist responds to Toward an anarchist policy on Syria by the First of May Anarchist…
Thinking about Egypt: between cynicism and wishful thinking On the developments in Egypt, on the framework in which people talk about the developments, and a…
Arab women - Magida Salman Is it a lapse into impressionism to 'lend great importance to the weight of Islam' in considering the roots of the oppression of Arab women?…
Islamic fundamentalism: Religious fanaticism to reinforce the state 1990 article by Internationalist Perspective on Islamic fundamentalism not as a mediaeval religious…
Influences upon Islamic conceptions of masculinities A discussion I wrote for uni focussing on Islam and masculinity. Apologies for the format, i have tried everything to get it sorted but its not playing ball...
Qur'an, patriarchy, and Islamic feminism An old university essay by 'xslavearcx' on the question of different readings of the Qur'an in regards to gender issues.
