The Institute for Critical Thought

Fall 2025 | Alienation

Palestine in Arab History: 621 – 1798 Based on their current book project, AlMahdi AlRawadieh and Nabil Matar trace how Palestine was imagined, named, and lived in Arabic sources from the Prophet’s Isrāʾ (621) to the eve of Napoleon’s campaign (1798). Drawing on original archival research conducted across the globe, as well as on ...

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More Countries than Shoes Microbudget Refugee Filmmaking in the Era of the “Death of Cinema”

Winter 2025 | Kafka Goes to Palestine For more than a century, Franz Kafka has posed a challenge to interpretation. Philosophers have debated his work while theologians have probed its mystical elements. More recently, the legal battle over his physical papers took place in an Israeli court, confounding the Zionist identity of religion....

On Graffiti and the Ephemera of Resistance in Egypt This event will examine the contested urban landscapes of Cairo in the aftermath of the 25 January Revolution, centering on the corner of Mohamed Mahmoud Street and Youssef El-Gendy Street. Exploring the tensions among those who created aesthetic ephemera on its walls, the presentation will consider...

Fall 2024 | Love's Labor Lost

فصل الربيع‎‎ | السَّبْع المَثاني رمضان هذا، نراقِب الإنسانَ الناظرَ في الربوبية. ونتأمَّل الرحمةَ بطانةً للبدء الخَلقي. وإذ نَتوه بين العبودية والمالكية، ونروم الهدى، نسكُن آمين.

Winter 2024 | A Dying Colonialism

فَخارًا بغزّة، بلا غُفول عن العَجْز حيث نُقيم، نُقاوِم في (نِطافُ الْقُوّة)

خريف ٢٠٢٣ | نِطافُ الْقُوّة الطُّفولة مِحْراب. والعالَم يبقُرُها بالْعُنف. غيْرَ أنّها لا تَني في الْقُوّة.

We are pleased to announce a new course for the summer. Registration is now open and scholarships are available!

Summer 2023 | Pathos of Pedagogy

يسرُّنا الإعلان عن دورة الصيف. وكالعادة، تتوفّر المنح لكل من لا يستطيع تغطية التكاليف. كونوا في رحابة التسجيل.

صيف ٢٠٢٣ | النّابِتة الْمُفرَد إن النَّوابِت في المُدن منْزِلتُهم فيها منزلةُ الشّيْلمِ في الحنْطةِ أو الشَّوْكِ النّابتِ بيْنَ الزَّرْعِ أو سائرِ الْحشائِشِ غيرِ النّافِعة والضّارّة بالزَّرْ....