Abd El Fattah, Shura Council Defendants Sentenced To Fifteen Years In Absentia
Cairo Criminal Court sentenced activist Alaa Abd El Fattah and twenty-four others to fifteen years jail in absentia, a 100,000 Egyptian pound fine and five years' surveillance on Wednesday, in a trial...
View ArticleThe End of Rent Control in Lebanon: Another Boost to the “Growth Machine?”
It is an open secret that, given the political instability of the past three years, the Lebanese real-estate sector has suffered a sharp decrease in demand for upmarket property. In spite of this,...
View ArticleLegal Issues In The Shura Council Case
Here are five legal issues in the case of the Shura Council protest. Alaa Abd El Fattah is among the twenty-five defendants, who were sentenced on Wednesday to fifteen years in absentia, in addition to...
View ArticleInternational Arts Censorship by the Turkish Embassy: The Case of 'Here...
Last year, a case of censorship occurred in the course of Here Together Now, an exhibition held at Matadero Madrid, Spain from January to March 2013. The event was curated by Manuela Villa, and...
View ArticleStill in Bed
Now that ISIS is rattling across Iraq's provinces, we can expect the cheerleaders of US military intervention to return to the podium. Some will say that military actions need to be backed up with...
View ArticleO.I.L. Media Roundup (13 June)
[This is a monthly archive of pieces written by Jadaliyya contributors and editors on the Occupations, Interventions,and Law (O.I.L.) Page. It also includes material published on other platforms that...
View ArticleRepresenting Hamas (Part 2)
Shlomi Eldar,Lehakir et Hamas[“To Know Hamas”]. Jerusalem: Keter, 2012. [Part one of this review can be found here.]The Military Complex Eldar structures his narrative around character profiles of...
View Articleحول الأحداث الأخيرة في الموصل ومدن أخرى في العراق
تمر الموصل ومدن أخرى في العراق بتحولات عاصفة وخطيرة ومصيرية.يتناول الإعلام، وبخاصة الموالي للحكومة العراقية وللغرب، أنباء سيطرة الدولة الإسلامية في العراق والشام (داعش) على عدة مدن في البلاد، ويستثير...
View ArticleExperimenting and Exploring: Student Photography from Cairo
Photographs by German University in Cairo 2013 Photography Students, text by Yasser Alwan.After a semester-long introduction to photography, first-year Applied Arts students at the German University in...
View ArticleHassan Al-Banna: A Profile from the Archives
[”A Profile from the Archives“ is a series published by Jadaliyya in both Arabic and English in cooperation with the Lebanese newspaper, Assafir. These profiles will feature iconic figures who left...
View ArticleWatching ISIS on TV
I spent the last few afternoons and evenings with my wife's cousins---dynamic, generous, and patient people from Baghdad who only recently---after eight years of one war, ten years of sanctions, and...
View ArticleOn Recent Events in Mosul and Other Cities in Iraq
Mosul and other cities in Iraq are experiencing dramatic, dangerous, and fateful changes.The media, especially that which is allied with the Iraqi government and western states, has been focusing on...
View ArticleLast Week on Jadaliyya (June 9-15)
This is a selection of what you might have missed on Jadaliyya last week. It also includes a list of the most read articles and roundups. Progressively, we will be featuring more content on our "Last...
View ArticleSub-Saharan Migrants’ Quest for Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits
[This article is the fourth in a Jadaliyya series that addresses the present sociopolitical landscape of migration in Morocco. Read the previous installments in the series by Sébastien Bachelet:...
View ArticleEgypt Media Roundup (June 16)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Egypt and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Egypt Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may...
View ArticleCommunication to 38th World Heritage Committee on the Nomination of Battir as...
IntroductionBattir is a Palestinian village located on the border which separates the West Bank from Israel since 1948; its human historic landscape, characterized by dry-stone terraces and ancient...
View ArticleArabian Peninsula Media Roundup (June 17)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Arabian Peninsula and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Arabian Peninsula Page Editors...
View ArticleTurkey Media Roundup (June 17)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Turkey and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Turkey Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may...
View ArticleZeid Hamdan
Zeid Hamdan2010-2013Beirut, Lebanon In this video, Medrar.TV takes you on a trip through the inspiring practice of Lebanese musician and producer Zeid Hamdan, who is credited as the main force behind...
View ArticleQuick Thoughts: Western Sahara
[With no resolution on the horizon for the Western Sahara conflict, Jadaliyya asked Co-Editor Samia Errazzouki, who recently visited Sahrawi refugee camps outside the Algerian city of Tindouf, about...
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