Georges Tarabichi

Georges Tarabichi (1939 – March 16, 2016) was a Syrian writer and translator. He has translated over 200 books, including works by Hegel, Freud, Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir.

Born in Aleppo, Georges Tarabichi was educated at the University of Damascus, where he gained a B.A. in Arabic and a M.A. in education. He was director of Damascus Radio from 1963 to 1964. He was chief editor of the Journal for Arab Studies from 1972 to 1984 and of Unity Magazine from 1984 to 1989. He left Lebanon for France during the civil war, and now lives in Paris.

In 2012 Tarabichi was chair of judges for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.

Georges Tarabichi died in 16/March/2016 in Paris, France at the age of 77.

• الدولة القطرية والنظرية القومية (The regional state and the theory of nationalism), Beirut, Dar al-Taliʿa, 1982
• Woman Against Her Sex: A Critique of Nawal el-Saadawi - With a Reply by Nawal el-Saadawi, 1988
• مذبحة التراث في الثقافة العربية المعاصرة (Slaughter of the heritage in contemporary Arab culture), London, Dar al-Saqi, 1989
• المثقفون العرب والتراث (Arab intellectuals and their heritage), London, Ryad al-Rayyis, 1991
• نقد نقد العقل العربي (A critique of the critique of the Arab reason), 4 vols., Beirut, Dar al-Saqi, 1999-2004
• هرطقات (Heretical thoughts), 2 vols., Beirut, Dar al-Saqi, 2006-2008