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INDEPENDENT IDEAS. OPEN MINDS.

Knowledge begins with a question. Freedom grows with a book.

We publish works that encourage readers to question, investigate, and reconsider. Our list spans philosophy, intellectual history, science, and literature, with a commitment to reason, secular thought, and pluralism in the Arabic-speaking world.

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THE LIBERAL LIBRARY
Original edition cover: محنة التغيير
From our catalogueThe Ordeal of Change — Eric Hoffer
01 / ORIGINAL EDITION
01Critical inquiry
02Freedom of thought
03Pluralism & secularism
04Careful translation
SELECTED BOOKS

Books worth discovering

Alongside Eric Hoffer’s The Ordeal of Change, the homepage brings together selected works by Alain de Benoist and Elie Wiesel’s literary trilogy.

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SELECTED WORKS

Alain de Benoist: Intellectual Readings

Nietzsche: Morality and Great Politics
Philosophy & Politics

Nietzsche: Morality and Great Politics

Alain de Benoist
نيتشه؛ الأخلاق والسياسة الكبرى
Translation: Muntajab Saqr
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SELECTED WORKS

Elie Wiesel’s Trilogy

Night
Literature & Culture

Night

Elie Wiesel
ليل
Translation: Sherin Alloush
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Day
Literature & Culture

Day

Elie Wiesel
نهار
Translation: Sherin Alloush
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Dawn
Literature & Culture

Dawn

Elie Wiesel
فجر
Translation: Sherin Alloush
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Original edition cover: قتل الوقت
FROM THE EDITORIAL DESK

Free thought begins with the right to ask questions.

Exceptional books challenge familiar assumptions and bring us into conversation with unfamiliar ideas. We publish work that re-examines authority, knowledge, history, and religion, placing critical inquiry at the centre of cultural life.

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THE CATALOGUE

More from the catalogue

Further selections in philosophy, politics, intellectual history, and literature.

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Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable?
Philosophy & Politics

Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable?

Judith Butler
أطر الحرب: متى تكون الحياة مستحقة للحزن؟
Translation: Manal Ahmad
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Liberalism Ancient and Modern
Philosophy & Politics

Liberalism Ancient and Modern

Leo Strauss
الليبرالية القديمة والمعاصرة
Translation: Ali Salman
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Weak Thought
Philosophy & Politics

Weak Thought

Gianni Vattimo
الفكر الضعيفCover image currently unavailable
OUR CONVICTION

For open minds and a society that values difference.

Books matter because they make room for better questions and give us new ways of understanding ourselves and the world. We value scientific inquiry, freedom of conscience, and equal citizenship, and we work to bring philosophy, secular ideas, and literature into conversation with Arabic readers.

BEYOND THE BOOK

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Serious ideas, carefully published

Works that deepen debates in philosophy, science, society, and intellectual history.

Translation as intellectual exchange

Close attention to meaning, precise terminology, and rigorous editorial review.

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Building channels that help books reach readers and support a culture of reading.

VOICES IN PRINT

The voices behind the books

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