Constantin Kaysar Zurayk قنسطنطين زريق | |
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| Acting President of the American University of Beirut | |
| In office 1954–1957 | |
| Preceded by | Stephen Beasley Linnard Penrose, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Fouad Elskaf |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 18, 1909 Damascus, Syria Vilayet, Ottoman Syria |
| Died | August 11, 2000 (aged 91) Beirut, Lebanon |
| Relatives | Afaf Zurayk Dimitri Zurayk Camille Zurayk Sami Zurayk Ibrahim Zurayk Michelle Zurayk Michel Zurayk Gilbert Zurayk Kamil Zurayk |
| Alma mater | American University of Beirut, Princeton University, University of Michigan |
| Profession | Professor, Academic |
Constantin Zurayk (Arabic: قنسطنطين زريق, romanized: Qunsṭanṭīn Zurayq; [qun.sˤɑnˈtˤiːn zuˈrajq]; April 18, 1909 – August 11, 2000) was a prominent Syrian intellectual who was one of the first to pioneer and express the importance of Arab nationalism. He stressed the urgent need to transform stagnant Arab society utilizing rational thought and radical modification of the methods of thinking and acting. Some of his ideas, such as the "Arab mission" and "national philosophy" became key concepts for Arab nationalist thinkers. He was a strong proponent of the intellectual reformation of Arab society, emphasizing the need for rationalism and an ethical revolution.
Zurayik is credited with coining the term Nakba (Arabic for "the catastrophe") to refer to the flight of Palestinians in his 1948 book Maʿna an-Nakba.[1][2]
- ^ "Ma'na al-Nakba (The Meaning of the Nakba) (book)". Cork, Ireland: University College Cork. Palestine: Information with Provenance (PIWP database). Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
Title: Ma'na al-Nakba (The Meaning of the Nakba). By: Constantine K. Zureik. Date of issue: August 1948. Topic(s) addressed: كبة/Nakbah/Naqba/הנכבה (Arabic, "the catastrophe") expulsion of Palestinians in 1948 · First usage of the word Nakba for expulsion of Palestinians in 1948
. - ^ Khalidi, Rashid (2007). "1 The Palestinians and 1948: the underlying causes of failure". The war for Palestine : rewriting the history of 1948. Eugene L. Rogan, Avi Shlaim (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-37135-6. OCLC 192047956.