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A Gentle and Generous Mentor: Janet Abu-Lughod
I first met Janet Abu-Lughod at a meeting of the Arab American University Graduates (AAUG). AAUG was co-founded in 1967 (disbanded in 2007), by Janet’s husband, Ibrahim Abu-Lughod, a leading political...
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The Janet Abu-Lughod I Knew
I first meet Janet L. Abu-Lughod in December 1990 when I invited her to be a keynote speaker for the biennial conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments...
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A Scholar Open to the World
Janet Abu-Lughod was a remarkable woman whom I had the privilege of knowing over a long period of time. A person of enormous intellectual curiosity, she approached the task of learning with an openness...
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In Memoriam
The swirl of articles and books in graduate school, perused and ingested during a few years to shape and inform one’s courses and research, felt unending at times. On the other hand, there are some...
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Before Theory: In Memory of Janet Abu-Lughod
There is a lively debate in urban studies nowadays about the Eurocentricity of the field’s canonical theories. The efforts to trace new geographies of theory are heterodox and heterogeneous, but they...
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Commemorating Janet Abu-Lughod
The year 2013 was one of deep loss. One of the most profound of these was the death of the path-breaking and prolific sociologist, demographer, and urbanist Janet Abu-Lughod. Her passing is painful,...
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An Inside Look at the Fight for Freedom of Speech in College Newspapers
The words you are about to read were fully censored by The Daily Targum, Rutgers University's daily newspaper, even though they were all fact-checked by Targum staff and are true to my personal...
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On Protests in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Quickly and Darkly
Two VignettesConversation One was with the waiter in a large Sarajevo hotel, where we were generally a bit sheepish to be attending our conference (the deciding factor was that it was big enough for...
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Simdi anladik mi Erdogan’in niye hic kimseyi feda etmedigini?
Şimdi anladık mı Erdoğan’ın niye hiç kimseyi feda etmediğini?Şimdi anladık mı Erdoğan’ın bu güne kadar ne olursa olsun, bir kişiyi bile istifa ettirtmediğini, bir kişiyi dahi feda etmediğini? Gezi’de o...
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Syria Media Roundup (February 15)
[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...
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The Present Flies, the Past Remains
Le passé [The Past], directed by Asghar Farhadi. France/Italy, 2013.In an interview given last year, Asghar Farhadi, the Iranian filmmaker best known for his Oscar-winning film, A Separation (2011),...
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Last Week on Jadaliyya (February 10-16)
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...
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Egypt Media Roundup (February 17)
[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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Maghreb Media Roundup (February 17)
[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....
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في وصف جمهورية السيسي
بإعلان جماعة العسكر دخولهم المعترك السياسي من أوسع أبوابه مباشرة (ربما منذ حركة يوليو 1952) بتفويضهم للجنرال المشير السيسي للترشح لرئاسة الجمهورية، لا يسعنا هنا إلا أن نتصور ملامح تلك الجمهورية التي...
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تأملات في الجسد
لأجسادنا وجهان/جلدان، وجه/جلد على العالم الخارجي، في الـ"هناك" البعيد القريب، حيث يتماس "الآخر" مع سطحه، فنعرف به ذواتنا وحدوده، ووجه/جلد على ذواتنا يطل في الـ"هنا"، هو الوجه القريب للمسافة البعيدة...
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Turkey Media Roundup (February 18)
[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...
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Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (February 18)
[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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"بحثاً عن "الثلاثة ديناري
قبل أعوام قليلة، بدأت بالعمل على رواية تدور أحداثها في العراق. ولتحفيز نفسي على الكتابة، استعرت اسم شخصية حقيقية، محسن خضر الخفاجي. للوهلة الأولى، لم يبدُ لي الخيار ذا معنى، إذ أن الأحداث مختلقة وأي...
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الفضاء العظيم
انهارت أسوار الجوّ الذي هيمن فيه الإعلام الرسمي على الخطاب العام عبْر وزارة تسيطر على كلِّ مفاصله، مرتبطة ببنية رقابية تشرف على كل مفاصلها، وفقدت الصحف والإذاعات والمحطات التلفزيونية الرسمية الناطقة...
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