Tunisia: The Counter Demographic Transition
[The following is an interview conducted with Youssef Courbage. This video (in French) is published in cooperation with OrientXXI]Youssef Courbage is research director at the National Institute of...
View Articleالموسيقى الفولكلورية المصرية: بين التقليد والحداثة
مقابلة مع النجمة الشابة الصاعدة دينا الوديدي وشريكتها الموسيقية نانسي منير حول المشهد الموسيقي الحالي في مصر، المشاريع الأخيرة والمشكلات التي واجهتهما كموسيقيتين شابتين وكأنثيين. تتضمن المقابلة التالية...
View Articleتحيّة لمطر أيلول الذي لم يخلف وعدَه
للمطرِ عينانِ: إذا كَشفتْ واحدةٌ فضيحةَ الأرض، أَسدلت الأخرى ستائرَ السماء.وجبينُهُ مَلِكٌ لا يَحكم إلاّ ساجداً.للمطر شفتان: إذا ازْرَقَّتْ واحدةٌ مِن برْدِ المنفى، أضاءت الأخرى شرفاتِ...
View ArticleSyria Media Roundup (September 28)
[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 Articleمدينة الرقة السورية: من المدنية إلى مستقبل مجهول
منازل الدنيا أربعة (دمشق والرقّة والري وسمرقند)، هذا ما قاله الخليفة العباسي هارون الرشيد، أما الرقّة فهي محافظة في شمال شرق سورية تقع على ضفاف نهر الفرات، وفيها يلتقي رافده نهر البليخ، وفي اللغة...
View ArticleEgypt Media Roundup (September 28)
[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 ArticleReimagining the University in a Time of Crisis – Every Campus a Refuge Campaign
The refugee crisis is a perpetual crisis. As long as there has been conflict, there have been refugees. I myself am the child of refugees, their first, born in a country right across the river from the...
View ArticleRoznama 4: A Competition for Upcoming Egyptian Artists
Roznama is an annual exhibition for Egyptian artists under the age of 30. It is organized by Medrar to encourage experimentation in the field of visual arts vis-a-vis orthodox approaches taught at...
View ArticleLast Week on Jadaliyya (September 21-27)
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 ArticleThe Arab Center for Architecture (ACA): Interview with George Arbid
The Arab Center for Architecture (ACA) was established in 2008 to raise awareness about contemporary architecture and urbanism within civil society. In an interview I held on 25 June 2015 at the...
View ArticleArabian Peninsula Media Roundup (September 29)
[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 ArticleThe Ongoing, Steady Gains of Morocco's Islamist Party
Moroccans took to the polls on 4 September to vote in the first local elections since 2009. A total of about 140,000 candidates competed for around 32,000 seats. These local elections were the first to...
View ArticleWhat Do We Talk About When We Talk About Political Economy?
Mandy Turner and Omar Shweiki, editors, Decolonizing Palestinian Political Economy: De-Development and Beyond. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.Anyone who visited Ramallah in 2013 would have heard a...
View ArticleNew Texts Out Now: ABE Journal: Architecture Beyond Europe
Jadaliyya (J): What made you start the journalArchitecture Beyond Europe, and who are the scholars involved in its editorial work?Mercedes Volait (MV): Several related concerns prompted the launch of...
View ArticleCities Media Roundup (September 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...
View ArticleExploring an Agenda for Active Citizenship: Selected Conference Presentations...
In addition to a collection of rich individual interviews and regular programs, Status/الوضع also publishes panels, lectures, and selected presentations from conferences with every issue of the audio...
View ArticleMaghreb Media Roundup (September 30)
[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 ArticleNPR's 'Here and Now' Interviews Jadaliyya Co-Editor Rosie Bsheer About...
In this interview with NPR's Here and Now, Jadaliyya Co-Editor Rosie Bsheer discusses urban redevelopment in Mecca following the tragic stampede that killed over 700 pilgrims in Mecca on 24 September...
View ArticleLCPS Interviews Jadaliyya Co-Editor Ziad Abu-Rish on Electricity in Early...
In the following interview with the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS), Jadaliyya Co-Editor Ziad Abu-Rish discusses the history of electricty in Beirut during the early independence period, and...
View ArticleDARS Media Roundup (September 2015)
[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...
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