Saadi Yousef: At Kerak Citadel
At Kerak Citadel Always, at sunset, the castle walls begin to breathe.The war is over—it has been two or twenty centuries now.But then suddenly when night falls, the war comes back.Soldiers in their...
View ArticleNew Texts Out Now: Linda Herrera, Wired Citizenship: Youth Learning and...
Linda Herrera, editor (with Rehab Sakr), Wired Citizenship: Youth Learning and Activism in the Middle East. London and New York: Routledge, 2014.Jadaliyya (J): What made you put together this book?...
View ArticleCritical Currents in Islam Media Roundup (16 June)
[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 Articleرواية "1919": إعادة تأريخ جريئة تفتقد إلى روح الثورة
صدرت "1919" لأحمد مراد في بداية هذا العام، ونشرت منها حتى الآن ثلاث طبعات، مما يبشّر بنجاح أكبر من ذلك الذي حقّقته أعماله السابقة، من "فيرتيجو"، روايته الأولى التي حُوّلت إلى مسلسل، إلى "الفيل الأزرق"...
View ArticleComparing American and Israeli Ways of War
Over the last few years, Israel and Palestine have become major topics of interest and debate for scholars who do American Studies. This is evident in burgeoning comparative analyses of settler...
View ArticleDeciphering the Escalation of Sectarian Violence in Iraq: An Interview with...
With the escalation of sectarian conflict in Iraq, the country's future has become the topic of the day for analysts and pundits alike. Until recently, making American media and Middle East watchers...
View ArticleQuick Thoughts: Samia Errazzouki on Western Sahara
[With no resolution on the horizon for the Western Sahara conflict, Jadaliyya asked Co-Editor Samia Errazzouki, who recently visited Sahrawi refugee camps outside the Algerian city of Tindouf, about...
View ArticleNew JADMAG: The Afterlives of the Algerian Revolution
The Afterlives of the Algerian Revolution Edited by Muriam Haleh Davis E-version: $3.49Paperback: $5.99Combo: $7.99 In July 2012, Algeria celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence, which...
View ArticleEksik kalmis hayatlarin kelimeleri: Keske Bir Opup Koklasaydim
Eksik kalmış hayatların kelimeleri: Keşke Bir Öpüp Koklasaydım“Geleceğe dair umutluyum, kitabı da bu umutla yazdık”12 Eylül 1980 askeri darbesi, Türkiye’de toplumsal ve iktisadi yapıyı köklü biçimde...
View ArticleJadaliyya Co-Editors Hesham Sallam and Adel Iskandar on Egypt Post-Election
In this interview with Zein El-Amine on WPFW, Jadaliyya Co-Editors Hesham Sallam and Adel Iskandar discuss the recent presidential elections in Egypt and the environment in which the vote was held, the...
View Article12 Eylul’le Hesaplasmaya Bir Mahkeme Yeter mi?
12 Eylül’le Hesaplaşmaya Bir Mahkeme Yeter mi?Kenan Evren ve Tahsin Şahinkaya isimleri kimileri icin 12 Eylül davasında adı geçen iki generalin ismi iken benim gibi çocukluğunu darbenin sıcak...
View ArticlePopular Neighborhoods and the Arab Spring: Elements for a Renewed Approach
Review:Pierre-Arnaud Barthel and Sylvy Jaglin (éds.), Quartiers informels d’un monde arabe en transition. Réflexions et perspectives pour l’action urbaine [Informal Settlements in an Arab World in...
View ArticleQuick Thoughts: Zainab Saleh on Iraq
[The recent upsurge in fighting in Iraq has placed that country in the headlines once again. Jadaliyya asked Iraq specialist Zainab Saleh to clarify the background and implications of recent...
View ArticleNPR Interviews Jadaliyya Co-Editor Elliott Colla on ISIS and the Media
In this interview with NPR's Brooke Gladstone, Jadaliyya Co-Editor Elliott Colla discusses his essay "Watching ISIS on TV." Colla does a reading from his essay in which he describes his Iraqi in-laws...
View Articleما هي خصائص الثورة المضادة؟
كما أن هناك رد فعل لكل فعل، هناك ثورة مضادة لكل ثورة. الثورة المضادة ظاهرة طبيعية، كما هو رد الفعل التالي على الثورة المضادة. ولا تنتصر إحداهما على الأخرى إلا إذا كان رد الفعل أفعل من الفعل الأول....
View ArticleCairo Demo Against Protest Law Dispersed by Police
Protesters were attacked on their march to the presidential palace by unknown groups of men.A protest on Saturday in Cairo against a controversial law regulating demonstrations was dispersed after...
View ArticleOn the Margins Roundup (June)
[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 ArticleSheikh Imam: A Profile from the Archives
[”A Profile from the Archives“ is a series published by Jadaliyya in both Arabic and English in cooperation with the Lebanese newspaper, Assafir. These profiles will feature iconic figures who left...
View ArticleRun Mahienour Run
The distant shouts of a female voice rang louder and louder in my ear: “A complete revolution or nothing at all!” I turned around and caught my first glimpse of a young woman of average height, who was...
View ArticleLast Week on Jadaliyya (June 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...
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