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Amin Maalouf is a Franco-Lebanese writer and essayist born in 1949 in Beirut. Winner of the Prix Goncourt in 1993 for 'The Rock of Tanios', he is a member of the Académie Française.
Known for: In The Name Of Identity: Violence And The Need To Belong, The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
Books by Amin Maalouf
In The Name Of Identity: Violence And The Need To Belong
In this thought-provoking essay, Amin Maalouf explores the complex nature of identity in the modern world. He examines how cultural, religious, and national affiliations can become sources of conflict...
The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
In this acclaimed historical work, Amin Maalouf recounts the Crusades from the perspective of Arab chroniclers of the time. Drawing on their accounts, he reconstructs how the peoples of the Middle Eas...
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The Multiplicity of Identity
Each of us carries within us a multitude of affiliations. To pretend that any human being can be reduced to a single belonging is to deny our very experience of life. I am Lebanese by birth, French by adoption, Arab by culture, and yet also a writer whose language and imagination are shaped by a uni...
From In The Name Of Identity: Violence And The Need To Belong
The Illusion of Singular Identity
The tragedy of our age lies in our fascination with simplified identities. All too often, religion or nationality becomes the supreme label, erasing every other dimension of the person. In Lebanon, I witnessed how such labels tore families apart; Christians and Muslims who once lived side by side be...
From In The Name Of Identity: Violence And The Need To Belong
The First Crusade (1096–1099): A Shock to the Muslim World
The First Crusade stands in Arab chronicles as a calamity unleashed without warning. From the distant shores of France, Germany, and Italy came multitudes whose purpose was obscured even to the Arabs—they appeared as barbaric hordes, driven by faith but behaving with cruelty. Chroniclers like Ibn al...
From The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
Fragmented Muslim Response
Following the loss of Jerusalem, the Islamic heartlands found themselves incapable of united action. From Cairo to Damascus and Baghdad, the great cities of Islam were ruled by separate dynasties whose rivalries consumed their energies. Each prince sought his own glory. Ibn al-Athir described how ru...
From The Crusades Through Arab Eyes
About Amin Maalouf
Amin Maalouf is a Franco-Lebanese writer and essayist born in 1949 in Beirut. Winner of the Prix Goncourt in 1993 for 'The Rock of Tanios', he is a member of the Académie Française. His work explores themes of identity, exile, and dialogue between civilizations.
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