Egypt Media Roundup (December 23)
[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 ArticleSubstantive Erasures: Essays on Academic Boycott and the American Studies...
Introduction [by Noura Erakat] Members of the American Studies Association (ASA) first considered an academic boycott seven years ago, discussed it openly four years ago, and presented a resolution to...
View ArticleAfter Mauritania’s Elections: Toward Reform or a Political Charade?
The first round of legislative and municipal elections held in Mauritania on 23 November signified the end of a two-year period of a parliamentary limbo. The country has been mired in a sustained...
View ArticleOn the Margins Roundup (December)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Mali, South Sudan, Somalia, Mauritania, Djibouti, and Comoros Islands and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect...
View ArticleJAD FOR REEL Podcast (عن جد) – Episode 3
This third episode of Jad For Reel عن جد , Jadaliyya’s monthly audio podcast, covers Palestine, Syria, refugees, academic boycott, torture, and film. It begins with a roundup of some of Jadaliyya’s...
View Articleالعراق الذي لم يعد هناك: مقابلة مع أحمد حبيب
العراق الذي لم يعد هناك: مقابلة مع أحمد حبيب "لماذا أعلم ابني العربية يا علي؟ العراق راح، انتهى". هذا ما قالته لي صديقة من العراق تعيش حالياً في الولايات المتحدة قبل فترة، وفي الحقيقة لم أعرف بماذا...
View ArticleLast Week on Jadaliyya (December 16-22)
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 ArticleThe State of Play in Palestine: A Roundtable
Veterans of twenty years of empty negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians may too easily dismiss the current talks, led by United States Secretary of State John Kerry, as simply more of the...
View ArticleO.I.L. Media Roundup (24 December)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Occupation, Intervention and Law and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the O.I.L. Page Editors...
View ArticleTurkey Media Roundup (December 24)
[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 ArticleIsmail Besikci and the Reality of Kurdistan
Boğaziçi University’s decision to honor sociologist İsmail Beşikçi with an honorary doctorate is doubtless a very important symbolic gesture. Beşikçi is a scholar who has devoted his life to...
View ArticleArabian Peninsula Media Roundup (December 24)
[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 ArticleAnother Promise To Be Fulfilled
The light is different in Zeinhom. The narrow street, arching trees, and gentle slope of one of Cairo’s only hills combine to soften the bright, direct light that casts the city in her familiar...
View ArticleGMU Students Walk Out of Graduation Ceremony in Protest of Honoring Shari Arison
As I was reseated after walking out on apartheid profiteer Shari Arison, I could not help but reflect on the accomplishments of George Mason University’s Students Against Israeli Apartheid(SAIA) and...
View ArticleNew Texts Out Now: Samia Errazzouki, Working-Class Women Revolt: Gendered...
Samia Errazzouki, “Working-Class Women Revolt: Gendered Political Economy in Morocco.”The Journal of North African Studies (November 2013).Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this article?Samia...
View Articleاتفاق إطار أم أوسلو 2
تتوارد الأنباء عن استعدادات أميركية غير مسبوقة وصلت إلى حد حجز السفارة الأميركية لخمسين غرفة في إحدى الفنادق الكبرى في القدس، لتُشغِلَها الطواقم التي سترافق وزير الخارجية الأميركية في زيارته نهاية...
View ArticleTunisia: A New Prime Minister for Old Politics?
The weeks-long negotiations over the appointment of a new Prime Minister who will be charged with forming a transitional government that will guide Tunisia to the next election has finally produced a...
View ArticleToward a Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings (Part One)
A framework to explain the Arab uprisings should provide an account of the socioeconomic and political evolution of the Arab republics that would explain both the persistence of autocracy until 2011...
View ArticleDARS Media Roundup (December 26)
[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 ArticleA Tour of the Cairo Berlin Exhibition
Cairo Berlin ExhibitionDecember 2013A flat in Garden City, Cairo In an exhibition sponsored by the German Embassy in Egypt, artist Daniel Rode invited three artists from Berlin and three from Cairo to...
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