Ussama Makdisi MER Article Coexistence, Sectarianism and Racism — An Interview with Ussama Makdisi Alex Lubin interviews Ussama Makdisi about his work on sectarianism and coexistence in the Middle East, the subject of his most recent book. Makdisi also addresses the role of race and colonialism and explains the importance of seeing these ideological formations in historical and geopolitical conte Alex Lubin • 12 min read
Ussama Makdisi Current Analysis Coexistence, Sectarianism and Racism — An Interview with Ussama Makdisi Alex Lubin interviews Ussama Makdisi about his work on sectarianism and coexistence in the Middle East, the subject of his most recent book. Makdisi also addresses the role of race and colonialism and explains the importance of seeing these ideological formations in historical and geopolitical conte Alex Lubin • 12 min read
MER Article Dispatches on Trumpland Knowledge production about the Middle East, Edward Said argued, has been a geopolitical project of empire. This is why the following dispatches to Trumpland provide a crucial intervention. Collectively, the dispatches ask the following: What does Trumpism mean from the peripheries of US empire? How is it felt and experienced? Alex Lubin • 1 min read
MER Article Resistance Museum in Abu Dis In the shadow of the Israeli separation wall, and on the bucolic campus of al-Quds University in Abu Dis, a suburb of East Jerusalem, sits a museum dedicated to Palestinian prisoners of Israel. The Abu Jihad Museum for the Prisoners’ Movement is named after the Palestinian political prisoner and mar Alex Lubin • 3 min read
