This third episode of Jad For Reel عن جد , Jadaliyya’s monthly audio podcast, covers Palestine, Syria, refugees, academic boycott, torture, and film. It begins with a roundup of some of Jadaliyya’s hottest November pieces and exciting developments on the ezine. These include the addition of two new pages, Critical Currents in Islam and Vox Populi as well as the publication of the Western Sahara Jad Mag Maghreb page editor Samia Errazouki speaks with fellow co-editor Muriam Haleh Davis about how the recent Algerian Revolution roundtable diverges from existing literature on the revolution. Syria coverage includes the civil war’s impact on development, the death of Abdelqader Saleh, and an interview by Media page Co-Editor Malihe Razzazan with journalist Rania Abouzeid about challenges facing journalists in the country.
The episode also explores the conditions facing refugees in Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine and includes an audio clip from co-editor Noura Erakat’s lecture at Georgetown University on Palestinian refugees fleeing Syria. Steven Salaita activist and associate professor at Virginia Tech, discusses the American Studies Association’s resolution to academically boycott Israeli institutions. Palestinian filmmaker Suha Araj discusses her film, The Cup Reader, which is a prequel to her feature film The Khsara Club about Arab women who don’t get married in time. The episode ends with a lecture by co-editor Lisa Hajjar who untangles the contradictions between the CIA’s claims of administering justice, torture, secrecy and government accountability.
Podcast Materials
Al-Arian, Abdullah, Asef Bayat, Nathan Brown, Peter Mandaville, Jillian Schwedler, and John Voll. Roundtable on the Future of Islamism: A Starting Point (14 November 2013)
Bou Akar, Hiba and Nada Moumtaz. On Why Struggles Over Urban Space Matter: An Interview with David Harvey (15 November 2013)
Dahi, Omar. The Conflict in Syria is a War on Development (21 November 2013)
Dailami, Ahmed. Laughing Through the Tears: Satirical Theatre from the Peninsula (7 November 2013)
Davis, Muriam Haleh. Roundtable Introduction: The Afterlives of the Algerian Revolution (4 November 2013)
Erakat, Noura. The Khsara Club, Arab Women Who Don’t Get Married in Time: An Interview with Suha Araj (18 November 2013)
Erakat, Noura. Toward an Ethic of Legitimate Dissent: Academic Boycott at the American Studies Association (2 December 2013)
Hajjar, Lisa. Classified Memories: Trying to Try Terror Suspects Who Were Tortured by the CIA (27 November 2013)
Hashemitaba, Mohammad Reza. Weaving Ethical Concerns and Aesthetic Aspirations: Fatwas and Nose Jobs in Iran (14 November 2013)
Jadaliyya Reports. Displaced Again: Palestinian Refugees from Syria (29 November 2013)
Lund, Aron. The Death of Abdelqader Saleh (19 November 2013)
Mikdashi, Maya. Teaching Thanksgiving (26 November 2013)
Mourad, Sara. In the Shadow of Malala: The West’s Unsaved Others (6 November 2013)
Razazan, Malihe. Media on the Margins: An Interview with Rania Abouzeid About Reporting on Syria (26 November 2013)
Stel, Nora. Eviction and Migration in an Institutional Vacuum: The Case of a Palestinian Gathering in South Lebanon (29 November 2013)
JAD FOR REEL TEAM
Hosts: Noura Erakat, Samia Errazzouki
Executive Producer: Bassam Haddad
Writer and Producer: Noura Erakat
Associate Producer & Researcher: Nusayba Hammad
Audio Mixing and Muslc Selection: Bassam Haddad
Make-Up: Tahiyyah Kariokka
Location: Quilting Point Studio ("The Compound")
© All Right Huh! 2013 الف مبروك
Jad For Reel عن جد, is a digest of Jadaliyya’s hottest content each month. It features the most widely shared pieces in Arabic and English, a selection of interviews conducted by and/or with Jadaliyya’s Co-Editors, as well as original analysis provided exclusively for the program.