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‘Abbasid Empire
‘Abd al-Massih, George
‘Abd al-Rahim, Yunis
‘Abdallah al-‘Alayli, Sheikh
Abu Risha, ‘Omar
addiction
‘Adnan (legendary progenitor of Arab peoples)
advertising: expert media and
for pharmaceuticals
publishing revenues in the West from
aesthetics, masculine and feminine
‘Aflaq, Michel
ahwal ‘ayniyya (financial affairs) (division of Ottoman civil law)
ahwal shakhsiyya (personal affairs) (division of Ottoman civil law)
‘Ajlani, Munir al-
‘Alawis
in the army
girls employed as domestics in Sunni Arab homes
in the SSNP
alcohol consumption, Islamic prohibition of
Aleppo, city of
Algeria
Anba’, al- (The News) (newspaper)
Anderson, Benedict
anti-imperialism
anti-Semitism
‘Aqil, Jalal
Arab League
“Arab malaise”
Arab Socialist Party
Arab Writer’s Union
Arabism
Malki Affair and “enemies of Arabism”
martyrology of al-Malki and
Qahtan Society and
Arab–Israeli War, First (1948–1949)
armed forces, Syrian
Army Day
citizen-building agenda and
civilian executive authority over
construction of martial citizen and
fratricidal conflict within
G-3 (Third Division of General Staff)
ideological coalition among senior officers
military intelligence
minorities in
origins in colonial police force
pledge to abstain from politics
“ruralization” of
SSNP members purged from
tribunal in Malki Affair and
Armenians
Armonil, advertisement in Tabibak for
Army of Salvation, of Arab League
‘Asa al-Janna (Heaven’s Wand) (satirical publication)
Asad, Bashar al-
Asad, Basil al-
Asad, Hafez al-
“correctionist movement” coup of
cult of
domination of Syria by
Islamist uprising against
‘Asali, Sabri al-
association, freedom of
Assyrians
Atassi, Hisham al-
Atfal taht al-Talab wa Man‘ al-Haml (Children upon Demand and the Prevention of Pregnancy) (al-Qabbani)
citizen as object of mobilization and
civilian government and
martyrology of al-Malki and
of military regimes
reform of legal codes and
trajectory toward
‘Awf, Bashir al-
Awraq Sahafi (A Journalist’s Papers) (al-Sham‘a)
‘Azma, Gen. Yusuf
‘Azma, Khalid al-
Baghdad Pact
Baghdadi, Muti‘a
Baghdadi, Shawqi
Bakdash, Khalid
Barazi, Husni al-
Basic Personnel Law
Ba‘thism and Ba‘th Party
Ba‘thist Revolution (1963–1966)
domination of Syria by
Malki Affair tribunal and
al-Malki’s status as martyr and
Military Committee
in parliament
in Syrian army
United Arab Republic experiment and
“Bedouins”
Bina’, al- (The Structure) (newspaper)
birth control
Bizri, Lt. Col. ‘Afif al-
bodybuilding
bourgeoisie
Brazil al-Sham (Brazil of Damascus)
broadcast media
Bunni, Kamil al-
canon law
capitalism
Cato the Younger
censorship
child custody
“Childrearing by a Mother of Bad Morals” (Qassab Hasan)
Christians
al-Malki’s martyrology and
medicine and
in the SSNP
Circassians
circumcision
“Citizen and the Law, The” (al-Muwatin wa al-Qanun) (Qassab Hasan)
estate dispute cases
fictitious letters from listeners
listening audience of
original title of
shari‘a and
“Citizen and the Radio, The” (al-Husami editorial)
citizenship
Asad regime and
class distinctions and
“conjugal citizen”
effacement of difference and
gendered male
hygienic citizen
legal context of
militarization of (“martial citizen”)
“model citizen”
nationalist ideology and
normative
Palestinians in Syria barred from
patriarchy and
pharmaceutical industry and
press and articulation of
sectarianism as threat to
tutelage of citizens. See also “virtuous citizen”
Civil Law Code, Ottoman
Civil Law Code, Syrian. See also Personal Status Code (PSC)
civil service/servants
class distinctions
colonialism
Colonialist Occupation (1920–1946)
commemoration
of martyrs’ sacrifice
in national space, time, and artifacts
persistence of
communists
army officers
al-Malki’s status as martyr and
Qassab Hasan as communist
Syrian Communist Party
conspiracy theories
Constitution (1950)
contraception
contracts
Correctionist Movement, Era of the (1970–2000)
corruption
countryside. See urban–rural divide
Court of Cassation, Syrian
court records
criminal codes
cultural history
Dabbagh, Khalil Hamdi al-
Dabbusi, ‘Abd al-Mun‘im
Damascus, city of
long “urban” history of
Martyrs’ Square
Midan sections
National Stadium
Old City
periodicals published in
population increase in
al-Salhiyya neighborhoods
Umayyad Mosque
urban landscape of
Damascus International Exposition
Damascus Officers Club
Daraa, uprising in
Darwin, Charles
Dawalibi, Ma‘ruf al-
Defense, Ministry of
martyrology of al-Malki and
tribunal in Malki Affair and
Democratic Years (1954–1958)
armed forces in
construction of citizenship during
as focus of nostalgia
publishing during
demonstrations
Derrida, Jacques
development, postcolonial
developmental expertise
expert media and pedagogy of
mass media and
military as modernizing force and
politics of
sectarianism as backward obstacle to
state institutions and
dictatorship
difference
disease
divorce
Druze
Dunya, al- (The World) (weekly magazine)
Egypt
ESS political alignment and
pan-Arabist union with Syria
El Shakry, Omnia
elections
elites
nationalist
traditional elites of Syria
urban
encomia
entrepreneurs
ESS (Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia) alignment
ethnic cleansing
Europe
“Evacuation Day”
expert media
nexus of expertise and media
pedagogy of development and
power and authority of media experts
family law
family planning
Fansa, Nazir
faqih (pl. fuqaha’) (jurisprudents)
fatwa
al-Qabbani and
Qassab Hasan and
Feisal, King
feminism
Festivals of ‘Adnan
Fi al-Bah (On Sexuality) (Ibn Luqa)
fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence)
foreign policy
freedoms, individual
French Mandate
“colonial citizenship” system
divide-and-rule policies of
expertise and legacy of
urban lifestyles of Damascus under
French Revolution
Freud, Sigmund
“From the Pages of Immortality” (al-Safadi)
furughiyya
Gaffney, Patrick
Gay, Peter
Gazetta, al- (The Gazette)
gender
governmentality
Great Syrian Revolt (1925–1927)
“Hadhihi Nasihati” (This Is My Advice) (al-Qabbani column)
hadith
Haffar, Wajih al-
Hafiz, Abu al-Hajjaj
Hajj Ibrahim, Mustafa al-
Hakim, Nazih
Hale, Nathan
Hama, city of
Hanbal, Ahmad bin
Hashemite monarchy
Hashimi, Yasin al-
Hawrani, Akram al-
healthcare
heterosexual norm
Hoffman, Albert
homosexuality. See same-sex desire/relations (“sexual deviance”)
Homs, city of
Homs Military Academy
Hunt, Lynn
“Hurriyat al-Muwatin” (The Citizens’s Freedom)
Husami, Ratib al-
Husayn, Taha
hygiene
discourse of “hygienic citizen”
hygienic citizen
sexual
Ibn Luqa, Qusta
identity
enactment of
mass media and
national
sacrifice and collective identity
sectarian
of Syrian army
Idha‘a al-Suriyya, al- (Syrian Broadcasting) (magazine)
front cover (1953)
as ideal print venue for Qassab Hasan
al-Qabbani’s radio program and
Idlib, city of
Ignatius, Greek Orthodox Metropolitan
“‘Ilaj hadith li mu‘alajt al-qur‘a” (Modern Therapy for Treatment of the Scalp) (al-Qabbani article)
imagined community
imperialism, French/Western
army’s origins as instrument of
sexual vices and diseases associated with. See also colonialism; French Mandate
Independence Day ceremony, first (1946)
“Inqita‘ al-Jinsi wa Athrat al-Nafsiyya, al-” (Sexual Inactivity and Its Psychological Impact) (al-Qabbani)
intellectuals/intelligentsia
civilian parliamentary government and
al-Malki assassination and
roles of women and
views on sexual deviance
Interior, Ministry of
international relations
Iraq
Fertile Crescent Unity based in
pro-British regime in
‘Isa, Sulayman al-
Islam
Arab-Islamic medicine
Golden Age of Islamic Civilization
‘Id al-Adha holiday
modernist
science and Islamic discourse. See also Muslims
Islamist uprising (1976–1982)
Islamists
Isma‘il, Sidqi
Isma‘ilis
Israel
‘Isseh, Ahmad
itjihad (independent reasoning)
‘Itri, ‘Abd al-Ghani al-
“Iyadat al-Qurra” (The Readers’ Clinic) (al-Qabbani column)
Jadid, Fu’ad
Jadid, Lt. Col. Ghassan
Jamal Pasha
Jami‘a, al- (The Community) (weekly magazine)
Jammal, Jules
Jarrah, Lt. Col. Muhammad al-
Jawahiri, Muhammad Mahdi al-
Jews
Jordan
journalism
hagiographic
medical
journals
Jundi, al- (The Soldier) (Defense Ministry journal)
letters in “The Student’s Page”
on Malki Affair tribunal
pedagogical cartoons in
posthumous lionization of Col. al-Malki in
reactions to al-Malki’s murder recounted in
Kalb, al- (The Dog) (satirical publication)
Kallas, Khalil
Kayyali, Fakhir al-
Khuri, Sami al-
Kinsey, Alfred
Kiswani, Hanna
Kurds
labor unrest
landlord–tenant relationships
law
canon law
civil law
developmental expertise and
Islamic criminal law
Maliki school of jurisprudence
marriage and
mass media and
poor judgment and limits of
rule of law
social justice and
synthetic legal system of Syrian state
totalitarian direction of Malki tribunal
“virtuous citizen” and discourse of. See also shari‘a (Islamic law)
League of Nations
Lebanon
leftism
lesbianism. See same-sex desire/relations (“sexual deviance”)
“libidinal imaginary”
literacy
literature
luti (“active,” penetrating sex partner)
ma’bun (“passive,” penetrated sex partner)
Maghut, Muhammad al-
Mahayri, ‘Isam al-
Majalla al-‘Askariyya, al- (The Military Gazette)
Majallat al-Shurta wa al-Amm al-‘Amm (Journal of the Police and Public Security)
Majallat Kulliyat al-Tarbiyya (The Journal of the College of Education)
Majallat Niqabat al-Muhandisin (The Journal of the Engineer’s Union)
majlis al-‘aqd
Makdisi, Antun
Makdisi, Ussama
Makhlouf, Anisa
Makhlouf, Badi‘
Malik Ibn Anas
Malki, Col. ‘Adnan al-
cult of sacrifice and
hagiography of
hypermasculine public image of
Islamic principles and
lineage and childhood of
politics of
public persona of
soccer fandom of
as soldier and exemplar of manliness
as unknown figure during lifetime
Malki, Col. ‘Adnan al-, assassination of
army officer ranks purged after
Kennedy assassination compared with
measures against “enemies of Arabism” and
reason for
social tensions heightened by
Malki, Col. ‘Adnan al-, martyrology of
funeral and commemorations for
letters of, as words from beyond the grave
mass production of encomia and
Malki, Muhammad Shams al-Din al-
Malki, Riyad al-
Ba‘th Party membership of
brother’s martyrology and
Malki Affair and tribunal
execution of “criminals”
investigation conducted by tribunal
repercussions of
response of the accused
Ma’mun, Sayf al-Din al-
manhood/manliness/masculinity
Marat, Jean-Paul
marriage
as cure for masturbation
as duty
legal genital intercourse within
as prescription for sexual anxieties
martyrdom/martyrology
“moral grandeur” and
prosopopoeia and
in religious traditions. See also Malki, Col. ‘Adnan al-, martyrology of
Marxism
mass media
access to
developmental expertise and
hygiene and
law and
letters to the editor
power and
“print-capitalism”
reluctance to discuss sectarianism
state and private media
masturbation
“addiction” to
as “the secret habit”
transformed perceptions of
“Mawakib al-‘Ilm wa al-Hadara” (The Triumphs of Science and Civilization)
Maysaloun, Battle of (1920)
Maysaloun Day
medicine
Arab-Islamic
citizen-building and
developmental expertise and
Galenic (“humoral”)
medical journalism
“virtuous citizen” and discourse of
Western
memoirs
memory, politics of
menstrual cycle
merchants
Mezze Military Prison
military arts and sciences
Military Coups, Era of (1949–1954)
Military Cultural Committee
military dictatorship
Military Tribunal, “Extraordinary.” See Malki Affair and tribunal
minorities
Armenians
Circassians
Druze
Isma‘ilis
Turcomans
Yazidis. See also ‘Alawis; Christians
mobilization agendas
citizen as object of authoritarian mobilization
corporatist
developmental
modernity
modernization theory
“moral and material” uplift
muftis
mujtahid (authoritative shari‘a interpreter)
Munjid, Zuhdi al-
Musa, Salama
Muslims. See also Islam
Muthanna, al- (pen name)
Nas, al- (The People) (newspaper)
Nashra al-Iqtisadiyya li Ghurfat al-Tijara, al- (The Economic Bulletin of the Damascus Chamber of Commerce)
nasihatname (Ottoman guidebooks for monarchs)
Nasser, Gamal Abdel
Nasserism
al-Malki’s status as martyr and
in Syrian army
National Stadium (site of al-Malki’s murder)
Arab nationalists executed by Ottoman Empire
capacity of population for civic responsibility and
Greater Syrian versus pan-Arab
“independent”
al-Malki and
militarization of citizenship and
pan-Arab
sacrifice at core of ideology
as secular religion
urban–rural divide and. See also Arabism; pan-Arabism
Nationalist Government, Era of (1946–1949)
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
Neo-Ba‘th, Era of the (1966–1970)
newspapers
daily
Lebanese
martyrology of al-Malki and
pro-SSNP
Nicouline, Vsevolod
Noludar, advertisement in Tabibak for
nostalgia
“On the Shortcomings of ‘Urfi Marriage” (Qassab Hasan)
Orientalism
Orwell, George
Ottoman Empire
discrimination against Shi‘i sects
extent at height of power
legal codes of
Sunni Arab elite under
Tanzimat period
urban lifestyles of Damascus under
Our Sexual Life (al-Qabbani)
on masturbation
on same-sex relations (“sexual deviance”)
Palestine/Palestinians
British mandate in Palestine
martyrology of resistance movements
Palestinian Occupied Territories
partition of Palestine
resistance to Zionist project
status of Palestinian refugees in Syria
pan-Arabism
parliament, Syrian
anti-Western trends in
elections
establishment of
Malki Affair and
restoration of
patriarchy
patronage networks
peasants
pedagogical project
Penal Code, Syrian
People’s Party
People’s Stories, The (Qassab Hasan)
Personal Status Code (PSC)
family relations and
patriarchal citizenship and
personality cult
pharmaceuticals: enactment of identity and
era of “wonder drugs”
global capitalism and
sexual anxieties and
“sexual deviance” and
political economy
political parties
“Politics of Martyrdom, The” (Rosoux)
polygamy
“positive neutrality”
postcolonial state/condition
pregnancy
press, freedom of
press legislation
print media
professional classes
progress
Progressive National Front
prosopopoeia
psychology
puberty
public transportation
Qabbani, Nizar al-
Qabbani, Sabah al-
Qabbani, Sabri al-
as developmental expert
faith in scientific progress
Islamic tradition alluded to in advice of
“libidinal economy” and
medical colleagues of
pan-Arabist ideology and
pharmaceuticals and
as physician
readers’ questions answered by
Qabbani, Sabri al-, sexual matters discussed by
issue of female sexuality
male sexual anxieties
masturbation (“the secret habit”)
reproduction and family planning
same-sex desire/relations (“sexual deviance”)
Qahtan (legendary progenitor of Arab peoples)
Qal‘aji, Qadri al-
Qanun al-Ahwal al-Shakhsiyya ma‘a Sharh Qanuni wa Insani Kamil (Qassab Hasan)
Qasimi, Zafir al-
Qassab Hasan, Burhan
Qassab Hasan, Hanan
Qassab Hasan, Najat
on bad morals and limits of law
on criminal law issues
as developmental expert
encomium for Colonel al-Malki
on estate disputes
eulogy for Colonel al-Malki
family and biography of
fictitious letters from radio listeners and
on honor
Islamic tradition alluded to in advice of
law viewed by
leftist ideology of
legal profession of
on marriage and family law
media productions of
Palestinian cause and
Personal Status Code (PSC) and
al-Qabbani compared to
as “radio attorney”
on residential real estate laws
shari‘a courts and
on social relationships in urban environment
as supporter of patriarchy
as women’s rights advocate
Qassab Hasan, Najwa
Qassab Hasan, Sa‘d al-Din
Qindil, al- (The Lantern)
Qisas al-Nas (Qassab Hasan)
Qur’an
Qutb, Sayyid
Quwwatli, Shukri al-
radio
rationality
Ra’y al-‘Amm, al- (Public Opinion) (newspaper)
reproduction
as a duty
family planning and
female sexuality separated from
virtuous citizenship and. See also sexuality
Riyad, Mahmud
Riyada wa al-Jamal, al- (Sports and Beauty) (magazine)
Robinson, Victor
Rosoux, Valérie
sacrifice
citizenship and
martyrdom and
nationalist cult of
“ultimate sacrifice” of citizen-soldier
Safadi, Maj. Salim al-
Safadi, Muta‘
“Sahib al-Raya” (The Standard Bearer) (Qassab Hasan)
Salih, Hamdi al-
same-sex desire/relations (“sexual deviance”)
“contingent” or “situational”
“homosexuality” as Western concept
misunderstanding of Kinsey and
in modern Arab society
as “sodomy” (liwat)
“treatments” for
samizdat
Saudi Arabia
Sawt Suriya (The Voice of Syria) (journal)
science
citizen-building and
as instrument of developmental progress
mass media and
sexuality and
“virtuous citizen”
and discourse of
Seale, Patrick
Secessionist Regime (1961–1963)
sectarianism
secularism/secularization
Islamic principles synthesized with
martyrologies and
“national and social welfare” concept
nationalism as secular religion
science and
sexuality and
state legal system and
virtuous citizenship and
sexual desire
patriarchal citizenship and
violation of norms and
women as objects of
sexual deviance. See same-sex desire/relations (“sexual deviance”)
sexuality
abstinence
anxieties about sex
genital intercourse within marriage
“perverted forms” of. See also reproduction; same-sex desire/relations (“sexual deviance”)
sexuality, female
masturbation
same-sex desire/relations (“sexual deviance”)
sexual anxieties
‘urfi (customary law) and
sexuality, male
same-sex desire/relations (“sexual deviance”)
sexual anxieties
Shafi‘i, Abu ‘Abdullah al-
Shahid al-‘Uruba (Hafiz)
Sham‘a, Hani al-
shari‘a (Islamic law)
backwardness of countryside and
Civil Code and
faqih (pl. fuqaha’) (jurisprudents)
interpreters of
patriarchy and
Qassab Hasan’s view of
shari‘a courts absorbed by the state
Shawi, Iskandar
Shihabi, Yahya al-
Shishakli, Col. Adib al-
armed forces’ overthrow of
in exile
‘Isseh and
al-Malki’s miiltary career and
Ministry of Propaganda and National Guidance under
modernizing reforms of
Personal Status Code and
resignation and flight of
“Shudhudh al-Jinsi Mushkila Ijtima‘iyya, al-” (Sexual Deviance Is a Social Problem) (al-Qabbani)
Shuqayr, Shawkat
criticism of al-Malki
martyrology of al-Malki and
on political affiliations of minorities
Shu‘ubiyun
Silverstein, Paul
Sites of Memory, Sites of Mourning (Winter)
Soviet Union
speech, freedom of
sports
SSNP (Syrian Social Nationalist Party)
accusations of treason against
dehumanization of SSNP members
media campaign against
Orthodox Christians and
trials of members of
tribunal in Malki Affair and suppression of
violent acts against tribunal officials
Stalin, Joseph
state, the
archives of
citizens’ reliance upon
“legitimate” use of coercion and
nationalism as secular religion and
“perverted forms” of sexuality and
popular perceptions of
radio as tool of
secular worship of
strengthened power of
“struggle for Syria”
Sudan
Suez Crisis/War
Sufism
Sunni Arabs: Malki Affair and
political/social hegemony of
“urban notables”
Syria: in colonial period
as cradle of pan-Arab nationalism
development of authoritarian rule in
ESS political alignment and
hopes and anxieties about future of
national holidays
pan-Arabist union with Egypt
periodization of modern history in
rural provinces of
subordination of military to civilian authority
urbanization in
Syria, Kingdom of
Syrian Broadcasting Service
acceptable limits of public speech and
magazine of
Syrian Legion
Syrian University
Faculty of Arts
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Sciences
“Tabib al-Jami‘a” (The Community’s Doctor) (al-Qabbani column)
Tabibak (Your Doctor) (journal)
coupon for readers’ questions
cover (Nov. 1956) depicting medical education
first issue
“Jamaluki Sayyidati” (Your Beauty, My Lady) column
“Li al-Atibb’ Faqat” (For Doctors Only) column
on masturbation
pharmaceutical advertising in
price of
on same-sex relations (“sexual deviance”)
on sexuality and family planning
translations of Western articles in
“Your Doctor Is at Your Service” column
“Tabibak khalf al-Midhya” (Your Doctor behind the Microphone) (al-Qabbani radio program)
Tabibak Ma‘ak (Your Doctor Is with You) (al-Qabbani)
Tamer, Zakayriya
Tanukhi, ‘Izz al-Din ‘Ilm al-Din al-
Tanzimat period (1839–1876)
Tarabulsi, Amjad al-
“Tarikh al-Tibb” (The History of Medicine)
Teachers’ College
technology
television
“Thaqafat al-Muwatin” (The Education of the Citizen)
Tibb al-Hadith, al- (Modern Medicine) (journal)
Tigers on the Tenth Day (Tamer)
Tighilbi, Nash’at al-
torture
totalitarianism
tourism
Troupes Spéciales du Levant
Turcomans
Turkey
‘ulama’ (religious scholars)
coopted by the state
Maliki school of jurisprudence and
sexuality and
‘Ulush, Badr al-Din
Umayyad Mosque
underdevelopment
United Arab Republic (UAR) (1958–1961)
Ba‘th Party and
democratic experiment terminated by
United States
American influence in Middle East
coup attempt blamed on
intelligence agencies of
Malki Affair and U.S. Embassy officials
SSNP’s favorable view of
urban–rural divide
army recruiting and
backwardness associated with countryside
pre-Islamic practices in countryside
science and
‘urfi (customary law)
virginity
“virtuous citizen”
duties of
elements of virtuous citizenship
family as microcosm of society and
law and
al-Malki’s “revolutionary” rhetoric and
multilevel citizenry and
Personal Status Code (PSC) and
women and
Volk, Lucia
Wamadat (Reflections) (Qassab Hasan TV program)
Wedeen, Lisa
West, the
West–East dichotomy
Winter, Jay
“With the Hero Martyr” column (al-Yamani)
women
modernity and
as objects of sexual desire
patriarchal citizenship and
reproductive agency of
rights of
virtuous citizenship and. See also sexuality, female
workers/laborers
al-Malki martyrdom and
recent immigrants from countryside
unskilled
World War I
Yamani, Sgt. Muhammad al-
Yazidis
Young Turks
Za‘im, Gen. Husni al-
Malki Affair tribunal held at villa of
al-Malki’s military career and
al-Qabbani and
Zaydan, Jurji
Zionism