Staying With Uncertainty: Syrian Intellectual Life in Germany

By Anne-Marie McManus This article was originally published on Reset Dialogue on Civilizations on January 29 January 2026. In a recent essay published by Reset Dialogues on Civilizations, Elizabeth Suzanne Kassab called on scholars to attend closely to the forms and concerns that shape contemporary Arab thought, locating its newness in the uprisings of 2011 and the ruptures that followed. In his response, included in the broader dossier, Samer Frangie cautioned that the category of “Arab tho...