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Last Week on Jadaliyya (June 30-July 6)
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...
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Egypt Media Roundup (July 7)
[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...
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An Excerpt from Amjad Nasser's "Land of No Rain"
[Land of No Rain, the recently published novel by Jordanian poet Amjad Nasser (b. 1955), describes the experiences, thoughts and memories of an ageing leftist who decides to go home to fictional Hamiya...
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Layer of Green: Eleven Photographic Works
Layer of GreenEleven Photographic WorksMarch - April 2014Contemporary Image Collective, Cairo “Layer of Green” is the outcome of a photography workshop organized by Goethe-Institut Kairo and CIC-...
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July Culture Bouquet
July has been quite evnentful and cruel. Neymar is out and the Caliphate is in and on. And we have a colorful bouquet for our readers. Elliot Colla examines the military-literary complex and the...
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Khaled Khalifa: "Revolutions Can't Be Reversed"
[Last month, the Syrian novelist Khaled Khalifa visited London to promote ‘Syria Speaks’, an anthology of short stories, poems, articles and visual art collected as a response to the Syrian regime’s...
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ABOUNADDARA’s Take on Images in the Syrian Revolution: A Conversation between...
[The text below is based on a workshop organized by Sonja Mejcher-Atassi at the American University of Beirut, 11 April 2014, with the generous support of the Arts and Humanities Initiative and the...
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The House of Melancholy and Strength
The House of Melancholy and StrengthPerformance by Nooshin RostamiChoreography by Merisha MesihovicIndustry City Open Studios, Brooklyn26 April, 2014 [House of Strength is a performance by the Iranian...
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Video Channeling: Mai Elwakil in Conversation with Daniella Rose King
Medrar.TV is a Cairo-based YouTube channel presenting digital content that documents contemporary visual art, sound and music events, exhibitions, talks, performances, and interviews across Egypt and...
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Turkey Media Roundup (July 8)
[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...
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The Military-Literary Complex
Poetry cannot serve as an emotional bandage for the blood and guts of warfare; such an industry is doomed to dishonor the dead as well as the living. — Yusef Komunyakaa Not so long ago, American...
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المسألة السّورية: سؤال المصير والمستقبل: الحراك الشعبي في سورية
الحراك الشعبي في سورية1ـ الحراك الشعبي السّوري ، الّذي بدأ في النّصف الثّاني من آذار (مارس) 2011 تحوّل تدريجياً ، وقبل أن يتصلّب عوده، وتترسخ قاعدته الشّعبية، ويتحقق استقلاله عن القوى والمؤثرات...
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Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar in Translation
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, The Time Regulation Institute, translated by Maureen Freely and Alexander Dawe, introduction by Pankaj Mishra. New York: Penguin, 2014. The verbal text is jealous of its...
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Women As Fair Game in the Public Sphere: A Critical Introduction for...
IntroductionEver since sexual violence has become a daily reality for Egyptian women, the subject no longer requires a long introduction. In the past few years, every Egyptian woman has become...
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New Texts Out Now: Melani Cammett, Compassionate Communalism: Welfare and...
Melani Cammett, Compassionate Communalism: Welfare and Sectarianism in Lebanon. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2014.Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book?Melani Cammett (MC): The aftermath of...
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O.I.L. Media Roundup (10 July)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Occupation, Intervention and Law and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the O.I.L. Page Editors...
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An Institutionalized Disregard for Palestinian Life
One either rejects the killing of non-combatants on principle or takes a more tribal approach to such matters. In the case of Israel and the Palestinians, the global outpouring of grief and...
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The Perils of American Muslim Politics
This Ramadan, many American Muslim leaders are anxiously awaiting to hear whether they have made the cut for the annual White House Iftar. An invitation to this iftar, as with similar events the State...
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Three Travelling Plaques Become Four in Mohamed Mahmoud Street
This article should be read as the continuation of a series I wrote for Jadaliyya on art and the Egyptian revolution, the most recent of which was posted on 25 January 2013 and entitled “The Dramaturgy...
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Mouin Rabbani Discusses Israeli Attacks on Gaza
Jadaliyya Co-Editor Mouin Rabbani gives an interview to Al-Jazeera English on the continued Israeli military assault on the Gaza Strip and the prospects for a cease-fire.
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