Monthly Essay ·
The Enchantment of the Arab Mind
By Hussein Aboubakr MansourToday’s Islamism promises authenticity but is postmodern in form, postcolonial in posture, and pretends to retrieve the sacred through the techniques of the profane.
Hussein Aboubakr Mansour
Hussein Aboubakr Mansour is an Egyptian-American writer.
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The Perennial Power of the Nakba
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The New Agreement Breaks the Anti-Semitism at the Core of the Middle East’s Dysfunction
By Hussein Aboubakr MansourCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
