Damascus: What's Left
One morning on a recent visit to Damascus, my first in a year, I went to the Umayyad Mosque. One of the oldest mosques in existence, the spectacular building was a Roman temple and then an early...
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The Gezi Park Protests and Politics of the FamilyMany academic commentators on the Gezi Park protests and the ensuing nation-wide uprisings have tended to focus on their more overtly political...
View ArticlePreemptive Crackdown in Bahrain Against Planned Tamarrod Protests
The Bahrain government is currently engaged in a new crackdown on activists and wider civil liberties. In the past few days alone, dangerous new legislation has been introduced, there have been many...
View ArticleDaniel's List
As the world now knows, King Mohamed VI, in his habit of granting royal pardons on his annual 30 July Coronation Day, pardoned pedophile rapist, Daniel Fino Galván. In 2011 Galván was condemned in an...
View ArticleEgypt Media Roundup (August 5)
[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 Articleالمغاربة ينددون باغتصاب طفولتهم مرتَيْنِ
شهد المغرب يوم الجمعة مظاهرات تاريخية"تندد" لأول مرة بحق العفو الدستوري الذي يمارسه الملك منذ عقود وقننه الفصل 58 من دستور البلاد المُعَدَّلِ في فاتح يوليوز/تموز من سنة 2011. فملك المغرب ،أمير...
View ArticleLast Week on Jadaliyya (July 29- August 4)
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 ArticleShaking the Silence
The river has two banks—A Palestinian-Jordanian Art InterventionThe identities of Jordanians and Palestinians are intricately linked. Some liken the relationship to that of a majority towards a...
View ArticleElections au Mali : Quelques réflexions sur la restauration de l'ordre
Au lendemain du premier tour des élections présidentielles au Mali, qui ont pour l'instant donné l'avanatge au favori Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, les réactions oscillaient entre critique des conditions du...
View ArticleO.I.L. Monthly Edition (July 2013)
[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 ArticleDelinquent Kids, Revolutionary Mothers, Uncle Governor, and Erdogan the...
[Part one of this article can be found here.]So far, this essay has illustrated how political actors have addressed the family in their discourse as a part of their strategy to keep the protestors...
View ArticleArabian Peninsula Media Roundup (August 6)
[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...
View ArticleEgypt Monthly Edition on Jadaliyya (July 2013)
This is a monthly archive of pieces written by Jadaliyya contributors and editors on Egypt. It also includes material published on other platforms that editors deemed pertinent to post as they provide...
View ArticleDARS Media Roundup (August 7)
[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 ArticleTurkey Media Roundup (August 7)
[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 ArticleNew Texts Out Now: Derya Bayir, Minorities and Nationalism in Turkish Law
Derya Bayir, Minorities and Nationalism in Turkish Law.London: Ashgate, 2013.Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book?Derya Bayir (DB): Turkey’s uneasy relation with its multi-ethnic and...
View Articleمقالة غسان كنفاني الأخيرة: ملحمة المعزاية والذئب
[كتبغسان كنفانيهذه المقالة قبيل اغتياله يوم 8 تموز 1972، ونشرتها مجلة "الصياد" اللبنانية في تاريخ 13 تموز 1972. وكان من المفترض للمقالة أن تنشر تحت اسم "فارس فارس" وهو أحد الأسماء التي وقع بها غسان...
View Articleملف من الأرشيف: غسان كنفاني
[”ملف من الأرشيف“ هي سلسة تقوم ”جدلية“ بنشرها بالعربية والإنجليزية بالتعاون مع جريدة ”السفير“ اللبنانية. الملفات لشخصيات أيقونية تركت أثراً عميقاً في الحقل السياسي والثقافي في العالم العربي.]...
View ArticleSyria Monthly Edition on Jadaliyya (July 2013)
[This is a monthly archive of pieces written by Jadaliyya contributors and editors on Syria. It also includes material published on other platforms that editors deemed pertinent to post as they...
View ArticleKids These Days: The Youth Politics Nobody Was Expecting
I heard the same line from booksellers and esteemed political scientists, from television producers and textile workers and from youth activists themselves: “Youth today aren't political.” It was a...
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