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Brothers and Officers: A History of Pacts
The politics of the past two years have generated widespread interest in the historical relationship between the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and Egypt’s wielders of power, especially at a time when...
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Was There A January 25 Revolution?
The “January 25 Revolution” has already taken its place in Egyptian national historical memory along with the “1919 Revolution” and the “July 23 Revolution.” Assigning dates to these events, whose...
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The Revolution Will Not Be Celebrated
The common, seemingly benign question “where were you during the revolution” leaves most partisans of the January 25 Revolution with a strong sense of unease. While it is obvious that the question,...
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Will Civil Marriage End Lebanon’s Confessional System?
In tying the matrimonial knot last week, Kholoud Succariyeh and Nidal Darwish sliced through a cultural, legal, sectarian knot of Gordian proportions. The pair became the first couple in history to be...
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First Jordanian Elections post Arab Uprisings; Challenges of Reporting from...
This week, Amman-based activist and writer Hisham Bustani updates VOMENA on the first Jordanian parliamentary elections since the Arab uprisings, and what they mean for the country. More than thirty...
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Protesting Is Not Enough
Another January 25 marked the third year of continued protests in the hopes of finding our way to a successful revolution. On Friday, I joined the Shubra march to Tahrir Square where I saw many the...
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حالة الإسلاميين في مصر بعد عامين على الثورة
بالأرقام يمكن معرفة الحالة التي وصل إليها الإسلاميون في مصر بعد عامين على قيام الثورة. فقد وصل عدد الأحزاب التي تنطلق من خلفية إسلامية إلى حوالى عشرين حزباً سواء مسجلين أو غير مسجلين رسمياً. ناهيك عن...
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The Meaning of Revolution: On Samira Ibrahim
At that thin membrane, the hymen, narratives unfold and lives are determined. There, the binaries of the clean and the stained, the righteous and the debauched, the honorable and the shamed flourish....
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The Gendered Body Public: Egypt, Sexual Violence and Revolution
We must acknowledge, sit with, and address the sexual violence that has, is, and will occur in and around Tahrir Square. How do we do this work in a responsible and ethical manner that is in solidarity...
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Palestinian Refugees in Jordan and the Revocation of Citizenship: An...
[Anis F. Kassim is an international law expert and practicing lawyer in Jordan. He was a member of the Palestinian legal defense team before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the 2004...
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Last Week on Jadaliyya (Jan 21-27)
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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A Nation Derailed
Just ten days before the second anniversary of the 25 January revolution, Egyptians awoke to another railway tragedy. A train loaded beyond its capacity with security forces recruits heading from Cairo...
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Another Year of Rage
The date 28 January 2011, also known as the “Friday of Rage,” holds a special place in the hearts of many Egyptians and is widely seen as the turning point at which the “January 25 protests” turned...
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Sisyphus Goes on Demonstration
Animation/video installation 2012Artist statement:"You are to suffer,to carry your burden and the weight of your existence on your back forever. And on this rough road you are to travel.You walk, with...
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Taher Bekri: Epic of the Thyme of Palestine
Epic of the Thyme of PalestineBy Taher BekriIn memory of Mahmoud DarwishTranslated by Marilyn Hacker I perfumed the hills and plainsNourished by brilliant lightAccompanied wanderers’ stepsThrough the...
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From Baghdad to New York: Reflections on Painting
In Daryle Halbert’s 1987 painting “Leon” one encounters multiple things at once, as a history of painting is revealed—but not without being turned on its head. The portrait is deeply humane and...
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Homage to Leonardo
Leonardo Da Vinci first impressed me when one of my art history professors, while earning my MFA at Indiana University in 1963, described a certain spot in the room of “The Last Supper” as the ideal...
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A Leopard in Winter: An Interview with Syrian Director Nabil Maleh
In early January, more than 1,500 people packed three nights of screenings in Dubai of Syrian director Nabil Maleh’s film The Road to Damascus (‘A al-Sham ‘A al-Sham, 2006), a filmic journey across...
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Amir Tag Elsir: Ebola '76
A Chapter from Amir Tag Elsir’s Ebola ‘76Translated from the Arabic by Maia Tabet In times of Tragedy,Things seem real.Eyes are real.The hand that greets a neighbor is real,And the moon is real, not...
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January 2013 Culture
Jadaliyya's first monthly culture bouquet of 2013 has arrived! Painters Samia Halaby and Athir Shayota contribute to Visuals in 1500, a new series of profiles that takes a single work of art as the...
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