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Decolonizing Islamophobia in France: An Interview with Houria Bouteldja
I met Houria Bouteldja in Paris, France at the Institut du Monde Arabe, a building whose architectural majesty overcasts those around it, including the Notre Dame. Although it was built to raise...
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The New Kurdish Movie
Turkey’s decades-old “Kurdish Question” has recently changed its trajectory. There is a new movie playing in town. The Turkish state is determined to follow a new kind of politics in order to resolve...
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Newly Issued Lustration Law Slammed as Ineffective
The law, which bans remnants of the former NDP from participating in political life, has been issued just days before elections are due to be held. The long promised lustration law, which...
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Bahrain's Independent Commission of Inquiry: A Path to Justice or Political...
Tomorrow, 23 November 2011, the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI), comprised of an international panel of law experts, is due to submit its report following a four-month investigation...
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Parties Mull Two Week Postponement of Parliamentary Elections
Egypt's major political parties may be about to ask SCAF to put off the Parliamentary elections due to start Monday, by two weeks. A number of major political parties are discussing calling on the...
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Egyptian Social Democratic Party Apologizes for SCAF Meeting
SDP chief Abul-Ghar 'truly sorry' for yesterday's meeting with SCAF, says Tantawi's address failed to mention promised concessions Egyptian Social Democratic Party (SDP) announced Tuesday night that...
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Political Forces: Tantawi Speech ‘Weak’ and Reminiscent of Mubarak
Activists vow to continue Tahrir protest until the SCAF cedes power and reject proposal for referendum before junta steps down Egypt’s political forces have strongly denounced Field Marshal Hussein...
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"This Script is my Script" by Ahmad Fu'ad Nigm
[This poem, by the legendary Egyptian vernacular poet, Ahmad Fu’ad Nigm (1929-), was put to music and sung by his comrade al-Shaykh Imam (1918-1995). It is one of the many memorable songs the duo...
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Mona Eltahawy Describes Her Detainment and Assault in Cairo (Video)
In the following inerview with CNN, Egyptian journalist Mona Eltahawy describes her assault and detainment in Cairo, first by the Ministry of Interior and then by Military Intelligence. She chronicles...
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Making Sense of Developments in Egypt and Syria: A KPFA Interview with...
In the following interviews with KPFA's Khalil Bendib and Sharam Aghamir, Jadaliyya Co-Editors Hesham Sallam and Bassam Haddad, discuss developments in Egypt and Syria, respectively (listen below). In...
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"Death to Al Sa`ud" Chants by Thousands in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province: A...
[This post will be updated and further corroborated in the coming days] Saudi security forces have killed at least three people in al Qatif, in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, since the killing...
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On the Fast-Track to An Electoral Train Wreck
Since the very start of the current wave of renewed unrest in Egypt, the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has repeatedly insisted that the country’s parliamentary elections—scheduled...
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فلسفة اللاسلطوية وثقافة الثورة
الثورات الناجحة في التاريخ هي الثورات التي تغير الانسان وليس فقط انظمة الحكم. والثورات التنويريّة يمكن أن تُسمّى كذلك لأنها لا تُطيح بنظام حكم بقدر ما تُطيح بعقلية وثقافة سلطويّة مُنتشرة في المجتمع....
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قراءة في الانتخابات المغربية في سياقيها الإقليمي والدولي
ينظم المغرب انتخابات سابقة لأوانها اليوم الجمعة في سياق وطني وإقليمي ودولي مفصلي. الحديث عن انتخابات 25 نوفمبر يستتبع الحديث عن الظروف المحلية والاقليمية والدولية التي عجلت بها وجعلتها ممكنة رغم أن...
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A Voter's Checklist for the Egyptian Elections
A Voter’s Checklist for the Egyptian Elections What you need choose? As a voter you are expected to choose: Two individual candidates to represent you One list that you feel represents you Who can I...
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Freedom and Justice Party: No Talks with US Regarding Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty
The Muslim Brotherhood's political party wing denies talks have been held with the US administration on the 1979 peace treaty with Israel. The Freedom and Justice Party has denied claims published in...
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رزان مرت من هنا
معطف الممانعة الاحمر له أناقته الخاصة، فهو يحمي من التغيير ويدفئ القلوب الخائفة والمرعوبة من إسرائيل، فتسكّنها وتهدئ من روعها. معطف الممانعة يعطيك قوى خاصة، فتستطيع التنظير على الثورة السورية لأيام...
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Bombing the Neighborhood: Daniel Ellsberg and the Radical Critique of...
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers. Directed by Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith. United States, 2010. “It wasn’t that we were on the wrong side. We were the...
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Egyptian Bloc
Egyptian Bloc Coalition Members: Free Egyptians Party, the Egyptian Social Democratic Party and Al-Tagammu Party. The Egyptian Bloc consists of the Free Egyptians Party, the Egyptian Social Democratic...
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روايات الغضب والثورة
منذ أن أجبر المصريون دكتاتورهم على الرحيل، تحوّل تمجيد "شباب الفايس بوك" إلى أحد أركان خطاب سائد جديد تبنّاه سياسيون وقيادات إعلامية كانوا في زمن ليس بالبعيد يهلّلون للحزب الوطني، في محاولة بائسة منهم...
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