One Year after Raba'a: An Interview with Adam Sabra and Mona El Ghobashy
Egypt has been the subject of media attention for its role as a mediator between Hamas and Israel during negotiations to end the military assault on Gaza. By contrast, Egypt's own very serious...
View ArticleWhy the Gaza Truce Failed
It will likely be some time before we learn the details of the Cairo negotiations over a Gaza cease-fire, which collapsed on Tuesday. Israel claims that Palestinian armed groups subsequently fired the...
View ArticleGaza and the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood
The slaughter of Palestinian civilians and the Dresden-like reduction to rubble of large parts of Gaza by Israel’s military forces in the name of its own citizens’ security has exposed the hypocrisy at...
View ArticleGauging the July-August 2014 Gaza War
The July-August 2014 Gaza war has not thus far initiated regional and international action to address the root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, nor to end the inhumane blockade that has been...
View Articleمنام الطفل السنجاريّ
منام الطفل السنجاري*هو الذي رأى كل شيء. هو الذي رأى، قبل أن ينام، جدّته تتضرّع إلى الله بيديها وشفتيها المشقّقتين. ولم يفهم لماذا لم يستجب ذاك الذي في الأعالي. هل تبخّرت الكلمات في طريقها إلى الأذن...
View ArticleO.I.L. Media Roundup (24 August)
[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...
View ArticleBadr Shakir Al-Sayyab: 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 Articleلا تقصص رؤياك
نوافاكتسحني برد شديد، انتشلني من إغماءة، كنت أنتفض. حاولت أن أفتح عيني باتساع فلا أستطيع، جفناي متورمان وثقيلان. استطعت فتح فرجة صغيرة من عيني الشمال منها سبرت المكان الذي تسرب إليه خيط نور من ثقب في...
View ArticleLast Week on Jadaliyya (August 18-24)
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 ArticleWho Are the Insurgents and Counterinsurgents?
We should not be surprised that the United States will not condemn Israel’s violence, or that it describes such activities as merely a defensive response to indigenous “terrorism” and insurgent forces....
View ArticleIsrael's "Operation Status Quo": A Preliminary Assessment
Israel’s massive onslaught on the Gaza Strip in July-August 2014 has been a military and political fiasco.A regional superpower, it failed to impose its will on an isolated enemy operating in a...
View ArticleSyria Media Roundup (August 15)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Syria and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Syria Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may...
View Articleملف من الأرشيف: محمد شكري
["ملف من الأرشيف" هي سلسة تقوم "جدلية" بنشرها بالعربية والإنجليزية بالتعاون مع جريدة ”السفير“ اللبنانية. الملفات لشخصيات أيقونية تركت أثراً عميقاً في الحقل السياسي والثقافي في العالم العربي.]...
View Articleالخطر السياسي القادم ما بعد العدوان على غزة
توجد أربعة أسباب على الأقل تشكل حوافز للحكومة الإسرائيلية للسعي إلى العودة إلى مسار سياسي بعد العدوان على غزة، حتى لو قبلت بعض الشروط التي رفضتها سابقاً، مثل تجميد غير معلن للاستيطان، أو عدم الإعلان عن...
View ArticleArabian Peninsula Media Roundup (August 26)
[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 ArticleNew Texts Out Now: Erin Runions, The Babylon Complex: Theopolitical Fantasies...
Erin Runions, The Babylon Complex: Theopolitical Fantasies of War, Sex, and Sovereignty. New York: Fordham University Press, 2014.Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book?Erin Runions (ER): Living...
View ArticleAn Open Letter
At 4 p.m. today, I celebrated with my colleagues my last meal in prison. I have decided—when I saw my father fighting against death locked in a body that was no longer subject to his will—to start an...
View ArticleProminent Human Rights Lawyer Ahmed Seif al-Islam Dies
Ahmed Seif al-Islam, one of the leading human rights lawyers in Egypt died on Wednesday after slipping into a coma following open-heart surgery earlier this month, the family announced in a...
View ArticleOn the Margins Roundup (August)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Mali, South Sudan, Somalia, Mauritania, Djibouti, and Comoros Islands and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect...
View Articleنفس الكتاب".. جرحٌ تعجز الكتابة عن لَأْمِه"
المراسلات دوائر لا تكتمل بغير العداوة أو الموت،تُشبه حركتها خفقان القلب ومداعبة اليد لكلب الزّمن، يجري لاهثا خلف حلول الطّريق، دون أنْ يجد الماء في البئر. هكذا يؤوب الجنس الرّسائليّ دوماً إلى صيغة من...
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