Arab Studies Quarterly
Special Double Issue
Guest Editors
Louis Brehony and Tahrir Hamdi
Volume 46 • Number 3 & 4 • Summer and Fall 2024
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Arab Studies Quarterly
EDITOR
Ibrahim G. Aoudé, University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa, Honolulu
ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Liana M. Petranek, University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa, Honolulu
BOOK REVIEW EDITOR
Salam Mir, Independent Scholar, U.S.A.
ASSISTANT EDITORS
Tahrir Hamdi, Arab Open University, Jordan
Rami Siklawi, Independent Scholar, Lebanon
BOARD OF EDITORS
Janice J. Terry, Eastern Michigan University, Emeritus, Chair
Salam Al-Rawi, AAUG
Ibrahim G. Aoudé, University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa, Honolulu
Fouad Moughrabi, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
Jamal R. Nassar, California State University, San Bernardino
Ahlam Muhtaseb, California State University, San Bernardino
Ghada Talhami, Lake Forest College, Emeritus, Chicago
ADVISORY BOARD OF EDITORS
Nabeel Abraham, Henry Ford Community College
Baha Abu-Laban, University of Alberta
Tareq Ismael, University of Calgary
Jamil E. Jreisat, University of South Florida
Rashid Khalidi, Columbia University
Afaf Mahfouz, Society for International Development and the Washington Psycho-Analytic Society
William Quandt, University of Virginia
Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) is a peer-reviewed journal on the Arabs, their culture, history, and institutions.
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CONTRIBUTIONS AND EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE
Notes to contributors and details of submission can be found at: www.plutojournals.com/asq/
Editorial Correspondence should be addressed to: Ibrahim G. Aoudé, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822. Email: aoude@123456hawaii.edu
All communications regarding book reviews and review essays should be directed to Salam Mir: salam21204@123456yahoo.com
CONTENTS
The Arms of Shadow 180
Sher Chandley
An Essay by the ASQ Editor 184
Ghassan Kanafani’s Funeral Photo by Robert Azzi 188
ARTICLES
Ghassan Kanafani and the Leninist Warriors of Palestine 189
Louis Brehony
Reflections on the Early Works of Ghassan Kanafani 214
Louis Brehony, Amira Silmi, Ramzy Baroud, Romana Rubeo, and Malek Abisaab
Conversation between the Sword and the Neck 229
Nathan Mcilroy
ESSAYS
Kanafani’s 1936–1939 Revolt in Palestine: A Revolutionary History 234
Charlotte Kates
Ghassan Kanafani and the Urgent Questions of our Day 237
Khaled Barakat
Good Friday 2024 243
Catherine Ann Lombard
INTERVIEW
Palestinians in Lebanon and the “Political Ghassan Kanafani”: An Interview with Marwan Abd el-‘Al, PFLP 246
BOOKS RECEIVED 257