محمود درويش: إلهي لماذا تخلّيت عنّي؟
بينما كان قراؤه، شرقاً وغرباً، يحتفلون بذكرى ميلاده في الثالث عشر من آذار، صادرت إدارة معرض الرياض للكتاب دواوين محمود درويش (1941-2008) بعد اعتراض محتسبين من هيئة الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر على...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Janet Abu-Lughod
Professor Janet Abu-Lughod sociologist, demographer, comparative urbanist, and scholar of world systems also belonged to the first generation of scholars who made possible sound scholarly discussions...
View ArticleLast Week on Jadaliyya (March 10-16)
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 ArticleEgypt Media Roundup (March 17)
[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 ArticleThe Dangers of Liberalism: Foucault and Postcoloniality in France
[This article is the first in a three-part series that looks at Foucault's work in relationship to the legacy of French colonialism in North Africa.]“For with Napoleon’s occupation of Egypt processes...
View ArticleMahmoud Darwish: My God Why Have You Forsaken Me?
While his readers were celebrating his birthday on the 13th of March, the authorities at the Riyad Book Fair confiscated Mahmoud Darwish’s books after members of the Committee for the Prevention of...
View ArticleWomen's Activism and the Polio Epidemic in Syria
The international press has spent the last few months actively monitoring the Geneva talks aimed at negotiating a political solution to the present conflict in Syria: from speculation to stagnation and...
View ArticleBourj Hammoud: Seeing the City’s Urban Textures and Layered Pasts
Bourj Hammoud, a municipality just east of the Beirut River, is a densely populated residential and commercial district known as much for its sizeable Armenian population as its jewelry markets,...
View ArticleGCHR Annual Report 2014: Rising Human Rights Challenges in the Gulf Region...
[The following report was published by the Gulf Center for Human Rights on 1 March 2014]Rising Human Rights Challenges in the Gulf Region and Beyond: Annual Report of the Gulf Center for Human Rights...
View ArticleCritical Currents in Islam Media Roundup (18 March)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating about Islam and reflects a wide variety of opinions and approaches. It does not reflect the views of the Critical Currents in Islam...
View ArticleTurkey Media Roundup (March 18)
[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 ArticleArabian Peninsula Media Roundup (March 18)
[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...
View Articleما بعد الناصرية
لم يَخْل الحراك السياسي في مصر من مطلع القرن الحادي والعشرين من صور عبد الناصر ومفردات الحقبة الناصرية ومن السياسيين والمثقفين الناصريين. كانت هذه العناصر جميعاً حاضرة في المظاهرات الداعمة للانتفاضة...
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Uzun tutukluluk, açık hapishaneNormalde insanın kendi küçük hayatı önceliklidir. Önce bir o var olacak ki sıra dünyaya gelsin. Ama bireyin üzerini her alanda itina ile silmiş bir memlekette, elbette,...
View ArticleHistory and Consequences
Brecht De Smet begins his recent article on “Revolution and Counter Revolution in Egypt” by demurring from my statement on Jadaliyya on the occasion of the second anniversary of the 25 January 2011...
View ArticleNew Texts Out Now: Rawia Bishara, Olives, Lemons & Za’atar: The Best Middle...
Rawia Bishara, Olives, Lemons & Za’atar: The Best Middle Eastern Home Cooking. Lanham, MD: Kyle Books, 2014.Jadaliyya (J): What made you decide to write this book?Rawia Bishara (RB):Olives, Lemons...
View ArticlePress Release: UN Claims UAE Government Has Duty to Release UAE94
[The following press release was issued on 20 March 2014 by the Alkarama Foundation]The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention's independent experts adopted an opinion confirming the arbitrary nature...
View ArticleDARS Media Roundup (March 20)
[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 ArticleO.I.L. Media Roundup (21 March)
[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...
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