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Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (December 17)
[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...
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Remembering Ali Shaath
In 1994, Ali Shaath and three of his colleagues, Sa’id al-Qidra, Mustafa Harara, and Majd al-Khalidi drove from Cairo to Palestine. It would be Ali’s first visit to the land that shaped him from a...
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Brain Damage: An Exhibition by Kalb Balady
Brain DamageAn Exhibition by Kalb Balady16 Novemeber - 15 DecemberDarb 1718, Cairo Brain Damage is the first public exhibition by the Kalb Balady (Stray Dog) collective. Through the exhibition, eight...
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Brushing History against the Grain
Abdel Razzaq Takriti, Monsoon Revolution: Republicans, Sultans, and Empires in Oman, 1965-1976. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.We are left alone with our day, and the time is short,...
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سلام على علي شعث
في عام 1994، ساق علي شعث ومعه ثلاثة من أصدقائه، سعيد القدرة ومصطفى حرارة ومجد الخالدي من القاهرة إلى فلسطين. كانت تلك زيارة علي الأولى إلى الأرض التي شكلته من بعيد. كانت لحظة أمل وامكانية، وتلك هي...
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Lice’den Gever’e Gezi ve Kurtler
Lice’den Gever’e Gezi ve KürtlerÖnce Gezi Gezi bir karşı çıkış olduğu kadar bir kendiyle yüzleşme ve oluş hâliydi. 31 Mayıs akşamı bir araya gelen insanlar bir taraftan eski düşmanlıklarından,...
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دور منظمات المجتمع المدني في الأراضي الفلسطينية
سراب التنمية الفلسطينية... تقويض مؤسساتي وتكريس لواقع الإحتلاللعبت منظمات المجتمع المدني غير الحكومية قبل قدوم السلطة الفلسطينية عام 1994 دوراً أساسياً في تعزيز صمود المجتمع الفلسطيني في ظل غياب الدولة...
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A propos des mondes urbains de F. Navez-Bouchanine
Recension: Agnès Deboulet et Michèle Jolé (éd.) Les mondes urbains. Le parcours engagé de Françoise Navez-Bouchanine (Paris: Karthala, 2013).La littérature spécialisée en études urbaines vient de...
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New Texts Out Now: Sunaina Maira, Jil Oslo: Palestinian Hip Hop, Youth...
Sunaina Maira, Jil Oslo: Palestinian Hip Hop, Youth Culture, and the Youth Movement. Washington, DC: Tadween Publishing, 2013.Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book?Sunaina Maira (SM): I wrote...
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Besikci ve Kurdistan’in gercekligi
Beşikçi ve Kürdistan’ın gerçekliğiÖmrünü Kürt sorununu araştırmaya adamış, bunun için çok ağır bedeller ödemiş, akademik ifade özgürlüğünün abidesi Ismail Beşikçi’ye Boğaziçi Üniversitesinin fahri...
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Maghreb Media Roundup (December 20)
[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....
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Sheikh Imam Remembers Negm
1962 was the definitive turning point in my life. That was the year I met Ahmed Fouad Negm, the year my entire life changed course, the year Negm and I began our journey together, the journey that made...
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The Intricacies of Popular Housing in the Middle East
Book Review: Myriam Ababsa, Baudouin Dupret, and Éric Denis (eds.) Popular Housing and Urban Land Tenure in the Middle East (Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2012).It has become customary to...
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صيد العنقاء
صيد العنقاءمحمد إقبال صياغة: حميد العقابيإهداء إلى : م. إقبالعصفورٌ يخطفُ من عينِ النسرِ سماءَهيعبرُ في السرّ فضاءَهيثقبُ غيماًيملأ كأسَه...
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'Aile Savunuculari' Rosin Cicek’i Anlayabilir mi?
‘Aile Savunucuları’ Roşin Çiçek’i Anlayabilir mi?Pardon, aile saadetinizi bozacağız ama ölüyoruz! Israrla uzağında durmaya çalıştım bu acı pornografisinin. Ama belki de Pandora’nın kutsal aile kutusunu...
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Demanding Equality: Interview with Steven Salaita on the ASA Academic Boycott
The American Studies Association (ASA) recently became the second US-based scholarly association to endorse the boycott of Israeli academic institutions. The 800-member Association of Asian American...
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Towards the End of a Dream? The Erdogan-Gulen Fallout and Islamic...
While international headlines regarding Muslims these days are understandably focusing on bombings, historical court cases, a palace coup, and a civil war, something more world-historical than any of...
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Lubunca and the History of Istanbul Slang
How did past people speak in their daily lives? Because historical documentation of spoken language is often thin, this question has fascinated and frustrated generations of linguists. Nowhere could...
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Negm Mat
On 3 December, the Egyptian poet Ahmed Fouad Negm died in Cairo at the age of 84. With his passing, the world lost a literary giant whose words have inspired poets, activists and intellectuals in Egypt...
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Rojava: Life and War in Kurdish Syria
Photos by Andy Spyra and Younes Mohammad. Text by Andy Spyra.In early October this year Younes and I left Erbil, the Kurdish capital of northern Iraq, heading straight to the border crossing at Fish...
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