Egypt Media Roundup (January 27)
[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 ArticleWe Emptied Our Pockets out of Joy (VIDEO)
[To mark three years since the outset of the January 25 Revolution, Mosireen collective released the following video with the text below.]These are images you have never seen before, or maybe you have,...
View ArticleEgyptian Constitutional Drafting: A Comparative Review
On 3 December 2013, Amr Moussa, the head of the Egyptian Committee of 50 tasked with amending the suspended Constitution of 2012, presented the new Egyptian draft constitution to the interim president...
View Articleمختارات من الصحافة العربية 27 كانون الثاني
مختارات من الصحافة العربية (من 12 إلى 25 كانون الثاني 2014) . دولة بغداد ترحب بكميكتب عمر الجفال عن التخبط السياسي في العراق وخطورة تبعات العمليات العسكرية في الأنبار بالإضافة إلى تبعات استحداث محافظات...
View Articleاستقراء الإشاعة: بناء الخطورة وطقوس المكافحة
"وعلم دمنة أن ذلك الصوت قد أدخل على الأسد ريبة وهيبة. فسأله: هل راب الملك سماع هذا الصوت؟ قال لم يربني شيء سوى ذلك. وقال دمنة: ليس الملك بحقيق أن يدع مكانه لأجل صوت. فقد قالت العلماء: إنه ليس من كل...
View ArticleLast Week on Jadaliyya (January 20-26)
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 ArticleLibya’s Revolution 'Will Not Stop Until We Have Freedom'
After forty-two years of political oppression in Libya, it was hoped that the apparatus of Gaddafi’s regime would be dismantled after he was swept from power. Vestiges of the despot’s suffocating grip...
View ArticleArab Studies Journal Spotlight: Twentieth Anniversary Issue (Spring 2013)
Arab Studies Journal Spotlight:Twentieth Anniversary Issue (Spring 2013)Since its inception in 1992, the Arab Studies Journalhas taken part in extraordinary changes in the field of Middle Eastern...
View ArticleDialogue in the Service of Power: UC Leadership's Anti-Divestment Strategy
As the divestment movement within the University of California (UC) system continues to grow, administrators and presidents have repeatedly issued condemnations and denunciations of the boycott,...
View ArticleDifferent Policies, the Same Game: Syrian and Palestinian Refugees in Egypt
Past Treatment of Refugees in EgyptContinuing conflict in the Middle East and North Africa over the past decade has caused a sudden, periodic rise in the number of first Iraqi, then Libyan, and most...
View ArticleGive Us This Day Our Daily Bread? The Politics of Flour in Hashemite Jordan
The recently concluded winter storm recovery efforts provided the Jordanian regime with a welcome respite from the array of issues that currently occupy center stage in public debates. These...
View Articleأهل التحديث يا ليل: عن أساطير التحديث الاقتصادي في مصر القادمة
من الملفت للنظر أن نرى، أنَّ بعض التحليلات التي تنتقد أفكار التغيير الثوري في مصر وتروج لوهم التحديث السلطوي القادم تدَّعي بنفسها الواقعية والعقلانية المترفعة فوق التفكير الخيالي الساذج للثوريين أصحاب...
View ArticleArabian Peninsula Media Roundup (January 28)
[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 ArticleTurkey Media Roundup (January 28)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Turkey and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Turkey Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may...
View ArticleSisi, the Presidency, and the Officers
The military’s recent statement tasking General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi with taking steps toward a presidential bid appears to confirm the widely-held belief that de facto military rule over Egypt is here...
View ArticleNew Texts Out Now: Lisa Wedeen, Ideology and Humor in Dark Times: Notes from...
Lisa Wedeen, “Ideology and Humor in Dark Times: Notes from Syria.”Critical Inquiry 39.4 (2013).Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this article? Lisa Wedeen (LW): This article is part of a book project...
View ArticlePhotography Media Roundup (January 30)
[This is a monthly roundup of articles on photography in the Middle East and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Photography Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may...
View Articleالبقاء ليس دائما للأفضل
نشر صديقي أشرف الشريف مقالاً في جدليةيستشرف فيه الوضع السياسي المستقبلي في مصر مع تأكد أنباء ترشح الفريق أول عبد الفتاح السيسي للرئاسة، وظهور علامات عدة على استقرار الأمر (ولو مرحلياً) للتحالف الدولتي...
View ArticleWomen/Pioneers: Challenging the Myth of Zionist Egalitarianism
Women/Pioneers, directed by Michal Aviad. Israel, 2013.“When we got here, we met the women who preceded us. When we saw their suntanned faces, we each asked ourselves: Will you give your face, your...
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