Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (September 15)
[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 ArticleEgypt Media Roundup (September 14)
[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 ArticleMaghreb Media Roundup (September 16)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Maghreb and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Maghreb Page Editors or of Jadaliyya....
View ArticleNew Texts Out Now: Hamid Dabashi, Can Non-Europeans Think?
Hamid Dabashi, Can Non-Europeans Think? Chicago: University of Chicago Press and London: Zed Books, 2015.Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book?Hamid Dabashi (HD): This book is the most recent...
View ArticleCemile Cagirga: A Girl is Freezing Under State Fire
Cemile Çağırga: A Girl is Freezing Under State Fire“As a child born in the southeast, after the ‘90s, you’re not really a kid. During your infancy, you’re really a child between 1-5 years old. As a...
View ArticleArab Maghreb Union: Overcoming Competition in Favor of Cooperation (Part II)
[This article is the final part in a two-part Jadaliyya series on the Arab Maghreb Union. Read the first part here.]Comparison with ASEAN: From Crisis to UnityThe global economy is making it...
View ArticleEkumenopolis ve Otesi: Imre Azem ile bir STATUS/الوضع Soylesisi
Ekümenopolis ve Ötesi: İmre Azem ile bir STATUS/الوضع SöyleşisiBu röportajda kent antropoloğu Duygu Parmaksızoğlu, Ekümenopolis filminin yönetmeni İmre Azem ile kentsel dönüşüm ve son filmi Yeniden...
View ArticleThe State of Reporting on the Middle East: A STATUS/الوضع Conversation with...
In this, interview Chris Toensing discusses the evolving state of reporting on the Middle East, including moving beyond mainstream media problematics, covering the uprisings, and the increasing...
View ArticleTurkey in Times of War
The Justice and Development Party (AKP), ruling Turkey as the sole party since 2002, finds itself in a deep and longstanding crisis of hegemony. The first blow it suffered from below was the June...
View Articleبعد مرور أربع سنوات: ما من أجوبة سهلة في سوريا
(كُتب هذا المقال في آذار\نيسان. ترجمة: أسامة إسبر) (Read English Version here)بعد أربع سنوات من القتل والتدمير، ليس هناك أسئلة سهلة في سوريا. ذلك أن الحلول الليبرالية المطروحة لا تفتقر للواقعية فحسب،...
View Articleاللاجئون السوريون والخليج: لحظة فك السحر
عندما كتب ميشيل فوكو عن علاقة المعرفة بالسلطة ركز على أهمية العلوم الاجتماعية لتقديم المعرفة الدقيقة اللازمة لأي سلطة تريد تنوير أو ترويض رعيتها. فالإحصائيات والأرقام والمسوحات والاستبيانات والمقابلات...
View ArticleNew Texts Out Now: Negar Mottahedeh, #iranelection: Hashtag Solidarity and...
Negar Mottahedeh, #iranelection: Hashtag Solidarity and the Transformation of Online Life. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 2015.Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book?Negar Mottahedeh (NM):...
View Articleما آلت إليه الثورة المصرية: لقاء جديد مع الروائي المصري صنع الله ابراهيم
كان الروائي الكبير صنع الله ابراهيم قدتحدث لـ "جدلية" في ربيع 2011 بعد أشهر من اندلاع ثورة 25 كانون الثاني/ يناير عن حلم الشعب المصري بالتغيير وإجباره الرئيس الأسبق حسني مبارك على التنحي عن الحكم....
View ArticleTwo Figures on a Bench, in a Park, Tiflis, 1914
When I was growing up in Amman, where my parents had finally landed as refugees from Palestine, we had a valise where we kept folds of photographs, faded images with wrinkled edges, the oldest...
View ArticleAn Update of Our Fall
AN UPDATE OF OUR FALLThe hair delicate The waves combed it As if composing lines Lamenting the deed The mouth is turned away From the salt and sand The ear a pearl’s shell The murmurs of the tale still...
View ArticleGhaib Tuma Farman: The Old Man's Word
The Old Man’s WordGhaib Tuma FarmanTr. Khaled Al-Hilli[As a pioneer of contemporary Iraqi fiction, Ghaib Tuma Farman (1927-1990) may have been too geographically removed from the literary center to...
View ArticleGhassan Kanafani: The Horizon Beyond the Gate
The Horizon Beyond the GateGhassan KanafaniTranslated by Annie Weaver 1Before reaching the top of the ladder, he stopped to catch his breath. No, it’s not possible that he could be so worn out...he...
View ArticleGhaib Tu`ma Farman: The Old Man's Word
The Old Man’s WordGhaib Tu`ma FarmanTranslated by Khaled Al-Hilli[As a pioneer of contemporary Iraqi fiction, Ghaib Tu`ma Farman (1927-1990) may have been too geographically removed from the literary...
View ArticlePalestine Media Roundup (September 8 – 15)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Palestine and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Palestine Page Co-Editors or of Jadaliyya....
View ArticleYou Have, We Have
For the past several weeks I have sat alone in front of two screens: that of my television following the news, and that of my computer reacting to the news. I have written and drawn my anger, and...
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