Sociologist | Public Scholar | Middle East Analyst | @UNESCO advisor for the Arab region. I explore fractured modernities of the Arab world & the Mediterranean.
Al-Ghazali (1058-1111 CE) wrote a letter that can be described as anti-Machiavelli’s Prince. He penned a “Letter to a Disciple” in which he advises a student to avoid kings and princes as it jeopardises one’s moral integrity. The letter reads as follows: