Women's Activism and the Polio Epidemic in Syria
The international press has spent the last few months actively monitoring the Geneva talks aimed at negotiating a political solution to the present conflict in Syria: from speculation to stagnation and...
View ArticleBourj Hammoud: Seeing the City’s Urban Textures and Layered Pasts
Bourj Hammoud, a municipality just east of the Beirut River, is a densely populated residential and commercial district known as much for its sizeable Armenian population as its jewelry markets,...
View ArticleGCHR Annual Report 2014: Rising Human Rights Challenges in the Gulf Region...
[The following report was published by the Gulf Center for Human Rights on 1 March 2014]Rising Human Rights Challenges in the Gulf Region and Beyond: Annual Report of the Gulf Center for Human Rights...
View ArticleCritical Currents in Islam Media Roundup (18 March)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating about Islam and reflects a wide variety of opinions and approaches. It does not reflect the views of the Critical Currents in Islam...
View ArticleTurkey Media Roundup (March 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...
View ArticleArabian Peninsula Media Roundup (March 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...
View Articleما بعد الناصرية
لم يَخْل الحراك السياسي في مصر من مطلع القرن الحادي والعشرين من صور عبد الناصر ومفردات الحقبة الناصرية ومن السياسيين والمثقفين الناصريين. كانت هذه العناصر جميعاً حاضرة في المظاهرات الداعمة للانتفاضة...
View ArticleUzun tutukluluk, acik hapishane
Uzun tutukluluk, açık hapishaneNormalde insanın kendi küçük hayatı önceliklidir. Önce bir o var olacak ki sıra dünyaya gelsin. Ama bireyin üzerini her alanda itina ile silmiş bir memlekette, elbette,...
View ArticleHistory and Consequences
Brecht De Smet begins his recent article on “Revolution and Counter Revolution in Egypt” by demurring from my statement on Jadaliyya on the occasion of the second anniversary of the 25 January 2011...
View ArticleNew Texts Out Now: Rawia Bishara, Olives, Lemons & Za’atar: The Best Middle...
Rawia Bishara, Olives, Lemons & Za’atar: The Best Middle Eastern Home Cooking. Lanham, MD: Kyle Books, 2014.Jadaliyya (J): What made you decide to write this book?Rawia Bishara (RB):Olives, Lemons...
View ArticlePress Release: UN Claims UAE Government Has Duty to Release UAE94
[The following press release was issued on 20 March 2014 by the Alkarama Foundation]The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention's independent experts adopted an opinion confirming the arbitrary nature...
View ArticleDARS Media Roundup (March 20)
[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 ArticleO.I.L. Media Roundup (21 March)
[This is a monthly archive of pieces written by Jadaliyya contributors and editors on the Occupations, Interventions,and Law (O.I.L.) Page. It also includes material published on other platforms that...
View ArticleIs There a Way Out of Here? or, Why I Am With the HDP
Since the first days of the graft and corruption crisis, I have found myself thinking about a section from Haydar Darıcı’s masters thesis, completed under Leyla Neyzi’s supervision at Sabancı...
View ArticleTrente ans de recherche sur Tunis et les grandes villes tunisiennes
Recension: Morched Chabbi, L'urbain en Tunisie. Processus et Projets, (Tunis: Nirvana, 2012).Durant les trois dernières décennies, Morched Chabbi a mené de front deux activités: l’urbanisme et la...
View ArticleThe State v. Individual: On State Crimes and Judicial Parody in Turkey
Let me make the hardest list of my life, for those who have not followed what has happened in Turkey during and in the wake of the Gezi Protests that began in the summer of 2013. On 1 June, Ethem...
View ArticleHello, Zimo
Hello, ZimoNovember 2013Beirut, Lebanon Samer Saem Eldahr (aka Zimo) is a musician and visual artist from Aleppo, Syria. Five years ago, he began working on a project that has now become a hit in the...
View ArticleSyria Media Roundup (March 21)
[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 ofJadaliyya. You may...
View ArticleOn the Margins Roundup (March)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Mali, South Sudan, Somalia, Mauritania, Djibouti, and Comoros Islands and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect...
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