The Institute for Critical Thought

26/11/2025

04/09/2025

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 ...

29/07/2025

25/05/2025

Microbudget Refugee Filmmaking in the Era of the “Death of Cinema”

02/02/2025

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....

17/01/2025

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...

06/12/2024

15/03/2024

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

21/01/2024

28/10/2023

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

الطُّفولة مِحْراب. والعالَم يبقُرُها بالْعُنف. غيْرَ أنّها لا تَني في الْقُوّة.

07/08/2023

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

07/08/2023

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

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