My book, published in 2020, reconstructs the history of ʿAṣfūriyyeh, one of the first ‘modern’ mental hospitals in the Middle East. It uses the rise and fall of this institution as a lens through which to examine the development of modern psychiatric theory and practice in the region as well as the socio-political history of modern Lebanon. ʿAṣfūriyyeh becomes a window into social-policy questions relating to dependency and welfare, definitions of deviance, the relation of mission to empire, state-building processes, and the relation of medical authority to religion. The book also examines the impact of war on health and healthcare infrastructures. Reflecting on the afterlife of this and other institutions, the book calls for a new ‘ethics of memory.’

我的书于 2020 年出版，重建了 ʿAṣfūriyyeh 的历史，这是中东最早的“现代”精神病院之一。它以该机构的兴衰为视角，审视该地区现代精神病学理论和实践的发展以及现代黎巴嫩的社会政治历史。ʿAṣfūriyyeh 成为了解与依赖和福利相关的社会政策问题、偏差的定义、使命与帝国的关系、国家建设过程以及医疗权威与宗教的关系的窗口。这本书还考察了战争对健康和医疗保健基础设施的影响。反思这个机构和其他机构的来世，这本书呼吁建立一种新的“记忆伦理”。