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Elias Khoury

Elias Khoury is a Lebanese novelist, playwright, critic, and prominent public intellectual.

Times of Struggle and Cultural Liberation—A Conversation with Elias Khoury — Elias Khoury. Originally posted on Facebook by the Lebanese publishing house Dar Al Adab in 2013. Photographer unknown.Palestine in a World on Fire, co-edited by Katherine Natanel and Ilan Pappé.Gate of the Sun by Elias Khoury.Children of the Ghetto, My Name is Adam, by Elias Khoury.

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Times of Struggle and Cultural Liberation—A Conversation with Elias Khoury

An Excerpt from 'Palestine in a World on Fire' in light of Elias Khoury's passing.

Elias Khoury, Ilan Pappe • 20 min read

MER Article

The Lebanese Impasse

On November 11, 2006, the six Shi‘i ministers in the Lebanese government, affiliates of Hizballah and the Amal movement, left the cabinet in protest of their colleagues’ rejection of their demand for a government of “national unity.” Such a government would give the Shi‘i parties and their Christian

Fawwaz Traboulsi, Elias Khoury • 8 min read

"Sidon, 'Ain al-Hilweh and the villages are only the beginning"

This article, by the Lebanese novelist and literary critic, Elias Khoury, appeared in the Beirut daily, al-Safir, on February 18, 1985, immediately following what Israel has termed the first stage of its withdrawal from Lebanon. Khoury highlights the contradictions of the current situation in the re

Elias Khoury • 6 min read

MER Article

Israel's Future in Lebanon

Elias Khoury is a Lebanese novelist and literary critic. Nubar Hovsepian is a fellow of the Institute of Arab Research in Beirut. They spoke with MERIP editors Jim Paul, Joe Stork and Sheila Ryan in New York in July 1982. What are Israel’s war aims?

Nubar Hovsepian, Elias Khoury • 15 min read