SAHAR MARANLOU explores a novella, newly translated and republished in English that tells the history of Iran through women’s bodies
Understanding Hezbollah
ALEX HALL recommends a meticulous and fascinating academic account of the development of Lebanon’s ‘Party of God’
Hezbollah members carry the coffins of two of their comrades who were killed on Wednesday when a handheld device exploded, during a funeral procession in the southern suburbs of Beirut, September 19 2024
[AP Photo/Hussein Malla]
CHRISTOPHE DOMEC relishes a dizzyingly precise fiction that relays the problem of reporting the truth
DAVID NICHOLSON applauds the revival of a joyous production that deals with choirs, competitions and communism
New releases from Peruvian Ranil y Su Conjunto Tropical, Leve Leve: Sao Tome & Principe, and South African BCUC
MARY DAVIS welcomes a remarkable documentary about the general strike — politically spot on, and featuring accounts from the strikers themselves — that is available for screenings
MICHAL BONCZA and MARIA DUARTE review The Stranger, Undertone, and Outcome
Hezbollah: Mobilisation and Power
Aurelie Daher, Hurst, £18.99
ORIGINALLY published in 2014 in French, translated into English in 2019 and then reissued in a paperback this year, Aurelie Daher’s book is a meticulous and fascinating academic account of the development of Lebanon’s Party of God.
With current developments in west Asia it can hardly be more relevant. The Israeli campaign to wipe out Palestine continues apace, Tel Aviv presses ahead with provocations on both Iran and Hezbollah, which, if answered, would drag the United States into entering the conflict.
It would be very difficult to understand what this might lead to. The US has an established pattern of wrecking countries and then withdrawing as it remains unable to achieve political solutions by blowing things up. Both Israel and the US have powerful military capabilities, hard-line governments, and nuclear weapons.
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