Teaching Thanksgiving
On Thursday millions of families and friends and colleagues will gather together to celebrate Thanksgiving in the United States. Universities will be closed, and classes will be cancelled. Every year,...
View ArticleBREAKING: Another Tuesday Protest Dispersed in Cairo After Controversial Law
Activists arrested following dispersal of downtown protest, second in one day.Police forces dispersed another Tuesday protest in Cairo's downtown thirty minutes after it commenced, arresting several...
View ArticleDARS Media Roundup (November 27)
[This is a bi-weekly 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...
View ArticleNEWTONs You May Have Missed
With the fall semester coming to an end, we wanted to take an opportunity to remind you of some of the amazing NEWTON posts that you might have missed the first time around—especially those of you...
View Articleبغداد: نعمة النفايات وفوضاها
في العام 1921، نشرت صحيفة "العراق" إعلاناً عن رفع دعوى قضائية ضد مواطن قام برمي النفايات في الشارع، وحذّر الإعلان نفسه السكّان من رمي "الأزبال" في غير الأماكن المخصصة، و"بخلافه سيتم تغريمهم"، فيما بعد...
View Articleالجزائر إعادة تخيّل الحقبة الجميلة
إعادة تخيّل "الحقبة الجميلة": تذكّر بناء الأمة في الجزائرالجزائر، صيف 1972. عَقْدٌ بعد الاستقلال، والصحف تزدهر. الجزائر هي أول دولة في المنطقة أمّمتْ نفطها واحتياطها من الغاز بنجاح؛ المواطنون يتمتعون...
View Articleالسيسي كواجهة لن تملأ شقوق السُلطة
ما يطرحه هذا المقال، في ابتسار، هو أن الجيش لا يحكم مصر فعلياً، ولا يريد الحكم، وربما – ببعض التخرُّصِ – يمكن أن نقول إنه لا يستطيع الحكم. إنه يريد رتق فراغ السلطة بأسرع ما يمكن وحسب، ولو على حساب دفنِ...
View ArticleProminent Egyptian Activist Alaa Abd El Fattah Arrested; Whereabouts Unknown
At around 10:00 p.m. on 28 November 2013, police forces stormed the home of activist Alaa Abd El Fattah. They had no search warrant. When his wife Manal demanded to see it they were both beaten up....
View ArticleEviction and Migration in an Institutional Vacuum: The Case of a Palestinian...
Lebanon’s Palestinian refugee camps and the plight of their inhabitants are well-known. The twelve Palestinian camps in Lebanon are often described as either spatially segregated...
View ArticleO.I.L. Media Roundup (29 November)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Occupation, Intervention, and Law and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the O.I.L. Page...
View Articleالعدالة الاجتماعية والعمران في مصر
[ضمن سلسلة ”كتب“ التي تعنى بالإصدارات الجديدة. تنشر ”جدلية“ مقابلة ومقاطع من كتاب ”العدالة الإجتماعية والعمران“ وهو إصدار جديد لفريق ”مبادرة الحق في السكن“ عن وزارةالإسكان الظل. تتصدر مقاطع الكتاب...
View ArticleLo sivano, ‘kine em?’—Hey Sivan, Who Are We?
Lo şivano, “kîne em?”—Hey Şivan, Who Are We?Şivan Perwer came to prominence in the 1980s—at a time when Saddam in Iraq and the September 12 military junta in Turkey pursued a policy of wholesale...
View ArticleTurkey: A Bird and a Country
Why does a familiar bird and typical Thanksgiving Day meal have the same name as the country of Turkey? What is the name for the turkey in other languages? Is there any link between the spread of...
View Articleمعارضة مستحيلة: سحر نظام الحزب الواحد
يُمثّل عام 1962 على المستوى السياسي ولادة الجزائر المستقلة بقيادة جبهة التحرير الوطني التي انتصرت في تنافسها على جميع الأحزاب السياسية الأخرى. وكان الحزب الشيوعي الجزائري الحزب السياسي الوحيد الذي...
View ArticleThe AKP and the Peace Process
In the month of November, there have been several important developments regarding the peace process in Turkey. First, Prime Minister Erdoğan announced a democratic package, which was supposed to be a...
View ArticleNew Paradigms in Israel and Palestine: Interview with Noura Erakat and Leila...
Frank Barat for Le Mur a des Oreilles : You've both participated in a conference in Brussels called "New paradigms for Israel/Palestine". Could you tell us what it was about ?Leila Farsakh: The...
View Articleالثورة الجزائرية: محاورة الماضي
انطلقت ثورة الفاتح من نوفمبر في العام 1954 بنداء وجهته رسالة جبهة التحرير الوطني إلى الشعب الجزائري قائلة "إذا كان هدف أي حركة ثورية في الواقع هو خلق جميع الظروف الثورية للقيام بعملية تحريرية، فإننا...
View ArticlePersian Translation of 'On Why Struggles Over Urban Space Matter: An...
[This interview was originally conducted in English by Hiba Bou Akar and Nada Moumtaz with David Harvey. It was published as "On Why Struggles Over Urban Space Matter" by Jadaliyya. It was translated...
View ArticleLast Week on Jadaliyya (November 26- December 1)
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 ArticleViolence Against Copts in Egypt
The Egyptian Orthodox Christian community—the Copts—has been the target of violence and discrimination since the 1970s and especially following the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak. The Egyptian...
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