The Armed Conflict in South Sudan: An Interview with Khalid Medani
Two and half years after its birth, the world’s youngest nation-state, South Sudan, is engulfed in a crisis which has escalated into an armed conflict between two factions in the ruling People...
View ArticleAn Analysis of Egypt's Draft Constitution
Experts weight in on the possible impact on child labor and unionization.The 2013 draft constitution contains a number of provisions which some feared could be used to curb labor rights and freedoms....
View ArticleEgypt News Update (14 January 2014)
[This is a collection of news updates on Egypt compiled from multiple sources by the editors.] Seven Killed In Clashes On First Day of Egypt's ReferendumPro-Brotherhood supporters clash with police in...
View ArticleNew Texts Out Now: Rebecca Joubin, The Politics of Love: Sexuality, Gender,...
Rebecca Joubin, The Politics of Love: Sexuality, Gender, and Marriage in Syrian Television Drama. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2013.Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book?Rebecca Joubin (RJ):...
View Articleمختارات من الصحافة العربية
مختارات من الصحافة العربية ( من 5 إلى 11 كانون الثاني/ يناير 2014)[ستنشر ”جدلية“ أسبوعياً مقالات مختارة من الصحافة بالعربية.] المسألة أكبر من يناير!يتوقع بلال فضل أن يتم التصويت على الدستور بنعم وأن...
View ArticleEgypt's Terrible Three: Interview with Hossam El-Hamalawy
Nearly three years after the fall of Mubarak, with the deep state and the military openly back in control, Egypt seems to have come full circle. How did that happen and what is the situation on the...
View ArticleCut and Paste: An Exhibition by Huda Lutfi
Cut and Paste An exhibition by Huda Lutfi1 December 2013 - 8 January 2014 Factory Space, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo This video documents the latest exhibition by Egyptian artist Huda Lutfi, which was...
View ArticleA Bomb, With Ribbon Around It
South Asian Women’s Creative Collective, A Bomb, With Ribbon Around It. Queens Museum, Queens, New York, 14 December 2013 – 18 January 2014. A Bomb, With a Ribbon Around It, at the Queens Museum...
View ArticleBoxed In
I (very) briefly grappled with whether to vote, or boycott this referendum but after the experience of covering the Sisi popularity contest Tuesday, I will not be ticking any boxes. I did a little...
View Articleإضاءات على الحياة والمجتمع العربي في القدس خلال الحرب العالمية الثانية
يومياتطاهرعبدالحميدالفتياني وإضاءاتعلىالحياةوالمجتمعالعربيفيالقدسخلالالحربالعالميةالثانيةالحلقةالأولىمقدمة:تمتاز اليوميات الشخصية (1)، وإلى حدّ ما كتب الذكريات، عن الوثائق الرسمية والمنشورات السياسية،...
View ArticleSeeing Is Striking: Selling Israeli Warfare
In 2013, Jane’s Weekly Defense Magazine ranked Israel as the world’s sixth largest arms producer. The country has some six hundred defense companies, including about four hundred devoted to homeland...
View Articleالأدب والثّورة: حوار مع حسين الواد بمناسبة الذّكرى الثّالثة للثورة التونسيّة
نوري ڤانة: أوّلا، كيف تعرّف بنفسك؟ حسين الواد:من مواليد منتصف القرن العشرين بالمكنين (جهة الساحل الشرقي) لأسرة تدهورت أوضاعها في عهد الاستعمار الفرنسي. تعلقت بأبي قضية مع "الجندرمة" الفرنسية سرعان ما...
View Articleداخل سيرورة الحلم: تخيّل لبنان مختلف
لبنان محطّم سياسياً واقتصادياً واجتماعياً. بالإضافة إلى العنف الذي يستهدف اللبنانيين يومياً لأنهم يعيشون في مناطق يُقال إنها "تنتمي" إلى هذه الفئة السياسية أو تلك، فإن الحقد الديني والطائفي في تصاعد،...
View ArticleFor Amiri Baraka (1934-2014)
(On 19 October, 2013, Amiri Baraka visited the Cape Ann Museum. This is the text of the welcome given to him by the poet, novelist and translator, Ammiel Alcalay.)If performance, image, object and...
View ArticleCrise politique et question territoriale en Tunisie
La question territoriale a été un des fondements du soulèvement en Tunisie à la fin de l’année 2010: développement des zones défavorisées de l’intérieur du pays et accès à l’emploi et aux services...
View ArticleLe Caire, laboratoire de l'urbanisme insurrectionnel
Review of Beth Stryker, Omar Nagati and Magda Mostafa (eds.), Learning from Cairo. Global Perspectives and Future Visions (Cairo: Cluster and The American University in Cairo, 2013).Faisant référence...
View ArticleDrawing the Kafr Qasem Massacre: An Introduction to the Ongoing Project
When I first accepted the challenge of drawing the Kafr Qasem massacre, I wanted to represent its events as though I were a camera on site. Documentary drawings, I thought, could recreate what...
View ArticleEgypt Media Roundup (January 20)
[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 ArticleIslam and the Black Freedom Struggle: An Interview with the After Malcolm...
The After Malcolm: Islam and the Black Freedom Struggle project is a unique digital archive initiative housed at Georgia State University in Atlanta. By documenting and digitizing a range papers,...
View ArticleStories of Refuge: Oral Histories of Syrian Asylum Seekers in Germany
In Munich recently,I found myself sitting in an Iraqi-owned café with three Syrian men. The first was a young businessman who spends much of his time, money, and energy helping Syrian refugees in...
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