Maghreb Media Roundup (February 6)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Maghreb and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Maghreb Page Editors or of Jadaliyya....
View ArticleReflections on Not Writing about the Syrian Conflict
Friends and colleagues often ask if I am busy responding to Syria’s three year revolution-turned-civil war, given that I have spent much of my career researching and writing about social and cultural...
View Articleموت صاخب في عاصمة مجنونة
بعد خمسةٍ أيام من كل أسبوع، أقضيها مضطراً خارج المنزل، يتفاقم فيها خوف من قتل على الهويّة، أو موت بسيارة مفخخة، أو حفلة اطلاقات نارية هوجاء، أرجع إلى أُمي التي تستقبلني وكأني عائد للتو من جبهات...
View ArticleO.I.L. Media Roundup (7 February)
[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 Articleثورة كطوق الياسمين
تنفجر الثورات حيث لا يشتهي المنظرون. هكذا بنى كارل ماركس نظريته الشيوعية (التحررية) وألمانيا الصناعية (المتقدمة) نصب عينيه، فانتفضت روسيا الفلاحية (المتخلفة) وقامت جنة العمال الاستبدادية. وعلى نفس...
View ArticleJadaliyya Monthly Edition (January 2014)
This is a selection of what you might have missed on Jadaliyya during the month of January 2013. It also includes the most recent roundups, editors picks, and most read articles. Progressively, we will...
View ArticleJAD FOR REEL Podcast (عن جد) – Episode 4
The fourth episode of ‘An Jad/For Reel, Jadaliyya’s monthly audio podcast, covers Egypt, Sudan, Lebanon, developments at the Arab Studies Institute, reverberations of academic boycott, and gender. It...
View ArticleSalah Faik's "What is a Poem"
Salah Faik's "What is a Poem"Translated by Suneela Mubayi Me,vigrant?No: I took off my shirt and covered pebblesthat felt coldAs I came back from the cars of a stalled traini chanced on the ribs of...
View ArticleLast Week on Jadaliyya (February 3-9)
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 ArticleEgypt Media Roundup (February 10)
[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 Articleالقومية العربية في مصر: العرب من تابعين إلى أعداء
ثار كثيرون لدى عرض فيلم "المهاجر" ليوسف شاهين في دور السينما بالقاهرة، وكان أبرزهم بالطبع الأزهر الذي رفض تجسيد شخصية النبي يوسف. ولكن كان هناك المثقفون العلمانيون من ذوي النزوع القومي أيضاً. تساءل...
View ArticleNew JADMAG: Gaza Revisited
Gaza RevisitedEdited by Noura Erakat Electronic copy: $5.49 Paperback: $7.99 Combination package: $9.99 In November 2012, Israel began an aerial bombing campaign against the Gaza Strip that lasted...
View ArticleCairo: The Myth of a City on the Verge of Explosion
Cairo is a crowded city. It is a truism that is easy to find in reportage about the city, which almost invariably begins with a description of Cairo as teeming, noisy, dusty, and polluted. Vendors and...
View ArticleTurkey Media Roundup (February 11)
[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 ArticleThe State of the Western Sahara
In June 2013, Maghreb Page co-editor, Samia Errazzouki, and I produced an electronic roundtable of articles describing various historical and political contours of the Western Saharan conflict, opening...
View ArticleArabian Peninsula Media Roundup (February 11)
[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 ArticlePersian Translation of 'Fugitive Markets and Arrested Mobilities: Gaziantep’s...
بازار ایرانیان قازیانتب: بازارهای قاچاق و تحرکات متوقفشدهبا وجود مذاکرات جاری بین ایران و گروه 1+5 بر سر برنامۀ هستهای ایران و تحریمهای فلجکنندهای که بر این کشور و شهروندانش تحمیل شده، ساز و کار محرم...
View ArticleThe Tunisian Constitution: The Process and the Outcome
The National Constituent Assembly (NCA) recently passed the new Tunisian Constitution on 26 January (and endorsed it officially on 27 January), to emotional and widely reported scenes. This...
View ArticleNew Texts Out Now: VJ Um Amel, A Digital Humanities Approach: Text, the...
Laila Shereen Sakr (VJ Um Amel), “A Digital Humanities Approach: Text, the Internet, and the Egyptian Uprising,”Middle East Critique Volume 22, Issue 3 (2013). Jadaliyya: What made you write this...
View Articleالبحث عن غابة في عمّان
"والغابة الأَجمة ذاتُ الشجر الـمُتَكاثف، لأَنها تُغَيِّبُ ما فيها"- لسان العرب ملصق على شبّاك يطل على عمّانصباح كل يوم، وفي نفس الموعد، يخرج ستينيّ ملتحٍ من منزله بملابس النوم يحمل كيس قمامة وحقيبة...
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