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One way or another, we thought that 2011 finally debunked the oft-repeated claims of Arab exceptionalism as an "explanation" for reluctance to begin a democratic transformation.
The following text is the introduction to the sixth edition of the book Civil Society: A Critical Study, which came out in early-2012. The author, Dr. Azmi Bishara, intended the introduction to be a link between the themes of the book and the ongoing developments and shifts in the Arab homeland, chief among them the Arab revolutions.
They have murdered Jamal Khashoggi but his case has slipped beyond the ability of the perpetrators to contain it, and the ability of governments to cut a deal to cover it up at a certain price to be collected from the Saudi leadership that has been caught red-handed.
Rejecting normalization with Israel is a concept that goes beyond the boycott as discussed in the previous articles in this series. Clearly, rejecting normalization in the Arab world includes boycotting
Dr. Azmi Bishara
Rejecting normalisation with Israel is a top issue across the Arab world, but what about anti-normalisation inside Palestine?
Israel has consistently demanded and emphasized normalization, based on the premise that the key issue is its own security and the alleged existential Arab threat to its citizens
"Normalisation" is not a standalone term. In full, it refers to the "normalisation of relations with the occupying state", that is, Israel, in the context of the Arab-Israeli peace process.
Dr. Azmi Bishara
Groups belonging to the framework of political Islam have recently passed two milestones, each constituting a crisis and possibly a fork in the road.
Books
Bishara is particularly known for his research on civil society, nationalism theory, what he refers to as "the Arab question", religion and secularism
