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O.I.L. Monthly Edition (March 2015)
[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...
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Okmeydani: A Targeted Territory
The death on 11 March 2014, in the Okmeydanı hospital, of the young Berkin Elvan (fifteen years old) after months in a coma—he had been a victim of police violence on 16 June 2013 during the protests...
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Istanbul Film Festival Cancels Competitions Due to Censorship
The thirty-fourth annual Istanbul Film Festival has cancelled all of its film competitions at the behest of the various juries, given the extraordinary circumstances at the film festival this year. The...
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Setups and Slander against Morocco's Dissidents: Sex, Drugs, Money, and Videos
A series of cases have touched resistance leaders and activists who participated or supported the 20 February Movement, from al-Adl wal-Ihsane (AWI) Islamiststo members of secular institutions. Sex,...
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Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (April 14)
[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...
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Turkey Media Roundup (April 14)
[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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It’s a Kind of a Domesticated Wilderness: An Interview with Abbas Akhavan
People ask me, “What does it mean?” And I say: “It doesn’t mean anything.” Evidently, the work of Toronto-based artist Abbas Akhavan carries connotations, pointing the viewer to a certain direction....
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New Texts Out Now: Ran Greenstein, Zionism and its Discontents: A Century of...
Ran Greenstein, Zionism and its Discontents: A Century of Radical Dissent in Israel/Palestine.London: Pluto Press, 2014.Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book?Ran Greenstein (RG): History is...
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The Joint List: the Fetishism of Representation and the Illusion of Influence
In the recent Israeli elections the parties representing the Palestinian citizens united in one list – the Joint List. It has attracted more external than internal enthusiasm. Authors like Lebanese...
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On Developments in Yarmouk: France 24 Interview with Jadaliyya Co-Editor...
In this interview with France 24, Jadaliyya Co-Editor Mouin Rabbani speaks about the situation in the Yarmouk district of Damascus. Yarmouk has historically been the primary center of Palestinian life...
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Dwekh Nawsha: A Christian-Iraqi Militia
[Text by Sinan Antoon, photos by Andy Spyra from November 2014 and March 2015.]The fall of Mosul and other towns on the Nineveh plain in northern Iraq to ISIS this past summer was a monumental tragedy....
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عن ما بعد الثورة وقبلها: مقابلة للوضع بين سنان أنطون وبلال فضل
في هذه المقابلة يلقي الكاتب المعارض والمشهور بلال فضل الضوء على الطريقة التي أسهم بها المفكرون والمنشقون في الخطاب الثوري والخطاب المضاد للثورة.تتضمن المقابلة أدناه خمسة أجزاء تستطيعون أن تنقروا على كل...
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نقابة الصحفيين: احتكار بالقانون
يواجه شادي سمحان ذات المعضلة التي يعاني منها أكثر من 500 صحفي أردني محرومين من حق الانضمام لنقابة تدافع عنهم وتنظم عملهم، وغير معترف بهم كصحفيين أمام القانون.سمحان عمل لعشرة سنوات كمراسل صحفي في صحف...
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Twenty Wheelchairs Roam Downtown Cairo in Mission Roosevelt
Twenty wheelchairs driving through the city streets can feel like an invasion, says Diane Bonnot, the co-creator of Mission Roosevelt. As part of the Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF), Bonnot...
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Reflections on Public Spaces in Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary Tunis
Chiara Sebastiani, Une città, unar rivoluzione. Tunisi e la riconquist dello spazio pubblicco. Cosenza: Luigi Pellegrini Editore, 2014.Collective, Au centre de Tunis: Géographies de l’espace public...
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إدواردو غاليانو: عدوّ النسيان
”حين أموت ستبقى الريح، ستواصل بقاءها“إدواردو غاليانو - من كتاب المعانقات خطف الموت إدواردو غاليانو، الذي وصفه الروائي جون بيرغر بأنه "عدوّ الكذب واللامبالاة، وقبل كل شيء عدوّ النسيان، والذي بفضله...
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من اجل مجتمع مدني فاعل في مصر: مقابلة للوضع بين لينا عطا الله وجاسر عبد الرازق
نشرت جريدة الأهرام إعلاناً في تموز\يوليو 2014 من وزارة التضامن الاجتماعي يتضمن تهديداً لجميع منظمات المجتمع المدني مضمونه تقنين وضعها طبقاً لقانون الجمعيات الأهلية، أو مواجهة التحرك القانوني ضدها...
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National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Annual Conference...
[The following press release was issued by The National Associate of Chicana and Chicano Studies on 19 April 2015]The National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Annual Conference took place in...
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Black Feminism Is: Reflections on the Black Feminist Think Tank Symposium
IntroductionOn 20-21 March 2015, hundreds gathered at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor to examine black feminism as an intellectual and political practice and to chart a way forward. As faculty,...
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Answering the Call: Popular Islamic Activism in Sadat's Egypt: A STATUS/الوضع...
Abdullah Al-Arian, a founding editor of Jadaliyya's Critical Currents in Islam page, discusses his new book, Answering the Call: Popular Islamic Activism in Sadat's Egypt, and how it speaks to popular...
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