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Syria's Electronic Warriors Hit Al-Jazeera
Emails said to reveal dismay among Al-Jazeera staff over its “biased and unprofessional” coverage of Syria have been leaked by pro-Assad hackers. Damascus – On Wednesday, the entire staff of the Al...
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O.I.L. Media Roundup (February 27)
[This is the first installment of the O.I.L. Page Media Roundup, dealing with Occupation, Intervention, and Law. The O.I.L. page can be accessed here and can be clicked on the bar above] In her...
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"Future of Syria" Panel and Discussion on CSPAN
I have recently participated in a panel titled "Future of Syria," organized by Project on Middle East Political Science at George Washington University. My aim was to address four basic questions in a...
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The Uprisings Will be Gendered
Women's rights and the regulation of gender and sex norms in the Arab world have long been put under the spotlight by local and international activists in addition to local and international...
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حلّ التواطؤ، أفق الخروج
يسعى هذا المقال إلى إعادة فتح منظومة العلاقات بين فلسطينيّي 48 والنظام الصهيونيّ الاستعماريّ الذي يرزحون تحته منذ أن تَشكَّلَ كدولة عام 1948. وهو إذ يسعى في ذلك، سيقوم بفحص موقع الفلسطينيّين البنيويّ...
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الأزمة المعيشية الفلسطينية بين الإستهلاك والمديونية الأسرية والأمولة
يعتبر عدول السلطة الفلسطينية الأخير عن نيتها تطبيق خطط الإصلاح الهيكلي وعن مجموعة من الإجراءات التقشفية(1) اعترافا أولياً بضرورة إجراء المزيد من التشاور العام والدراسة الفنية، وذلك في ما يشبه انتصاراً...
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New Texts Out Now: Nezar AlSayyad, Cairo: Histories of a City
Nezar AlSayyad, Cairo: Histories of a City. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2011. Jadaliyya (J): Why did you write this book? Nezar AlSayyad (NA): Cairo has fascinated me since I was first...
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Sargon Boulus: The Dream of Houses
[“Hulm al-Buyut” was published in Sargon Boulus’ posthumous collection “`Azma Ukhra li-Kalb al-Qabila” (Another Bone for the Tribe’s Dog) (Baghdad and Beirut: Dar al-Jamal, 2008)] The Dream of...
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Syria Media Roundup (February 29)
“The dilemma for Syria’s neighbours” analysis by George Joffe and Alia Brahimi “Syrian casualty lists” how are we counting the dead? “The Syrian Arab Red Crescent refutes allegations it is not working...
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Egypt's Judges in a Revolutionary Age
Egypt’s tumultuous uprising of 2011 was about many things, but among the most central was a demand by legions of political activists and large crowds of mobilized citizens that public authority in the...
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Finding Bayt Across Borders of Stone
No roads, not a single one, lead to the place where we had gotten ourselves.* I “met” Anthony Shadid the only way someone like me, a mere reader, can meet a journalist she admires: I emailed him a...
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The End of Taking the Syrian Revolution at Face Value
Those interested in a revolution that would be considered a significant step forward from the existing Syrian regime, might want to take pause as they steadfastly support some of its main anchors. In...
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Singular Legal Regime Necessitates One-State Solution
This weekend, the Harvard University community will host its conference, "One-State Conference: Israel/Palestine and the One-State Solution". The conference promises to be an invigorating discussion...
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أين المثقفون السوريون من الثورة؟
سؤال ما فتئ يطرح طيلة شهور الثورة السورية يخصّ دور المثقفين فيها! يطرح السؤال أحياناً من باب الاستفسار، وأحياناً أكثر من باب الاستهجان والتخوين، خصوصاً وأن التطورات المتعاقبة للثورة جعلت دور المثقفين...
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The Left and the People: Extending Hamid Dabashi's Critique
“The overall anti-imperialist sentiment remains strong among the Syrian population and the attempts by parts of the Left to smear the entire uprising as a stand-in for imperialism belies a Manichean...
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Witch-Hunt Against CAP & Media Matters Escalates
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the smear campaign launched against two progressive groups, the Center for American Progress (CAP) and Media Matters, for the crime of permitting criticism of Israel to...
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The Rhythms of Egypt's Revolutionaries
Music has been one of the most invigorating and beautiful forms of activism across the Middle East and North Africa during the revolutions and uprisings of 2011. People have rallied around the...
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Exploiting a Dynamic Law of Prolonged Occupation: The Israeli High Court of...
On 26 December 2011, the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) rendered its judgment in a case challenging Israel’s quarrying activities in the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT) filed by the Israeli...
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