Constantin Kaysar Zurayk قنسطنطين زريق | |
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Acting President of the American University of Beirut | |
In office 1954–1957 | |
Preceded by | Stephen Beasley Linnard Penrose, Jr. |
Succeeded by | Fouad Elskaf |
Personal details | |
Born | Damascus, Syria Vilayet, Ottoman Syria | April 18, 1909
Died | August 11, 2000 Beirut, Lebanon | (aged 91)
Relatives | Afaf Zurayk Dimitri Zurayk Camille Zurayk Sami Zurayk Ibrahim Zurayk Michelle Zurayk Michel Zurayk Gilbert Zurayk Kamil Zurayk |
Alma mater | American University of Beirut, Princeton University, University of Michigan |
Profession | Professor, Academic |
Constantin Zurayk (Arabic: قنسطنطين زريق; 18 April 1909 – 11 August 2000) was a prominent Syrian Arab intellectual who was one of the first to pioneer and express the importance of Arab nationalism. He stressed the urgent need to transform stagnant Arab society by means of rational thought and radical modification of the methods of thinking and acting. Some of his ideas, such as the "Arab mission" and "national philosophy" became key concepts for Arab nationalist thinkers. He was a strong proponent of the intellectual reformation of Arab society, emphasizing the need for rationalism and an ethical revolution.
Zurayik is credited with coining the term Nakba (Arabic for "the catastrophe") to refer to the flight of Palestinians in his 1948 book Maʿna an-Nakba.[1][2]
Title: Ma'na al-Nakba (The Meaning of the Nakba). By: Constantine K. Zureik. Date of issue: August 1948. Topic(s) addressed: كبة/Nakbah/Naqba/הנכבה (Arabic, "the catastrophe") expulsion of Palestinians in 1948 · First usage of the word Nakba for expulsion of Palestinians in 1948.
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