Formless Form: Elias Khoury's CITY GATES [Abwaab al-Madinah] and the Poetics of Trauma (original) (raw)

The paper examines the interplay between warfare, violence, and politics, particularly in the context of the Middle East, with a focus on Elias Khoury's work, "CITY GATES." It critiques the tendency to overlook historical grievances in favor of a structural understanding of violence, arguing for the necessity of recognizing the concrete forms of violence and their roots in history. Additionally, the paper calls for a reconfiguration of politics to align more closely with peace rather than war, highlighting the consequences of ignoring the historical origins of contemporary conflicts.