Massensen Cherbi

Ferhat Abbas’s draft of the Algerian Constitution (April 1963) has long remained unknown. The document sheds light on the personality of Abbas, who was one of the pillars of the Algerian national movement and one of the first opponents of the post-independence regime.

Deutscher Orientalistentag 2025, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen Organisation: Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft Dr. Clara-Auguste Süß (Organisator:in), Benjamin Heidrich (Chair), Ph.D. Christian Thuselt (Panelbeitragende:r), Dr. Imad Alsoos (Panelbeitragende:r), PD Dr. Nora Lafi (Panelbeitragende:r), Massensen Cherbi (Panelbeitragende:r), Dr. André Bank (Diskutant:in)

The panel “The State and Its Antagonisms: Contingency and Fragmentation of Political Order in the MENA Region”, organized by MECAM, explored how statehood is constituted, its internal dissonances, and tensions between imagined orders and practices across the Maghreb, Mashriq, and Germany.