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Four Poems
The Box of Pain You were not there at daybreakWhen patients, passengers and soldiers Stretched their heads, bald or shaven,Like tiny cottages in distant windows.The boy passed the light fogWhich didn't...
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Three Poems
Three PoemsGhassan ZaqtanTranslated from the Arabic by Fady Joudah. That LifeI’m going to see how they died going toward that wreckage going to see them there tranquil on the hill of engagementDear...
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Leila Sebbar: I Do Not Speak My Father's Language
From Leila Sebbar's Je ne parle pas la langue de mon pèreTranslated from the French by Marilyn Hacker. I Do Not Speak My Father's Language A few useful dates so as not to get lost in the maze of...
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Labor Representation in Post-Mubarak Egypt: An Interview with the Late Samer...
[The following is the audio and transcript of an interview conducted by Julia Simon with the late Samer Soliman in September 2011. The interview discusses the state workers’ organization and...
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December Culture
Our last culture bouquet this year features poetry from Syria and Palestine, fiction from Algeria/France, and two reviews. Marilyn Hacker translates two chapters from Leila Sebbar's I Don't Speak My...
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Supporting Rula Quawas and Academic Freedom: An Interview With A Former Student
On 2 September 2012, Professor Rula Quawas was removed from her position as the Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages at the University of Jordan under nebulous circumstances. In a letter addressed...
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Ongoing Ethnic Cleansing: Israeli Settlers to Take Over Another Palestinian Home
On Monday 31 December 2012, Israeli forces will evict the Shamasneh family from their home in Sheikh Jarrah. The family of ten, including six children, have lived in the home since 1963. Ayoub...
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Egypt Media Roundup (December 31)
[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...
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Revolution’s Cost
He told me to get off at the last kiosk on the highway that connects East with West Cairo. After the driver dropped me off, there was no one to be seen in the area. I walked down the concrete stairs by...
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Tadween Publishing Roundup: News and Analysis from the Publishing World
[The following is a roundup of the latest news and analyses from the publishing world that relates to pedagogy and knowledge production. It was originally published on Tadween Publishing's blog. For...
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All Armies - the Syrian Regime, the FSA and Islamist - Are Thieves
During the 1990s, my small village which felt like it was cut off from half the known world experienced a strange new phenomenon. A big mosque was built by donors from the city of Hama, the cost of...
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Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (January 1)
[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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The Naked Bodies of Alia
Just as we started thinking that Alia al-Mahdy’s nude portrait was a thing of the past, new images surfaced on the web. On 20 December 2012, FEMEN—a Ukrainian women’s movement known for its...
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Last Week on Jadaliyya (Dec 24-30)
This is a selection of what you might have missed on Jadaliyya last week. It also includes a list of the most read articles. Progressively, we will be featuring more content on our "Last Week on...
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Syria Monthly Edition on Jadaliyya (December 2012)
[This is a monthly archive of pieces written by Jadaliyya contributors and editors on Syria. It also includes material published on other platforms that editors deemed pertinent to post as they provide...
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المواطنة و"دولة فلسطين"الجديدة
في محاولته الثانية للحصول على اعتراف الأمم المتحدة بفلسطين كدولة، طلب رئيس السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية، محمود عباس، في التاسع والعشرين من تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر)، 2012 من الجمعية العامة أن تقبل طلب منح...
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ملف من الأرشيف: مي زيادة
[”ملف من الأرشيف“ هي سلسة تقوم ”جدلية“ بنشرها بالعربية والإنجليزية بالتعاون مع جريدة ”السفير“ اللبنانية. الملفات ستكون لشخصيات أيقونية تركت أثراً عميقاً في الحقل السياسي والثقافي في العالم العربي.]...
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Orientalist Feminism Rears its Head in India
The brutal rape and murder of a young medical student in Delhi by a gang of young men, following closely behind the suicide of a Delhi rape victim who was pressured into marrying her rapist by police,...
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New Texts Out Now: Marwan M. Kraidy, The Revolutionary Body Politic
Marwan M. Kraidy, “The Revolutionary Body Politic: Preliminary Thoughts on a Neglected Medium in the Arab Uprisings.” Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication 5.1 (2012). Jadaliyya (J): What...
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New Texts Out Now: Orit Bashkin, New Babylonians: A History of Jews in Modern...
Orit Bashkin, New Babylonians: A History of Jews in Modern Iraq. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 2012. Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book? Orit Bashkin (OB): I became interested in the...
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