‘Being Arab’ at The Beirut Spring Festival 2015

The Beirut Spring Festival, created and launched in 2009 by the Samir Kassir Foundation, is inspired by the title of one of the last articles written by Samir Kassir, shortly before his assassination in 2005.

In his book “Being Arab”, Samir Kassir calls on the people of the Middle East to reject both Western double standards and Islamism in order to take the future into their own hands. Samir Kassir states that the crisis in Arab identity lies in the failure to come to terms with modernity, turning instead to false solutions such as pan-Arabism and Islamism. Passionately written and brilliantly argued, this rallying cry for change has now been heard by millions. Marwan Muasher will discuss what has changed since the publication of the book and assess the current state of the Arab malaise.

Speaker: Marwan Muasher (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Jordan) – Introduced by Andrew Mikhael (Queen’s University Belfast, Lebanon/Ireland)
Moderator: Gisèle Khoury (Samir Kassir Foundation, Lebanon)

Free Admission

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