ALI AL-SHARQI, HIZB AL-NAHDA, AND THE DIFFICULTIES OF BEING AL-FURATI IN MANDATORY IRAQ

According to most historians, it was only in the 1930s that ideological politics based on liberal, nationalist, and radical leftist ideas began to supplant sect- and patronage-based activism.1 The historian 'Ali al-Wardi is even more cynical. The peculiar power dynamics of the colonial state di...

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Published in:Arab studies journal 2022-10, Vol.30 (2), p.38-67
Main Author: Cooper-Davies, Chris
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
20th century
al-Sharqi, Ali
Archives & records
Cities
Courts
Historians
Ideology
Iraqi literature
Nationalism
Patronage
Poets
Political history
Political participation
Political parties
Politics
Power
Religion
Revolutions
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Summary:According to most historians, it was only in the 1930s that ideological politics based on liberal, nationalist, and radical leftist ideas began to supplant sect- and patronage-based activism.1 The historian 'Ali al-Wardi is even more cynical. The peculiar power dynamics of the colonial state dictated such interpretations, which encouraged a form of politics premised on the representation of discrete minority and majority religious and ethnic communities. A prominent figure from the Najafi nahda and the lead thinker of Hizb al-Nahda, Sharqi has rarely received more than a cursory mention in historical scholarship for his political activity.12 Born in 1892 and raised in the family home of the illustrious Iraqi poet Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawahiri, Sharqi had his political awakening in the midst of the constitutional revolutions. "13 Sharqi maintained his position as an 'alim into adulthood, taking work as a shari'a court judge in the late 1920s.
ISSN:1083-4753
2328-9627