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## Examines the depiction of intellectuals in contemporary Arabic literature Zeina G. Halabi examines the unmaking of the intellectual as prophetic figure, national icon, and exile in Arabic literature and film from the 1990s onwards. She comparatively explores how contemporary writers and film directors such as Rabee Jaber, Rawi Hage, Rashid al-Daif, Seba al-Herz and Elia Suleiman have displaced the archetype of the intellectual as it appears in writings by Elias Khoury, Edward Said, Jurji Zaidan and Mahmoud Darwish. In so doing, Halabi identifies and theorises alternative articulations of political commitment, displacement, and loss in the wake of unfulfilled prophecies of emancipation and national liberation. __The Unmaking of the Arab Intellectual__ offers critical tools to understand the evolving relations between aesthetics and politics in the alleged post-political era of Arabic literature and culture. ## Key Features * Examines the depiction of Arab intellectuals in post-1990s literature * Offers a new understanding of the political in the contemporary era * Re-reads the legacy of canonical modern Arab writers * Offers critical tools to understand the contemporary era **[Re

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Author

Zeina G Halabi; JSTOR (Organization)

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781474421416

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Criticism, History, Literary Fiction

Updated

2026-03-24