Egypt Media Roundup (April 1)
[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 ArticleMelancholia and the Possibility of a Geopolitics of Mourning
Nouri Gana, Signifying Loss: Toward a Poetics of Narrative Mourning. Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, 2011.In the preface to his recent book, Signifying Loss, Nouri Gana argues that “[i]n a world...
View ArticleIraq: Ten Years Later
“The Iraq war is largely about oil,” wrote Alan Greenspan in his memoir The Age of Turbulence(2007). “I’m saddened that it is politically inconvenient to acknowledge what everyone knows.” It may indeed...
View ArticleArabian Peninsula Media Roundup (April 2)
[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 Article!موريتانيا :الشعب يريد إسقاط النظام
كان لإحراق المواطن التونسي محمد البوعزيزي نفسه يوم 17 ديسمبر/كانون الأول عام 2010 ، وما أعقبه من انتفاضة شعبية في وطنه تأثير كبير على نقاشات الموريتانيين. ولم يمض إلا شهر واحد حتى تحول النقاش من فعل...
View ArticleCelebrating El Haqed’s Freedom: Soundtracking Resistance
After being arrested twice and serving a one year jail term for his critical lyrics “Dogs of the State,” Mouad Belghouat, whose alias is El Haqed, is finally free. His outspoken lyrics are known for...
View ArticleProtests in Ouargla: Focusing on Job Creation in Algeria
[The National Committee for the Rights of the Unemployed (Comité national pour la défense des droits des chômeurs, CNDDC) made a call for protests that brought together thousands (more than ten...
View ArticleO.I.L. Monthly Edition (March 2013)
[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...
View Articleقراءة في كتاب: هوامش على دفتر الثورة
“هوامش على دفتر الثورة” للكاتب أحمدبلال، الصادر عن وزارة الثقافة -الهيئة العامة لقصور الثقافة/ القاهرة- مصر، 2012. أحمد بلال كاتب شاب وناشط سياسي، انتخب كعضو مكتب سياسي لحزب التجمع والإتحاد الاشتراكي...
View Articleأثرثر مع النهر
رأسي المنفيّ عن جسدي يولول، يريد العودة إلى ما كان عليه ذات يوم وساوس احتلته مذ سنتين ولم يبق فيه إلا غربان عديدة تنعب لا تحلّق عالياً. * عريشة كرمة خضراء ختيار يقتعد تحتها وحيداً عصفور يزقزق . * ما...
View ArticleJadaliyya Monthly Edition (March 2013)
This is a selection of what you might have missed on Jadaliyya during the month of March 2013. It also includes the most recent videos, roundups and the most read articles. Progressively, we will be...
View ArticleBattle for the .book Domain
Amazon has come under critical fire recently in the publishing world for its attempt to take control of generic top-level domains (gTLD) that end in .book, .author, and .read. The Authors Guild, the...
View ArticleNEWTON in Focus: Thinking Through Gender and Sex
This week we highlight various NEWTON texts relevant to the study of gender and sexuality. The authors of these texts write from a wide range of perspectives, approaching questions relevant to the MENA...
View ArticleWomen Under Seige: Stateless in Lebanon
Lebanon, and its capital Beirut, are often represented by the media as islands of freedom in the Middle East. The well-heeled neighborhoods of Achrafieh and Downtown are reminiscent of a Parisian...
View ArticleEgypt Monthly Edition on Jadaliyya (March 2013)
This is a monthly archive of pieces written by Jadaliyya contributors and editors on Egypt. It also includes material published on other platforms that editors deemed pertinent to post as they provide...
View ArticleSettler Colonialism and Alliance: Comparative Challenges to Pinkwashing and...
Critics of Israeli pinkwashing in the United States and Canada have increasingly engaged in comparative critiques of settler colonialism. Queers Against Israeli Apartheid in Toronto has invoked this...
View Article'What Good Are Free Elections When A Country Is Destroyed?'
[More than two years into the uprising in Syria, important questions remain about a number of a dynamics concerning the present situation and future prospects in Syria. Below, Muhammad Dibu interviews...
View ArticleSyria Media Roundup (April 4)
[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 ArticleMorocco's Justice and Charity Party and the Left: A Critical Reflection
There has recently been controversy regarding the Democratic Path Party’s position concerning Islamist movements, particularly the Justice and Charity Party (Al Adl Wal Ihsane) following an article...
View ArticleFrançois Hollande au Maroc : plutôt les affaires que les droits de l'homme
C'est un Président français sévèrement diminué politiquement qui s'apprête à se rendre en visite d'Etat au Maroc, les 3 et 4 avril.Battant des records d'impopularité, François Hollande n'a cessé,...
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