Vol. 8 No. 020 (2025): Issue 020

Cover of العدد 20, Almuntaqa

Issue 20 of Almuntaqa (2025) includes the following studies and articles: “Editor's Note”; “The State and the Arab State in Bishara’s Democratic Project: Political-Philosophical Approaches” (Mohammad Othman Mahmoud); “Digital Activism within the Coptic Community in North America: New Transnational Opportunities or Emerging Threats?” (Lilian Estafanous); “Economic Theology in Iraq: The Parallel Economy of Al-Kafeel” (Khalid Mutlaq); “Toward a Pharmaceutical Anthropology in Morocco: The Biography of Aureomycin from Physical Production to Cultural Reinterpretation” (Farouk Tahri); “The 2019 Legislative and Presidential Elections in Tunisia: Politics, Electoral Behaviors, and Elite Mobilization” (Brahim Chlaih); “Chinese Strategy Toward Arab States: Goals and Implications for the Future, an Exploration” (Yasmine Lahnin).

Published: 2025-05-01

المقالات

  • The State and the Arab State in Bishara’s Democratic Project: Political-Philosophical Approaches

    Author: Mohammad Othman Mahmoud (Author)
    8-30

    This study examines the question of the state in Azmi Bishara’s exploration of democracy through the lens of political-philosophical approaches to utopia, Rawlsian philosophy, citizenship, civil...

  • Digital Activism within the Coptic Community in North America: New Transnational Opportunities or Emerging Threats?

    Author: Lilian Estafanous (Author)
    31-51

    This study critically examines the dual impact of digital technologies on the political agency of the Coptic diaspora, emphasizing both the opportunities and limitations posed by Information and...

  • Economic Theology in Iraq: The Parallel Economy of Al-Kafeel

    Author: Khalid Mutlaq (Author)
    52-70

    This study explores the rise of “economic theology” in Iraq through an examination of the Shi’i Al-Kafeel network and its expanding institutional presence. It addresses the central question of...

  • Toward a Pharmaceutical Anthropology in Morocco: The Biography of Aureomycin from Physical Production to Cultural Reinterpretation

    Author: Farouk Tahri (Author)
    71-87

    Pharmaceutical anthropology calls for moving beyond the conventional divide between folk remedies and modern pharmaceuticals and applying the same analytical lens to both. The biographical...

Editorial Note

  • Editor's Note

    5-6

    Critical studies on digital activism, state theory, religious economy, and pharmaceuti cal practice.

Book Reviews

  • The 2019 Legislative and Presidential Elections in Tunisia: Politics, Electoral Behaviors, and Elite Mobilization

    Author: Brahim Chlaih (Author)
    90-93

    Mehdi Mabrouk (ed.), The 2019 Legislative and Presidential Elections in Tunisia: Politics, Electoral Behaviors, and Elite Mobilization (Doha/Beirut: ACRPS, 2022), pp. 624.

  • Chinese Strategy Toward Arab States: Goals and Implications for the Future, an Exploration

    Author: Yasmine Lahnin (Author)
    94-97

    Anas Khaled Nassar, Chinese Strategy Toward Arab States: Goals and Implications for the Future, an Exploration (Doha/Beirut: ACRPS, 2020), pp. 275.