1. Introduction: The Construction of Hizbullah's Identity
2. The Role of Hizbullah's Institutions in the Reconstruction of Shi'i Identity
3. The Reconstructed History of the Lebanese Shi'a
4. Hizbullah's Reconstruction of History
5. The Supernatural in Hizbullah's Identity
6. Transnational Wilayat al-Faqih
7. Conclusion
Mohanad Hage Ali is Lecturer at the Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon. He is also Director of Communications at the Carnegie Middle East Center, Beirut, Lebanon.