Authors

Adam Shatz

 

Adam Shatz is a contributing editor at the London Review of Books (LRB).

 

ARTICLES BY Adam Shatz

  • Prophecy and Deliverance: Reading al-'Azm in An Age of Revolution

    Prophecy and Deliverance: Reading al-'Azm in An Age of Revolution

    Sadik J. al-`Azm. Self-Criticism After the Defeat. Translated by George Stergios. London: Saqi Books, 2011.

    On 5 June 1967, the Syrian philosopher Sadik al-`Azm received a call from his friend the poet Adonis. The war had begun, Adonis informed him, and the Arabs..

  • Is Palestine Next?

    Is Palestine Next?

    No one in the Arab world was watching the news more closely than the Palestinians during the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt. The first emotion they experienced was disbelief; the second – particularly when they saw Palestinian flags being raised in Tahrir Square – was relief that they were no ..