Maher Charif is a Palestinian

Palestinian people

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 Marxist historian specialising in modern Arab

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 intellectual history and the history of Arab political movements. He is presently working as a lecturer and researcher on medieval, modern, and Arab history at the French Near East Institute

Institut français du Proche-Orient

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 in Syria

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Charif, a Palestinian refugee

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 resident in Syria, has been a member of the Central Committee of the Palestinian People's Party

Palestinian People's Party

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, and is a frequent commentator on politics and society in Arab newspapers.

His works include:

• Al-bahth 'an kiyan (The Search for an Entity), on the ideological evolution of Palestinian political movements
• Filastin fi-l-arshif as-sirri li-l-komintern (Palestine in the Secret Archive of the Comintern
  Comintern
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  )
• Rihanat an-nahda fi-l-fikr al-'arabi (The Stakes of the Nahda
  Al-Nahda
  Al-Nahda was a cultural renaissance that began in the late 19th century and early 20th century in Egypt, then later moving to Ottoman-ruled Arabic-speaking regions including Lebanon, Syria and others...
  
  in Arab Thought)
• Tayar al-islah ad-dini wa-masa'irihi fi-l-mujtama'at il-'arabiyya (The Religious Reformist Current and its Future in Arab Societies) conference papers, co-edited with Salam al-Kawakibi.
• Tatawwur mafhoum al-jihad fi-l-fikr al-islami (The Development of the Concept of Jihad in Islamic Thought)

External links

• "Maher Charif: construisons maintenant la paix" ("Maher Charif: Let Us Build Peace Now"). 14 Sep. 1993. Interview with Michel Muller in L'Humanité
  L'Humanité
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  . (French)