Books (Arabic)
The Beginnings of Logic (Arabic), the Arab Studies Society, Jerusalem 1982.
Freedom: The Fixed and the Absolute, Dar al-Saqi, London 1995.
Mount Tabor: a Palestinian Story, the Kul- Shee Library, Haifa 2020
The Scout, or: Philosophy and Us, The Arab Institute for Research and Publication, Beirut 2025.
Books (English)
Once Upon a Country: a Palestinian Life, with Anthony David, FSG, 2007
What’s a Palestinian State Worth? HUP, 2011.
Une Allumette Vaut-Elle Toute Notre Philosophie ? Flammarion, 2012.
The Story of Reason in Islam, Stanford, 2017
Avicenna’s al-Shifa’: Oriental Philosophy, Routledge 2018
Articles : (Arabic).
“The Capability Approach: From Sen to Nussbaum”, Tabayyun issue 42-Vol.11/11, Autumn 2022, pp.61-80.
“Civilization and Barbarism: Intersections and Differences”, Yatafakkarun, Issue 9, 2016, pp.132-163.
“Conscience and the Will: Their Freedoms in the Religious and Secular Spheres”, Yatafakkarun, Issue 17, 2015. Pp 72-80.
Articles, Chapters- General: (English)
“Sound and Self: A Tentative Biography”, in Thinking without Borders: Essays in Honor of Arindam Chakrabarti. M. Mackenzie, A.Donahue and Anand Vaidya, eds. ( London,New York,Bloomsbury 2025). pp. 359-371.
“Is ‘One’ Unique?”, in Religious and Intellectual Diversity in the Islamic World: Essays in Honor of Sarah Stroumsa (2Vols.) Omer Michaelis and Sabine Schmidtke (eds). (Brill 2023), pp.901-915.
“Are Miracles Possible? Avicenna Revisited”, in Religion in Reason: Metaphysics, Ethics and Politics in Hent de Vries, Tarek Dika and Martin Shuster (eds), (Taylor and Francis 2022), pp.108-128.
“Shehrazade and Hind Swaraj”, with Lucy Nusseibeh, in Politics, Ethics and the Self”, ed. R. Bhargava, Routledge, India, 2022.
“Correcting Wrongs: From Rhodes to Ben Gurion”, in Seminar 743 July 2021 pp 21-28.
“Islam: Philosophy and Law-making” Confluence: Journal of World Philosophies, 4. (2016). Retrieved from https://scholarworks.iu.edu/iupjournals/index.php/confluence/article/view/560
“To Justice with Love”, in Philosophy without Borders, R.Weber and A.Chakrabarti (eds)., Bloomsbbury Academic, 2015.
“On Love”, in Human Alert. Ed.Hent de Vries. Columbia University Press, 2015.
“The Possible Worlds of Avicenna and Leibniz”, The Misty Land of Ideas and the Light of Dialogue: An Anthology of Comparative Philosophy, Western and Islamic. Ed. Ali Paya, ICAS Press, 2014.
“A Response to Five Critics”, Reason Papers 34,no 2 (2012), pp 57-69.
“Philosophical Reflections on the Israeli-Palestinian War: Of Hedgehogs, Foxes and Swans; Of Folly, Faith and Miracles”, The Tanner Lectures on Human Values, 29. Ed. Suzan Young. University of Utah. 2010.
“Avicenna: Providence and God’s Knowledge of Particulars”, Avicenna and His Legacy: A Golden Age of Science and Philosophy, ed. Y.Zvi Langermann (Brepols 2009), pp.275-288.
“Islam, Islamic Philosophy and Peace”, Philosophical Perspectives on Peace: Proceedings of the Turin Symposium. A. Poma, L. Bertolino eds. Trauben 2008.
“Gewalt: Rationalitat Und Vernunftigkeit”, Gott, Rette Die Vernunft! Die Regensburger Vorlesung des Papstes in der philosophischen Diskussion”, pp 119-145. Sankt Ulrich Verlag, 2007.
“Is God part of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict of Rights, and should He remain so?”, in Does Human Rights Need God? Chicago: Eerdman 2005.
“A Formula for Narrative Selection: Jonathan Isacoff’s Commentary on Writing the Arab-Israeli Conflict”, Perspectives on Politics (2005) Vol 3/No.1. pp 89-92.
“The Limit of Reason: (or Why Dignity is Not Negotiable), APA Newsletters, Vol 04, No.1. (Fall 2004), pp. 5-8. (Originally a paper read at a special philosophy panel organized by the APA).
“Cultural Clash and the Moralist Quest”, Philosopy, Culture and Traditions 7, 2001, pp 25-29.
“Personal and National Identity: A Tale of Two Wills”, Philosophical Perspectives on the Israeli Palestinian Conflict, ed. Toman Kapitan, Sharpe 1997.
“Epistemology”, The Routledge History of Islamic Philosophy, 2. Vols. ed. Oliver Leaman. Routledge 1995.
“Can Wars be Just?”, with Jean Elshtaine and others, in But Was it Just? Reflections of the Morality of the Gulf War. Doubleday 1992.
“Al-Aql Al-Qudsi: Avicenna’s Subjective Theory of Knowledge”, Studia Islamica (1989), 39-45.
“Avicenna: Medicine and Scepticism”, Koroth ,Vol.8,No. 1-2, 1981.
“Subaromic Particles and Scientific Posits”, with B. El-Issa, Technical Reports, Birzeit University, Vol.1, 1981. Pp 14-30.
Reviews
(Avner Baz, When Words are Called For: A Defense of Ordinary Language Philosophy). Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, Jun 2012.
(F. Zimmerman, Al-Farabi’s Commentary and Short Treatise on Aristotle’s De Interpretatione), History and Philosophy of Logic 13, 1992: 115-132.
(S.A. Nasr’s Islamic Life and Thought”), TLS, 1982: 267
(A, Badawi, Quelque figures et theme de la philosophie islamique), Asian and African Studies 14 (1980), 207-209.
Little Reviews :
(ed B. Orfali and M. Pomerantz, The Philosopher Responds: An Intellectual Correspondence from the Tenth Century), Common Knowledge (2023) 29 (1) 102-3.
(Carlos Fraenkel, Teaching Plato in Palestine: Philosophy in a Divided World). Common Knowledge (2018) 24 (2): 327-8.
(M. Saba, Religious Difference in a Secular Age: A Minority Report). Common Knowledge (2017) 23 (3): 534-5.
(T. Christopher, How to Plan a Crusade: Reason and Religious War in the High Middle Ages), Common Knowledge (2017) 23 (1): 113-4.
(M. Al-Musawi, The Medieval Republic of Letters: Arabic Knowledge and Construction) Common Knowledge (2016) 22 (3): 502-3.
Selected Lectures/General
On the Relevance of Philosophy in the Arab World Today, The Shlomo Pines Lecture, Israel’s Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem, 2003. (Press here)
Are possible facts real? An Avicennian vignette (Harvard, 2018). (Press here)
Giving Voice to Conscience , Utrecht, the Koningsberger Lecture. (Press here)
The Archimedean Lever (London, the Max Perutz Lecture). (Press here)
Identities in Conflict: Masters and Slaves (Leuven, The Multatuli lecture)…redo ( Press here )
Justice: Rights and Values. The Annual Lecture on Religion, Conflict and Peace Studies (Arizona State University 2012). (Press here)
The Pursuit of Happiness: Ibn Khaldun Revisited (Illinois, Chicago 2022). (Press here)
Al-Aqsa: a Muslim’s View (Providence College, Rhode Island 2017) re print. (Press here)
On Belonging. (a Martin Buber event), Israel’s Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem, July 2020. (Press here)
Menahem Ya’ari (2010, 2025), Israel’s Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem. Press here ( Freedom , Moments )
Tagore and Reflections on Freedom (Shimla, 2011). (Press here)
Selected Arabic Articles on local political affairs
Before the Storm (1984-1987)
“Academic Dialogues”, Al-Mithaq 28/4/1984
“Which of Two Alternatives Is Better for Us?” Al-Mawqef 19/10/85. Press here
“A Response to a Critic”, Al-Mithaq 2/12/1985. Press here.
“To Remain, to Return and to become Equal: A New Strategy”, Al-Fajr 9/1/1986. Press here
“Rebellion and Consciousness”, Al-Fajr Weekly (English) 25-4-1986. Press here
“Palestine: To Liberate the Land or the People” Al-Quds 20/7/1986. Press here
“Liberating the West Bank and Gaza”, Al-Quds 30/7/1986. Press here
“Let Reason be Our Weapon”, Al-Quds Newspaper”, 15/7/1987. Arabic. Press here.
Selected Articles/Interviews/Lectures On Local Affairs
During the Storm (first intifada: 1986-1989)
“The Foundation Stone for the State”, Al-Quds Daily (Arabic) 8-7-1987 (Trans. English). Press here.
“The continuation of the status quo”, Al-Fajr Weekly (English) 9-8-1987. Press here.
“First the Land; Then the People!”, Al-Quds 4/11/87. Press here.
“Successful Resistance Must be Internalized”, interview: Al-Fajr Weekly (English) 10-1-1988. Press here.
“The Gathering Palestinian Storm”, Los Angeles Times, 21-1-1988. Press here.
“How to Influence Israel”, interview: Newsweek, 28-3-1988, Press here.
“Freedom, the Person and the Nation”, Lecture, University of Pavia, Italy, May 1988. Press here.
“The Uprising: A Critical Analysis”, (lost publication reference, early to mid 1988). Press here.
“Towards the Proclamation of the State”, interview: Al-Fajr Weekly (English) 14-8-1988. Press here
“The Options Facing the 19th PNC”, Middle East International, 7-8-1988, Press here.
“The intifada: A personal Perspective”, American Arab Affairs, (27) Dec.8,1988. Press here.
“Time for Palestinian Offensives”, Middle East International, 2-12-1988, Press here.
“The Intifada: A Two-year Perspective”, lecture at the AAUG Convention, Washington, Nov. 1989. Press here.
“Midwife at the Birth of a State”, The Guardian, 9-12-1989. Press here.
“Assessing Two Years of Intifada”, paper read at Oxford University, February 1990. Press here.
“Dialogue as Conscience Development”, Al-Fajr, ???= Feb. 1992
Selected articles
After the Storm (1995-2025)
“Democracy and the Political Party”, in The Crisis of the Palestinian Political Party, Muwatin, Ramallah, 1995. Pp. 131-145. Arabic, Press here.
“The Button’s Secret”, Al-Quds Newspaper , 7th August 2005, Arabic, Press here.
“A Critique and a Response”, An-Nahar al-Arabi, 16/10/?, ?? , Arabic, Press here.
“The Militarization of Resistance”, ??????? Arabic, Press here.
Intervivew
Across the chasm: Voices of reason
We are standing at limit of our endurance
Declaring an Independent state is Becoming More Necessary by the Day
Abu Sharif's Article is Daring, But Not Enought
Successful Resistance Must be Internalised
Those Throwing Stones at Siniora Should look at Themselves
Proche-Orient Le processus d'Oslo était condamné à l'échec , globservateur
A Virtual State Called Palestine, Qantara.de
Interview by Florence Noiville, Le Monde
Plea for Radical Pragmatism,,Qantara , conducted by Naima El Moussaoui
Nusseibeh looks the future in the face, by Michele Monni, opendemocracy
Two-state solution loses its champion , by Hugh Naylor, The National
Eine Ara geht zu Ende, Interview mit Frank Olbert, Kasta.du
Sari Nusseibeh : Palestine et Israël, deux Etats sur un même territoire ", by Anne Guion, lavie
Sari Nusseibeh: La Solution: une fédération, Le monde
Interview with Maariv Newspaper, Ehud Shayshon.(Hebrew)
Troppi Stati per una terra, , ATTUALITA MEDIO ORIENTE
A ‘Federation’ as a Solution for Peace? By gjones. 2013
Ich fühle wieder Stolz als Araber, by ARABISCHER UMBRUCH
A Way Past Middle East Deadlock , by Interviewer: Bernard Gwertzman, Council on Foreign Relations
Niet bezetting, maar lot vluchtelingen is echte drama
The voice, International student newspaper of leuven
" Interview for Bridges Magazine" by Judith Laurance. October 2008.
We are running out of time for a two-state solution, Haaretz Newspaper by Akiva Eldar
" Interview for Qantara.de " - Interview by Mohanad Hamed und Adham Manasreh - May 2008
The world is bigger than our fooleries, New Society, Harvard College Student Middle East Journal
What future for Palestine?, Open Democracy by Linda Benedikt
Faith, not optimism, Open Democracy by Linda Benedikt