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New Texts Out Now: Asef Bayat, Post-Islamism: The Changing Faces of Political...
Asef Bayat, editor, Post-Islamism: The Changing Faces of Political Islam. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Jadaliyya (J): What made you put together this book?Asef Bayat (AB): Well,...
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The Rise and Fall of the Salafi al-Nour Party in Egypt
When Mohamed Salmawi, the spokesman for the committee appointed to draft Egypt’s post-coup constitution, appeared before the press on 29 October, the message was clear. There would be no place for...
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Weaving Ethical Concerns and Aesthetic Aspirations: Fatwas and Nose Jobs in Iran
Iran has recently been labeled the nose job capital of the world; a fact that comes as a surprise to those who get caught up on the Islamic Republic’s strict and serious image. As opposed to what one...
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Roundtable on The Future of Islamism: A Starting Point
Introduction (by Abdullah Al-Arian, Roundtable Organizer and Co-Editor of Critical Currents in Islam Page)The Arab uprisings that began in late 2010 had barely claimed a single authoritarian ruler when...
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Jadaliyya Launches Critical Currents in Islam (CCI) Page
Jadaliyya’s Critical Currents in Islam Page engages with a broad range of topics related to Islam as it is interpreted, practiced, and contested in political, cultural, and economic arenas throughout...
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The Civilian Administration of the Insurgency in Aleppo
While the human and financial means were limited, civilian institutions have nevertheless emerged in a few months in the zones conquered by the insurrection movement in Northern Syria. This experience...
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Fugitive Markets and Arrested Mobilities: Gaziantep’s Iranian Bazaar
Under the auspices of ongoing negotiations between the Iranian state and the P5+1 over the former’s nuclear program and the crippling economic sanctions unleashed by the latter on Iran and its...
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On Why Struggles over Urban Space Matter: An Interview with David Harvey
Why do urban struggles matter in projects of social change? What is the importance of reclaiming public space in social movements? And at this gloomy global moment of extreme urban disparities and...
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جولة عبر محطات خط سكة حديد درعا ـ حيفا
[مرّت في الرابع من أكتوبر/تشرين الأول ذكرى افتتاح خط السكّة الحديدية الواصلة بين المدينتين حيفا ودرعا في العام 1904. كانت انطلاقة هذا الخط في عهد الدولة العثمانية جزءاً من مشروعها الحداثي لتعزيز سلطتها...
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Bodies and Borders: An Interview with Ella Shohat
Scholar Ella Habiba Shohat has long dealt with the real and imaginary boundary lines that inform some of the most insidious conflicts of our times. She defines herself as an "Arab-Jew" of...
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This is a Dream Come True: An Exhibition by Ali Abdel Mohsen
This is a Dream Come TrueAn exhibition by Ali Abdel MohsenOctober 2013Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo This is a Dream Come True is Ali Abdel Mohsen's third solo exhibition and reflects his sense of humor, as...
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Last Week on Jadaliyya (November 11-17)
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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The Khsara Club, Arab Women Who Don't Get Married in Time: An Interview with...
It is not easy to talk about sex in any community and that could not be more true for the Arab and Arab-American one. So when the characters in the short film, “The Cup Reader,” openly grappled with...
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سنة 1962 كحدث واستعارة في التواريخ الشفوية للنساء في الجزائر
فيما يلي ملخص لبعض الأفكار التي أستقصيها في دراستي القادمة التي ستصدر عن مطبعة جامعة مانشستر: شقيقاتناالمقاتلات: الأمة،الذاكرةوالجندرفيالجزائر، 1954 – 2012"لمأفعلشيئاًبعدالحرب"كانت هذه المقولة، أو...
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الجزائر تلقي الحجاب
["إذا أردنا أن نضرب المجتمع الجزائري في صميم بنيته وفي قدرته على المقاومة، فيجب علينا قبل كل شيء كسب النساء، ويجب علينا السعي للبحث عنهن خلف الحجاب حيث يتوارين، وفي المنازل حيث يخفيهن الرجل"، لم تكن...
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Syria Media Roundup (November 18)
[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 of Jadaliyya. You may...
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Two from the Counter-Revolution
Each of the stories in Sherif Thabet’s 2011 collection, The Couch Party (Hizb al-Kanaba), explores the everyday violence, hypocrisy and despair of Egypt’s demobilized majority. The Couch Party is, of...
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Egypt Media Roundup (November 18)
[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...
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Turkey Media Roundup (November 19)
[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...
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Mohamed Mahmoud: The Revolutionary Romance Continues
On Friday 25 November 2011, one week after the Mohamed Mahmoud events, I was standing near one of the entrances to the Sadat metro station, its tunnels spreading beneath Tahrir Square like a spider’s...
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