Can You Force People to Be Free?

In part 3 of my letter exchange with Mustafa Akyol, I argue that to privilege liberalism in the Arab world is to consign Arabs to their tragic fate.

This is part 3 in a 6-part correspondence series between myself and the Turkish author and thinker Mustafa Akyol. I will be writing letters 1, 3, and 5, and Mustafa will be writing letters 2, 4, and 6 on his Substack.

Links will be added as the letters get published: letter 1, letter 2, letter 3, letter 4, letter 5, and letter 6. We’d love to hear from y…