What is the Meaning of
IjtihadReason?
By Hassan I. Mneimneh
Together with its sister Semitic languages, such as Hebrew and Aramaic, Arabic uses three-letter roots Read more
By Jean Bethke Elshtain
Nineteenth century European intellectuals were an optimistic lot. Even the pessimistic Freud Read more
Articles
Introduction
By Hassan I. Mneimneh
Recent history has left its mark on Arab public culture across a less-than-unified Arab world. Liberals, nationalists, leftists, separatists, secularists, and myriad types of Islamists compete to lay their claim on societies that noticeably lack convincing forms of political and socio-cultural representation. Read more
Voices
Shafeeq Ghabra is the founder and CEO of Jusoor Arabiya (a cultural NGO), and he writes a weekly column for Kuwait's daily Al-Ra’i al-‘Am. A former professor of political science Read more
Tariq Ramadan is the president of the European Muslim Network in Brussels, a professor of Islamic studies at Oxford's Faculty of Theology, Read more
Abdul Rahman al-Rashed is a senior columnist for Al-Madina and Al-Bilad, as well as the general manager of the television channel Al-ʿArabiyya. Read more
Recent Events
Three Views of Oman
Society and Religion 1945–2006
Raina Sacks Blankenhorn - Curator
Three Views of Oman, Society and Religion 1945–2006 highlights the work of three photographers, each of whom sees the world with a distinct gaze. Seen as a whole, the exhibition establishes a rich visual culture for Oman over a 70 year period and suggests that individuals as much as civilizations bring their uniqueness to the challenge of Anglo-American and Arab cultural engagement.
At the Dining Hall
St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, September 30th from 5:30-7:30.
Hosted By
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The Arab Protest:
Sustainable Democracy or Outburst?
Distinguished scholars discuss recent protests in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Jordon, Iraq, Iran, Algeria, the Sudan, Bahrain, and Libya.
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AP 2/11/2011
A Conversation with Abdulrahman Al-Salimi, Editor, Al-Tasamoh, and Hassan I. Mneimneh, Editor, IjtihadReason, hosted by William A. Galston, The Ezra K. Zikha Chair in Governance Studies, The Brookings Institution.
At the Center for Public Conversation on March 8th. Watch Video.
Features
Photographs by Edward Grazda
By Hassan I. Mneimneh
He lived by the fire, and died by the fire. Almost ten years after the millennial terrorist act that made him the arch-villain for most, but still a hero for some, Usamah Bin Ladin is dead. While its circumstances will undoubtedly remain obscure Read more
By Hassan I. Mneimneh
The longing for freedom, justice, and opportunities for individual and collective progress are innate traits of human nature. They are universal values, despite disparate attempts at obfuscating this self-evident truth—whether Read more
By Hassan I. Mneimneh
The popular uprisings, first in Tunisia, and now in Egypt, expose the limitations of a political order that gave the illusion of providing stability and securing the interests of many stakeholders. It is an order based on the convergence of Read more
By Hassan I. Mneimneh
The momentous events witnessed by Tunisia, and which led to the collapse of the 23 years-old authoritarian regime of Zine el-Abidine Bin Ali, are evidently the culmination of a long build-up of grievances, notably economic and political Read more
By Abdulrahman al-Salimi
When it was announced that most of the September 11th attackers came from the Arabian Peninsula—particularly Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen—it raised the question of why most of those involved were Read more
Lectures at the Grand Mosque, Oman
By David Blankenhorn
From my colleagues at the Institute for American Values in New York —about 100 scholars specializing in studies of the family, civil society, and religion in public life — I bring warm greetings of friendship to you, offered in the sincere Read more
السلام عليكم. أبدأ بالإعراب عن امتناني لفرصة زيارة بلادكم الجميلة، وعن تشرفي بأن أكون بينكم في صرح المعرفة ودار الإيمان والتقوى هذا، وأنقل إليكم من زملائي في معهد القيم الأميركية، وهم زهاء مئة من الباحثين المتخصصين في دراسة الأسرة والمجتمع المدني وموقع الدين في الحياة العامة، تحيات مفعمة بالصداقة، كلها رجاء أن نتمكن يداً بيد
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Center for
Global Engagement
at the Institute for
American Values
3 Views of Oman
Wilfred Thesiger, Charles Butt and Edward Grazda
Society and Religion 1945–2006
Edited by
Raina Sacks Blankenhorn
With a Foreword by
Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed al-Salimi
Publication date: March 2012
To order an advance copy of this book please visit:
In the News
What Insha'Allah means to our world
By Leah Ward Sears, CNN.com, October 19, 2010
What Oman
Can Teach Us
By Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Times, October 14, 2010
Oman-US Cultural Ties Reviewed
The Middle East Times and Oman Daily Observer, April 13, 2010.
The United States and the Muslim World: Seeking a New Understanding
By Nabil Abdel-Fatah, Al Ahram (Cairo), March 25, 2010.
The US-Arab Relations: A Moment of Dialogue
By Shafeeq Ghabra, Al Ayyam (Kuwait) and Kuwaiti Daily Awan, March 22, 2010, and in the shafaf blog.
The Cultural Dimensions in US-Arab Relations
By Hassan Mneimneh, Al Hayat (London, Beirut, Cairo, et al.), March 21, 2010.
Arab Scholars Speak
By Peter Wood, National Association of Scholars website, March 18, 2010.
Excerpts from articles published in Arabic Read more
Publications
The Islam West Debate: Documents from a Global Debate on Terrorism, U.S. Policy, and the Middle East
Edited by David Blankenhorn, Abdou Filali-Ansary, Hassan I. Mneimneh, and Alex Roberts
The Malta Forum
The Malta Forum is an endeavor which began in 2002 to reach out across what seemed to be a civilizational divide, in the aftermath of the events of September 11th, 2001, and the subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
