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New Texts Out Now: Khalil Bendib, Too Big To Fail
Khalil Bendib, Too Big To Fail. Washington, DC: Tadween Books, 2015.Jadaliyya (J): What was the idea behind putting together this collection of political cartoons? Khalil Bendib (KB): It struck me at...
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New Texts Out Now: Don Karl and Basma Hamdy, Walls of Freedom: Street Art of...
Don Karl and Basma Hamdy, editors, Walls of Freedom: Street Art of the Egyptian Revolution. Berlin: From Here to Fame Publishing, 2014.Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book?Don Karl and Basma...
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Yemen at Crossroads: An Interview with Activist Hisham Al-Omeisy
Yemen has grabbed the world's attention as the country’s political crisis appears to have been deepened with the Saudi-led military intervention. According to The Guardian and other news organizations,...
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Snapshot: Palestinian Spring
As a Palestinian photojournalist living in the West Bank my daily work is very far from the quiet and fabulous nature that is seen in these pictures. Every week I spend hours covering protests,...
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Illicit Sex in Ottoman and French Algeria: An Interview with Aurelie Perrier
The association of the Arab world with Western sexual fantasy figured prominently in the artwork and literature that was critiqued so famously by Edward Said in Orientalism. Yet beyond the fantasies...
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O.I.L. Media Roundup (28 March)
[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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Boris Brejcha at D-CAF
The Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF) opened its 2015 music program with a bustling concert at Schehrazade Nightclub, featuring Egyptian Mahraganat band El Dakhlaweya and German DJ Boris...
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Syria Media Roundup (March 23)
[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...
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In Need of Aid but Hungry for Peace
I am in the Yarmouk refugee camp, Damascus, during an aid delivery. A man approaches me and utters three words, “I am hungry”. The sunken eyes in his face are equally eloquent. His fragile frame...
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ISIS in the News: Extensive Media Roundup (January-February 2014)
[Editorial Note: This is not a "Best of," only a roundup of significant pieces. See here for an introduction to this roundup series] English Articles 2014: The Year ISIS Won the Propaganda...
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Highlights from Sharjah Biennial 12 Open Week
Beginning with March Meeting 2014 and continuing through March Meeting 2015, Sharjah Biennial 12: The past, the present, the possible (SB12) shows works by over fifty artists and cultural practitioners...
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Beyond Romanticism: Scribbles Then and Now: A STATUS/الوضع Conversation...
In this interview, Wael Attili, the founder of Jordan's most recognizable new media, cartooning, and digital media outfit, explains how soul-searching led to a shift in editorial mission for...
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Four Years On: No Easy Answers in Syria (Part II)
[See Part I here. Parts II and III are combined below]The Irony of CalamityThere are no easy answers in Syria. Though undramatic, this is not how most seem to approach the Syrian tragedy in...
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Cities Media Roundup (March 2015)
[This is a monthly roundup of news articles, and other materials related to urban issues in the region, and beyond. It does not reflect the views of the Cities Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may...
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Last Week on Jadaliyya (March 23-29)
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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Ghassan Kanafani's The Stolen Shirt
[What follows is a translation of a short story written by Ghassan Kanfani in 1958, entitled “The Stolen Shirt.” Although among his relatively lesser known works, especially as compared to his...
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Driven by Storms: An Interview with Sadik Alfraji and Nat Muller
Diluting the melancholic longing for unattainable dreams, which will only ever remain dreams, Sadik Alfraji injects the possibility of hope into his latest exhibition, currently on view at Ayyam...
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Nargess Hashemi: The Pleasure in Boredom
The Pleasure in Boredom charts Nargess Hashemi’s process of developing over ten years worth of experimentation on graph paper. She has doodled in notebooks from a young age; during long, tedious car...
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Kareem Risan: Archetypes
For more than twenty years, Kareem Risan has depicted his surroundings as richly painted surfaces free of temporal or spatial boundaries. Without references to the hermetic space of the canvas (or...
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Five Decades of Painting and Innovation: An Interview with Samia Halaby
Last month, Samia Halaby’s retrospective, Five Decades of Painting and Innovation, traveled to Lebanon. Organized by Ayyam Gallery, the retrospective was held at the Beirut Exhibition Center, where it...
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