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History Education in Lebanon and the Borders of the Nation

  • Bouchra Saab
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2025
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Studies on Modern Orient
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Volume 56 | Studies on Modern Orient

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This study shows that widely used history textbooks in Lebanon are more standardized and censored than in most liberal democratic countries, and relatively similar in form and content to textbooks from Syria and Iraq. A diversity of historical narratives has progressively converged into one dominant narrative which entails a standard definition of the »self«. In contrast, the »other« is defined through the exclusion of religious groups considered exogenous and ethnicities considered inferior. In addition, women are marginalized.

Surprisingly, the textbooks affiliated with Hezbollah, a Shiite militia financed by the Iranian regime, depart to a certain extent from this definition.

While most previous research on Lebanese history textbooks has focused on the diverging narratives of religious communities, this study views these textbooks as the outcome of a tension between two major forces: educational traditions, on the one hand, and contemporary politics, on the other.

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Bouchra Saab, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen.

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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

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    Acknowledgments

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    List of Abbreviations

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    Foreword

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    1 Introduction

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    2 Lebanese history textbooks in context

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    3 Lebanese history textbooks as a genre

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    4 One “us” and three “others”

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    5 Conclusion

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    Annex I excerpts from NT in Arabic

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    Annex II Summary of the proposed curriculum reforms in 2011 (Mneimneh, June 2023)

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    Bibliography

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    Index

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eBook published on:
September 9, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9783111577296
Hardcover published on:
September 9, 2025
Hardcover ISBN:
9783111577104
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293
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3
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5
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111577296
eBook ISBN: 9783111577296
Hardcover ISBN: 9783111577104
Keywords for this book
History education; historical narratives; textbook analysis; exclusion
Audience(s) for this book
Scholars of the Middle East, textbook analysis, education, history
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