Turkey Media Roundup (January 13)
EnglishKurdish PoliticsWas the Reconciliation Process Betrayal? Hayrettin Karaman contends that the Turkish government has tried to maintain the peace and reconciliation process at all costs, for which...
View ArticleThe Saudi PR Machine in the US: An Interview with Lee Fang
On 2 January 2016, Saudi Arabia executed forty-seven people, including prominent dissident Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr. Soon after the executions, organized mobs attacked the Saudi diplomatic missions in...
View Articleقصائد مُختارة للشَّاعرة الإيطالية آلدا مِريني
قصائد مُختارة للشَّاعرة الإيطالية آلدا مِريني Alda Merini (1931-2009)آلدا مِريني في سطورمن أهم الشَّاعرات في تاريخ إيطاليا الأدبيِّ. صوَّرت في قصائدها الألم والرَّغبة على أنَّهما قطبا الحياةِ وحقيقتاها...
View ArticleRacism in the Defense of a Racist State: Some Reflections on BDS at the...
It is beginning to seem as if the arrival of winter spells academic boycott season as well as the festive season. This year in November, the business meetings of two major associations voted...
View ArticleISIS in the News: Extensive Media Roundup (October-December 2015)
[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 The men saving Syria’s treasures from Isis (22...
View ArticleEgypt Media Roundup (January 18)
[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 ArticleModernity, Identity, and Technology in Palestine Before the Nakba
Noah Haiduc-Dale, Arab Christians in British Mandate Palestine: Communalism and Nationalism, 1917-1948. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2013.Wasif Jawhariyyeh, The Storyteller of Jerusalem: The...
View ArticleISIS: The 'Islamic State' between Orientalism and the Interiority of MENA’s...
Is ISIS all about Islam, or about geopolitics? This dualism has framed the debate about ISIS among Western analysts, especially American ones. They have formed two camps, one sees in ISIS and its...
View ArticleTurkey Media Roundup (January 19)
EnglishViolence in the SoutheastViolence Dominates Politics Mümtaz'er Türköne decries a recent PKK on a police family lodgings in Diyarbakır, comparing the organization's methods to ISIS and arguing...
View ArticleLast Week on Jadaliyya (January 11-17)
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 Articleمؤتمر الرواية العراقية: كيف تصنع حدثاً ثقافياً مهماً؟
من بإمكانه، الآن، أن يصدق أن أوراقاً، قليلة أو كثيرة، كان يمكن أن تنقذ مؤتمر الرواية العراقية الأخير "المنعقد في قاعة فندق بغداد بتاريخ 14 - 15 من الشهر الجاري"! الشاعر العراقي "ريسان الخزعلي" كان قد...
View ArticleSnapshot: Amman
I feel compelled to snap a picture of every angle, corner, and inch of whatever I lay my eyes on, especially within the urban environment. Much has changed in Amman over the years with the construction...
View ArticleJadaliyya Monthly Edition (December 2015)
This is a selection of what you might have missed on Jadaliyya during the month of December 2015. It also includes the most recent roundups, editors picks, and most-read articles. Progressively, we...
View ArticleNew Texts Out Now: Ella Shohat, The Question of Judeo-Arabic
Ella Shohat, “The Question of Judeo-Arabic,” Opening Essay for Arab Studies JournalVol. XXIII No. 1 (Fall 2015).Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this article?Ella Shohat (ES): This essay revolves...
View ArticleUnder Fire: Translating the Growing Crisis in the Kurdish Cities of Turkey’s...
Turkey’s sokağa çıkma yasağı is being mistranslated, with serious consequences.Turkey’s decades-long conflict with Kurdish militants and its unresolved inclusion of Kurds into greater Turkish society...
View ArticleSyria Media Roundup (January 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 ArticleArt Dubai: The Shifting Architectures and Expedient Geographies of the Art World
Museums have historically acted to tether artworks and artifacts to territorial conceptions of place. Meanwhile, as conduits to the flow of artworks across borders according to the imperatives of a...
View ArticleThird Annual Cultural Resistance International Film Festival of Lebanon
Cultural Resistance International Film Festival of Lebanon, Beirut, 9-10 November 2015. Sandwiched between the Beirut International Film Festival and a slew of ongoing fall film offerings, the third...
View ArticleArabian Peninsula Roundup (January 18)
[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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