Sarah Hamdar
Biographic Data
| ID | 643005 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah Hamdar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah |
| FAMILY NAME | Hamdar |
| SIGNATURE | HAMDAR S |
| AFFILIATIONS | American University of Beirut |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-8162-0570 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Can I dance over the bodies of the dead? On the impossibility of participant observation
This article is an autoethnographic essay on the challenges of conducting participant observation in times of crises, both on a personal and on a national level. To summarize, I trace the evolution of my own personal research itinerary, which focuses on Beirut's leisure and clubbing scene during the internal political turmoil in Lebanon and, later on, the 2024 war with Israel. Finally, I examine the impact of these events on my very ability to co…
Behold Thine Enemy: Power and Politics in Hizbullah’s ʿAshura Rituals
The annual commemoration of Imam Hussein’s martyrdom has been a method of preserving the memory of the Karbala battle, but contemporary practices reflect a political dimension. This text focuses on Hizbullah’s public mourning commemorations and argues that the physical gatherings and their mediation are part of Hizbullah’s larger political communication strategy as they reflect power dynamics and emphasize the party’s political values. Accordingl…
Hizbullah’s ʿAshura Posters (2007–2020): The Visualization of Religion, Politics and Nationalism
This article examines Hizbullah’s annual ʿAshura posters. It focuses on the campaigns created between 2007 and 2020 and places them against a backdrop of contemporary political events to demonstrate how the posters act as a significant site of political contestation and nationalist manifestation. By linking ʿAshura to contemporary politics in an ongoing reinterpretation of Imam Husayn’s martyrdom, Hizbullah places the Karbala battle at the center…
Hizbullah-land? Branding religio-politico identity in Dahiya
This article explores Hizbullah’s attempts to negotiate its double identity as both a religious resistance group and a Lebanese nationalist movement in Dahiya in the southern suburbs of Beirut. By reading Dahiya through the lens of literature on promotion and branding as well as Lefebvre’s spatial triad of perceived, conceived and lived spaces, the article examines how Dahiya’s physical landscape and the choreographed lived experiences within it …
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Hizbullah-land? Branding religio-politico identity in Dahiya
This article explores Hizbullah’s attempts to negotiate its double identity as both a religious resistance group and a Lebanese nationalist movement in Dahiya in the southern suburbs of Beirut. By reading Dahiya through the lens of literature on promotion and branding as well as Lefebvre’s spatial triad of perceived, conceived and lived spaces, the article examines how Dahiya’s physical landscape and the choreographed lived experiences within it …
Hizbullah’s ʿAshura Posters (2007–2020): The Visualization of Religion, Politics and Nationalism
This article examines Hizbullah’s annual ʿAshura posters. It focuses on the campaigns created between 2007 and 2020 and places them against a backdrop of contemporary political events to demonstrate how the posters act as a significant site of political contestation and nationalist manifestation. By linking ʿAshura to contemporary politics in an ongoing reinterpretation of Imam Husayn’s martyrdom, Hizbullah places the Karbala battle at the center…
Behold Thine Enemy: Power and Politics in Hizbullah’s ʿAshura Rituals
The annual commemoration of Imam Hussein’s martyrdom has been a method of preserving the memory of the Karbala battle, but contemporary practices reflect a political dimension. This text focuses on Hizbullah’s public mourning commemorations and argues that the physical gatherings and their mediation are part of Hizbullah’s larger political communication strategy as they reflect power dynamics and emphasize the party’s political values. Accordingl…
Can I dance over the bodies of the dead? On the impossibility of participant observation
This article is an autoethnographic essay on the challenges of conducting participant observation in times of crises, both on a personal and on a national level. To summarize, I trace the evolution of my own personal research itinerary, which focuses on Beirut's leisure and clubbing scene during the internal political turmoil in Lebanon and, later on, the 2024 war with Israel. Finally, I examine the impact of these events on my very ability to co…
Middle East Politics and Society (4 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Nationalism (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Ancient history (1 works)