Egypt Media Roundup (September 15)
[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 ArticleLast Week on Jadaliyya (September 8-14)
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 ArticleArabian Peninsula Media Roundup (September 16)
[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 ArticleTelepoetic with Rami Abadir
February 2014Alexandria, EgyptMedrar.TV is kicking off its special music series with a match up between Telepoetic and Rami Abadir. The Alexandrian band is the outcome of a mixture of musical...
View ArticleYasmine Hamdan
April 2014D-CAF Festival, Qasr el-Nile Theater, CairoYasmine Hamdan became known with Soapkills, the Arab indie band she founded in Beirut with fellow musician Zeid Hamdan in the nineties. Soapkills’...
View Articleأسباب الثورة في البحرين: حوار مع مريم الخواجة
نُشرت المقابلة بالأصل في كانون الأول\ديسمبر ٢٠١٢، قبل شهر من تمكن مريم الخواجة من الدخول إلى البحرين في المرة الأخيرة. حاولت أن تعود إلى البحرين فيما بعد في آب\أغسطس ٢٠١٣، لكنها مُنعت من الصعود إلى...
View ArticleDefending Palestine Solidarity Activists: An Interview with Dima Khalidi
In this interview, attorney Dima Khalidi, who founded and directs Palestine Solidarity Legal Support (PSLS), discusses what it means to provide legal defense to protect Palestinian rights activists in...
View ArticleNew Texts Out Now: Myriam Ababsa, Atlas of Jordan: History, Territories, and...
Myriam Ababsa, editor, Atlas of Jordan: History, Territories, and Society. Beirut: Presses de l’Institut Français du Proche-Orient, 2013. أطلس الأردن - التاريخ، الأرض والمجتمعJadaliyya (J):What made...
View ArticleUnderstanding Modernity: A Review of the Kuwait Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
On 6 June 2014, the Kuwait pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia’s 14th International Architecture Exhibition opened with a restaging of an event that took place three decades earlier: the ceremonial...
View ArticleSympathy for the Devil: Palestine’s Tragic Collaborators
Omar, directed by Hany Abu-Assad. Palestine, 2013. Omar, the most recent film by Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad (of Paradise Now fame), opens with a traversing of obstacles—a prefatory homage to...
View Articleحروب الردة أو اغتيال المستقبل
ما من شك في أن المنطقة شهدت في الآونة الاخيرة تقدماً لافتاً لقوى الردّة المضادة للثورات، وهي ليست «ثورات مضادة»، حسب التعبير الدارج، لأن لا شيء فيها من التغيير أو الثورة، إنما هي ردة ضد هذا وتلك....
View ArticleDARS Media Roundup (September 20)
[This is a monthly roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Resistance and Subversion in the Arab world and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the...
View ArticleSyria Media Roundup (September 20)
[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 ArticleProgressive Struggles against Insidious Capitalist Individualism: Interview...
In this interview, Angela Davis, and activist, teacher, author, and icon of the Black Power movement, talks about the linkages among global struggles. Touching upon black feminism, the importance of...
View ArticleIraq: A State or Militias?
The events that have transpired in Nineveh province, namely the meek capitulation of Iraqi troops against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), do not provoke suspicions about the existence of...
View ArticleMuhammad Abduh: 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 ArticleCourt Suspends Mahienour El-Massry's Sentence, Orders Release
An Alexandria court suspended the sentence handed down to leftist activist Mahienour El-Massry on Sunday, ordering her release.A request for the suspension was filed at the Misdemeanors Court on...
View ArticleOn Dead and Living Characters
Maha George is a young Iraqi Christian woman from Baghdad in her early twenties. I came to know Maha and her family quite well three and a half years ago. She was studying medicine in Baghdad at the...
View ArticleMehdi Haddab
April 2014Falaki Theater, CairoMehdi Haddab is an Algerian French musician, and a pioneer of the electric oud (lute). Over the years, he’s played a major role in developing and adapting the instrument...
View ArticleLast Week on Jadaliyya (September 15-21)
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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