Kawthar Guediri

PhD in Middle East politics, thesis on anti-partitionist prospects in Palestine from 1915 to 1988, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies (University of Exeter). She works on issues related to colonialism, nationalism, separation and partition the Middle East and collaborates to Assafir Al-Arabi. She is also the scientific coordinator of Common state-State Commun research, archiving and networking project.

The Sykes-Picot Agreements Kawthar Guediri · November 2016 Exactly a hundred years ago, in 1916, expecting the imminent collapse of the Ottoman Empire, and in order to expand their spheres of influence in the Middle East, the United Kingdom and France concluded a secret agreement with the assent of Tsarist Russia. This accord known as the Sykes-Picot (…)
The McMahon-Hussein Correspondence Kawthar Guediri · October 2016 Because it marches with our immediate aims, the break up of the Islamic ’block’ and the defeat and disruption of the Ottoman Empire, and because the states [Sharif Hussein] would set up to succeed the Turks would be (. . .) harmless to ourselves (. . .), The Arabs are even less stable than the (…)