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A collection of my essays and articles on Edward Said and Palestine — including my two travelogues to occupied Palestine— published by Haymarket Books in 2020 —

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“Anyone wishing to understand what progressive Iranian intellectuals are now thinking about the traumatic developments in their country will want to read this book— Talal Asad

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From Heidegger's Nazism to Habermas's Zionism, the suffering of the 'Other' is of little consequence —

Thanks to Gaza, European philosophy has been exposed as ethically bankrupt

From Heidegger's Nazism to Habermas's Zionism, the suffering of the 'Other' is of little consequence

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“What does it mean to be a Muslim in this world . . . ? Dabashi suggests that the transition to a changed, post-Western world requires the crafting of a new language of critical conversation with Islam . . . a language that is tuned to the emerging, not the disappearing, world—

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US campus protests: Edward Said would have treasured this moment

From Columbia University to all around the globe, the rhetoric of genocidal Zionism is finally being dismantled

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For more details on Hamid Dabashi’s new book, The Persian Prince, visit the website of Stanford University Press:

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“Reading Dabashi is like going for an extended coffee with a very smart friend.” Vijay Prashad —

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“A crucial text to advance post- and decolonial thinking across the Global South” — Nelson Maldonado-Torres

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— What the Israelis are doing in Palestine is what the French did in Algeria, the British did in India, the Belgians in the Congo, the Americans in Vietnam, the Spaniards in Latin America, the Italians in Africa …another chapter of …genocidal history.

Israel's genocide in Gaza encapsulates the entire history of European colonialism

The reason Zionists have the full support of European and US leaders is because the genocidal drive to 'exterminate all the brutes' is embedded deep in their psyches

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“Dabashi coaxes and cajoles the reader to achieve the critical intimacy with the founding epic of Iran . . . . Such readings open many worlds, shaming the Eurocentric binaries of 'world literature.' -- Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

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"The Persian Prince is a unique and formidable text that encapsulates the brilliance, vivacity, and political ferocity of Dabashi's mind." —Jeanne Morefield, University of Oxford

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War on Gaza: How Hegel's racist philosophy informs European Zionism

The world at large is narrowing in on the barbarism that has long sold itself as 'western civilisation'

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Reading Fanon after Gaza —

War on Gaza: How critics are twisting Frantz Fanon's legacy

No amount of verbal gymnastics can escape the simple truth that indigenous resistance is crucial to ending colonial atrocities

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I published this book on the ideological foundations of the Islamic Revolution in Iran more than thirty years ago in 1992— had started working on it soon after the 1977-1979 revolution— it is now itself a historical document —

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“A major achievement. With wit and erudition, Hamid Dabashi has pushed open one of the great locked doors of world literature: the Shahnameh.” Aravind Adiga, author of The White Tiger

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Biden and Trump are two sides of the same murderous coin

'Genocide Joe' and 'Don the Con' are the morally depraved choices for a sham democracy run for billionaires that slaughters countless innocent people globally. I cannot vote for either

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War on Gaza: Who's afraid of Francesca Albanese?

The UN special rapporteur on Palestine has delivered a precise and damning report on the 'anatomy of a genocide' - so Israel's supporters are rushing to discredit it

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Iran's counterstrike has put Israel on notice, but the focus must still be on Gaza

Recent events have altered regional geopolitics, but the world cannot look away from the ongoing slaughter in Palestine

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People read books— birds tweet! Read books —

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“Hamid Dabashi's scholarly writings always have a revelatory quality. Yet again he uncovers, in his new book, an astonishing new world for English readers.” — Pankaj Mishra

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Since Israel launched its genocidal campaign against Palestinians in Gaza, its western propagandists have waged a battle of disinformation—

Debunking Israel's top 10 propaganda points

Since Israel launched its genocidal campaign against Palestinians in Gaza, its western propagandists have waged a battle of disinformation

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—The whole world is now confronted with the savageries of 'western civilisation', though not just in political terms —

War on Gaza pits Palestinian liberation theology against Evangelical Zionism

The whole world is now confronted with the savageries of 'western civilisation', though not just in political terms

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My “End of Two Illusions: Islam after the West” (California University Press 2022) has just been awarded the Lionel Trilling Award — past recipients of this award include Edward Said, Simon Schama, Fritz Stern, Caroline Bynam, and Arthur Danto —

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“Dabashi articulates a bold new idea of the Persian Prince—a metaphor of political authority, a figurative ideal deeply rooted in the collective memories of multiple nations, and a literary construct that . . . continues to inform political debate today.”

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“The grand clash of civilizations and ideologies will increasingly take place in the West, with such writers and intellectuals as Dabashi.” The Guardian

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“This book should have been written a long time ago. It is the first bold and incisive deconstruction of the greatest fabricated binary of this century: 'Islam and the West.' (Ilan Pappe) —

The End of Two Illusions

Dismantling the myths that divide Islam and the West, this cutting-edge work of critical thinking proposes new ways to reread Islamic and world histories. Extending from the front-page news coverage...

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This is an important book that will make its readers reconsider what they think they know about Iran’s national epic . . . . Mahmoud Omidsalar,

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Why Zionist efforts to suppress Palestine activism on US campuses will fail

The campaign of intimidation and deceit waged by pro-Israel groups will fail on university campuses and institutions where people seek, speak and publish truths

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"Disarmingly accessible, laden with millennia of Persian cultural riches, The Persian Prince deftly and decisively shifts the axis of history and of the conception of subjectivity itself.” —Laura U. Marks, Simon Fraser University

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’What time is it?’ Hamid Dabashi asks in this profoundly original and daring mediation on our contemporary condition. His provocative answer: time to break free from obsolete, Western-devised constructs said to define history’s trajectory. Andrew J. Bacevich

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"Hamid Dabashi's illuminating study, while both provincializing and enriching the classic frameworks of Machiavelli and Gramsci, provides a provocative and compelling archetype for understanding political power and organization." —Michael Hardt, Duke University—

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“With meticulous attention to literary and poetic texts, moral and philosophical treatises, allegorical and anecdotal stories, sacred and secular evidence, visual and performing arts . . . this sweeping work offers a deeply learned . . transformative piece of critical thinking.

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Just out from Edinburgh UP: @EdinburghUP —

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“Dabashi's effortless, capacious erudition is obvious all throughout. Even his offhand comments about Ferdowsi's Shahnameh or Muhammad Iqbal's Asrar-e Khodi (and dozens of other canonical Persian works) are uniformly brilliant.”― Steve Donoghue, Open Letters Monthly

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Just out on Aljazeera: “Have we all – Jews, Muslims, Hindus, atheists, agnostics, shamans etc – become Christianised or has the Christmas tree itself assumed a whole different set of meanings?”

A tall Christmas tree in a post-Christian world

What is in a tree?

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“These essays are trenchant, witty, provocative, mischievous, and on target.” ―Souleymane Bachir Diagne, author of Comment philosopher en Islam—

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“Dabashi's convincing and powerful argument is the call to extricate ourselves from this and all binary illusions that shatter thinking in order to manage subjective and intersubjective relations."—Walter D. Mignolo, author of The Politics of Decolonial Investigations —

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“Generates new ways of thinking about global culture that do away with tired dichotomies such as East and West, center and periphery, and tradition and modernity… [An] urgent and impressive accomplishment.”— Shaj Mathew, Critical Inquiry—

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Mark your calendars: Out on 8 June 2023 —

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Hollywood Orientalism is not about the Arab world | Cinema | Al Jazeera via @AJEnglish

Hollywood Orientalism is not about the Arab world

It is about the American world.

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Dismantling the myths that divide Islam and the West, this cutting-edge work of critical thinking proposes new ways to reread Islamic and world histories.

The End of Two Illusions

Dismantling the myths that divide Islam and the West, this cutting-edge work of critical thinking proposes new ways to reread Islamic and world histories. Extending from the front-page news coverage...

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Kindness and generosity of Dr Golbarg Bashi and Dr Azim Tahmasebi — from Iran— my humble words next to the precious flowers of my homeland —

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“Dabashi engages a diverse body of political thought to reveal the construction of the Persian Prince as a potent archetype — [tracing it] through its varied historic gestations and finds it resurfacing in postcolonial political thought as a rebel, a prophet, a poet, and a nomad.

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“. . . sparkles with verve and a sometimes punishing wit. Encyclopedic in scope, informal in tone, shrewd in its interpretation, it is the indispensable work on one of the most extraordinary artistic and social adventures of our time. Dabashi is the perfect guide. Edward W. Said

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Why Hillary Clinton fails to grasp the moral power of US campus protests

The former secretary of state accuses today's youth of not understanding the Israel-Palestine conflict. This is a symptom of her limited imperial imagination

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“The word ‘white’, in the context of talking about racism, is not a signifier for skin colour. In this vital context, ‘white’ is an ideology.”

White is not a colour – white is an ideology

Being ‘white’ is today an ideological conviction people acquire as they are indoctrinated into racism.

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“Praised by leading academics in the field as “extraordinary,” “a brilliant analysis,” “fresh, provocative and iconoclastic,” Iran: A People Interrupted has distinguished itself as a major work that has single-handedly effected a revolution in the field of Iranian studies.”

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Hamid Dabashi’s scholarly investigation into Persophilia―the attraction that Iran’s literary humanism held for giants of European culture including Mozart, Goethe, and Nietzsche―turns simplistic views of ‘Orientalism’ upside down. Malise Ruthven—

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"Hamid Dabashi's book takes the reader on a journey across time and place. Both a historical investigation and a philosophical-political proposal, the book will reward readers with many unusual intellectual encounters." —Giovanni Giorgini, University of Bologna

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"Passionate and erudite ... A crucial book" Nelson Maldonado-Torres, author of Against War

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Perhaps one of the greatest episodes of contemporary modern Iranian art was happening right under Warhol’s nose and yet he . . . could not have cared less who Hossein Zenderoudi was, or Nikzad Nodjoumi, or Parviz Tanavoli, or scores of others—

Andy Warhol in Iran - rethinking the absurd

In 1976, Warhol went to Tehran to do the queen's portrait. The US artist, lover of celebrity, kitsch and power, would appreciate the current nostalgia in Iran for the ancien regime

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“It is high time for the former colonial powers of the world to take responsibility for the climate emergency they created.

Climate justice and decoloniality

It is time for the former colonial powers of the world to take responsibility for the climate emergency they created.

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“This book should have been written a long time ago. It is the first bold and incisive deconstruction of the greatest fabricated binary of this century: 'Islam and the West.' This old Orientalist and destructive juxtaposition has survived until today . . . Ilan Pappé

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“The modern "state" and especially the so-called "nation-state" are increasingly showing their dark underbelly . . . Is there another path ahead, beyond myth and calculation? Dabashi's stunning text explores this crucial question.” ―Fred Dallmayr, author of Post-Liberalism

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“Americans must take a few steps back from the shock of 6 January and ask themselves: is this really the first and only time their democratic institutions have been under attack?

American democracy was under threat long before the Capitol Hill attack

Lobbyists work around the clock to subvert American democracy while ensuring corporate profits

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The new and improved Taliban: The parting US gift to Afghanistan

After promising democracy and delivering mayhem, the US leaves behind unshaven ‘Proud Boys’ to rule over Afghans.

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“With its title borrowed from Machiavelli, The Persian Prince goes far beyond Machiavelli's wildest imagination as to how to rule the world."

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“A lucid narrative of the last two hundred years of Iranian history.” —Mahmood Mamdani —

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“In this gripping text, Dabashi advances a new materialist, post-Saidian perspective to dismantle the ideological foundation of the all-too-familiar binary 'Islam and the West.’ — Asef Bayat

The End of Two Illusions

Dismantling the myths that divide Islam and the West, this cutting-edge work of critical thinking proposes new ways to reread Islamic and world histories. Extending from the front-page news coverage...

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“Why and how did “9/11” become such a globally iconic signifier? We are now approaching the 20th anniversary of this talismanic number. It is frozen. It does not move, regress, progress, blink. It just stands there, like the Great Sphinx of Giza.”

9/11 attacks: The end of an imperial narrative

We need to remember and reactivate a history outside the framework of 9/11. But is this even possible?

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“Dabashi draws on his probing and erudite oeuvre to chart an emancipatory path beyond the illusory West-Islam binary."—Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab —

The End of Two Illusions: Islam after the West

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"The Last Muslim Intellectual: The Life and Legacy of Jalal Al-e Ahmad" by Hamid Dabashi. Published in April, 2020 by @EdinburghUP 🔽

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“The End of Two Illusions is the most iconoclastic work of critical thought and scholarship to emerge in recent memory, clearing the way toward a far more liberating imaginative geography of the world we share.

The End of Two Illusions

Dismantling the myths that divide Islam and the West, this cutting-edge work of critical thinking proposes new ways to reread Islamic and world histories. Extending from the front-page news coverage...

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Book launch and discussion of "On Edward Said: Remembrance of Things Past" (Haymarket, 2020) by Professor Hamid Dabashi (Columbia University)

On Edward Said: Remembrance of Things Past

Book launch and discussion of "On Edward Said: Remembrance of Things Past" (Haymarket, 2020) by Professor Hamid Dabashi (Columbia University)

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“Far more important than reflecting on what has happened over the past 20 years, we need to ask . . . what has it done to our abilities to reflect on the history of our world before and after 9/11?”

9/11 attacks: The end of an imperial narrative

We need to remember and reactivate a history outside the framework of 9/11. But is this even possible?

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Video of the gracious event hosted by @sofheyman in celebration of my latest book "The Last Muslim Intellectual: The Life and Legacy of Jalal Al-e Ahmad" with my esteemed colleagues @AliMirsepassi , @ElleniZeleke , Atefeh Akbari, and Gil Hochberg: 📺📕🔽

Celebrating Recent Work by Hamid Dabashi

14 April, 2021https://sofheyman.org/events/celebrating-recent-work-by-hamid-dabashi-2021In this social and intellectual biography, Hamid Dabashi contends tha...

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Mourning is not for the dead. Mourning is for the living. It is the virtuous art of living a noble life . . . It is when we mortals feel the immortality of our souls. What happens to cultures that have lost the civilising solemnity of mourning?

9/11: Remembering the irredeemable

Twenty years ago, for a brief moment, the soul of the American people feared what the world fears all the time.

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“Their first press conference clearly showed that the Taliban leaders had been watching quite a bit of BBC, CNN and Al Jazeera as they loitered in the lobbies of gaudy hotels in Doha. They can now schmooze and lie as skilfully as Obama . . . Trump, Johnson and Macron put together

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“Protesting against the drought in Khuzestan, or climate change anywhere in the world, requires a whole new political paradigm—

Middle East drought: Our leaders are fiddling as the world burns

The world must be saved from its negligent rulers, unwilling to take action, and instead be entrusted to bold and fearless young leaders

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Hamid Dabashi — L'Orientalisme d'Hollywood ne parle pas du monde arabe, mais du monde américain—

L'Orientalisme d'Hollywood ne parle pas du monde arabe, mais du monde américain | Indigènes de la...

La sortie récente de Dune : Part One (2021), un film de science-fiction américain réalisé par Denis Villeneuve, a soulevé une fois de plus la question de la représentation déformée des Arabes, des...

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“A work of quietly revolutionary insight. By following the work of Persian art and literature . . . Dabashi adds a much-needed undercurrent to the entire school of thought that originated with Said’s Orientalism.”―Steve Donoghue

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“Trump has a history of comparing himself to Jesus Christ. “Someone said to me the other day,” he said back in 2020, “‘You’re the most famous person in the world by far’. I said, ‘No, I’m not’… they said, ‘Who’s more famous?’ I said: ‘Jesus Christ.'”

Why Trump as Jesus Christ makes perfect sense to US evangelists

A growing movement analogising the 45th president with the martyred son of God taps into Christian fundamentalist convictions about a divine US dispensation

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“In this gripping text, Dabashi advances a new materialist, post-Saidian perspective to dismantle the ideological foundation of the all-too-familiar binary 'Islam and the West.' (Asef Bayat)

The End of Two Illusions

Dismantling the myths that divide Islam and the West, this cutting-edge work of critical thinking proposes new ways to reread Islamic and world histories. Extending from the front-page news coverage...

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“The pair of shoes that an Iraqi journalist threw at George W Bush summed up the feelings of millions of Iraqis—

Iraq war anniversary: How the US media covers up war crimes

What the coverage of the 20th anniversary of the Iraq war shows is worse than collective amnesia. It is selective memorial tokenism and clichés to conceal and justify a deliberate forgetfulness

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". . . convincing and powerful . . . the call to extricate ourselves from this and all binary illusions that shatter thinking in order to manage subjective and intersubjective relations."—Walter D. Mignolo—

The End of Two Illusions: Islam after the West

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Middle East drought: Our leaders are fiddling as the world burns —

Middle East drought: Our leaders are fiddling as the world burns

The world must be saved from its negligent rulers, unwilling to take action, and instead be entrusted to bold and fearless young leaders

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