Maghreb Media Roundup (July 12)
[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 ArticleIn the Interim: The Constitutional Declaration Retains Some Contentious...
For at least four months, Egypt’s legal framework will be the Constitutional Declaration issued by Interim President Adly Mansour on 8 July.The thirty-three-article declaration has been designed to...
View ArticleThousands Break Fast in Tahrir Square to Celebrate Morsi Ouster
Ramadan breakfast in Tahrir Square celebrates 'third wave of revolution,' upholds demand for President Morsi's removal.Several thousands gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday for a communal...
View ArticleProtesters Head to Egypt Defense Ministry to Demand Morsi's Reinstatement
Pro-Morsi demonstrators in Cairo set out for defense ministry headquarters Friday night to demand reinstatement of Egypt's ousted president.Speakers at Nasr City's Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque, where a...
View Articleثورة؟ انقلاب؟... الأكيد: كسّرنا الصندوقراطية
صاحب محل عصير القصب، الذي تعرفت عليه في الفقرة الأخيرة من مقالي «عصير الصندوقراطية»، لم يتظاهر يوم 30 يونيو، ورغم أن رده على الشاب الإخواني الذي طالبه بـ«التنظم وخوض الانتخابات» كان «ثانية واحدة هاروح...
View ArticleEgypt's Media Blunders
The unfolding political tumult in Egypt over the past ten days has not only captured headlines worldwide, it has taken its toll on journalism and reporting as well. While much of the international...
View ArticleBrand Turkey and the Gezi Protests: Authoritarianism, Law, and Neoliberalism...
[Part one of this article can be found here.]Brand Turkey: Modeling Democracy and Neoliberalism When commentators for CNN International, the new bête noir of AKP supporters for its Gezi coverage,...
View ArticleOccupy Gezi: Die Grenzen des neoliberalen Erfolgs der Türkei
[This article was originally written by Cihan Tugal, and published by Jadaliyya in English here. It was translated/published in German by Infobrief Türkei.]Die neoliberale AKP räumt alles aus dem Weg,...
View ArticleRebels Beware of the Bears that Hug Your Generals
The young people of Egypt led the January 25 revolution, and the army inherited it first, then the army jointly with the Muslim Brothers. And now under the rubric of Tamarod (Rebel), they have...
View ArticleRevolution? Coup d’état? The Certain Thing Is We Broke the Boxocracy
Remember the guy who owns the sugarcane juice store from my previous article? He did not come out on 30 June to demonstrate. He did not protest even though he blew off the Muslim Brotherhood supporter...
View ArticleEgypt's Economic Challenges: An Interview with Amr Adly
With Egypt mired in a revolutionary turmoil, the economic issues have yet to be addressed by any of the major political players in Egypt today! Whether an avowed dictatorship, a transitional military...
View ArticleNo Jasmine Tea for the Square
Who exactly is making politics in Egypt these days? There are so many possible answers to the question. One perspective, which is both new and not so new, views politics as the purview of only the very...
View Articleصحراء النقب ليست قاحلة
الحرب ضروس في النقب هذه الأيام، ولا يمكننا القول إنها عرفت السلم منذ إحتلال فلسطين عام 1948. جرافات وجنود وقوانين عاتية تتهدد عوالم لماّ تزل تنفض عنها غبار ما دمرته النكبة، حتى باتت تهددها مواجهة...
View ArticleLast Week on Jadaliyya (July 8-14)
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 ArticleBahrain and the Kissinger Cables
In early April, Wikileaks released a gigantic trove of declassified US diplomatic documents that shed light on the diplomatic maneuverings of the United States and other governments in the tumultuous...
View ArticleEgypt Media Roundup (July 15)
[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 ArticleMore Brotherhood Leaders Arrested, Assets Frozen
The Public Prosecution has ordered the detention of Mahdi Akef, former supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, for four days pending investigation under suspicion of insulting the judiciary, the state...
View ArticleSisi: Morsi Turned Down Chance to Hold Referendum
In the days leading up to his ouster, former President Mohamed Morsi turned down an offer to hold a referendum, giving the people to chance to decide whether he should stay in power, General Abdel...
View Articleما الذي يحدث في مصر الآن؟
ما الذي يحدث في مصر الآن؟ عن سقوط المسار السياسي الأول للثورة المضادة في مصر وآفاق المستقبلنستطيع أن نقول إن ما يحدث في مصر، منذ الحراك الشعبي الواسع في 30 يونيو ضد حكم الرئيس السابق محمد مرسي، يشكل...
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