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French philosopher Gilles Lipovetsky, during his participation in a workshop at HEC on 27 August 2003.

Lightness, emptiness, hyperpower: the evolution of Gilles Lipovetsky

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Before the Nakba erased Palestinian cities, women were present in modern society, culture and politics. A new book proves this, refuting the false claim that Palestine is 'a land without a people'.

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How the Nakba erased great Palestinian cities, and their women, from our collective memory

Before the Nakba erased Palestinian cities, women were present in modern society, culture and politics. A new book proves this, refuting the false claim that Palestine is 'a land without a people'.

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The 20th century and contemporary Arabic and Islamic thinkers have been obsessed with modernity. This is because of the belief that its analysis will somehow carry with it the remedy to…

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I have written, published, lectured and spoken a lot since publishing my first book 43 years ago. I have so far published 35 books, dozens of articles, lectures, seminars and have been interviewed on…

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Lightness, emptiness, hyperpower: the evolution of Gilles Lipovetsky

How the Nakba erased great Palestinian cities, and their women, from our collective memory

The Arabic/Islamic Project of Modernity

My Cultural Project

Political Thinker Weighs on KSA’s Renewed Religious Discourse

Is the US on the verge of military intervention in Cuba?

How fibre-optic drones are reshaping warfare

US public opinion finally sours on Israel: what next?

Europe eyes Algeria's shale gas amid supply crisis

The extravagant Hajj caravans of the sultans’ wives

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