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View ArticleThe FBI’s War on Fake Terrorism
As part of the effort to prevent terrorist attacks, the FBI has a program in which agents recruit undercover informants who then “listen” for developing terror plots. Two new reports show how this...
View ArticleMalak Helmy: Lost Referents of Some Attraction
Malak Helmy: Lost Referents of Some AttractionApril 2014Sharjah Gallery, The American University in Cairo This solo show, curated by Beirut for the AUC Sharjah Gallery, presents works from the past...
View ArticleOnce Again on Caesarism: Continuing the Debate with Joel Beinin
In his reply to my previous contribution on Jadaliyya, Joel Beinin addresses some of the points he raised earlier in his criticism of my article “Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Egypt”. Having...
View ArticleNew Texts Out Now: Muriam Haleh Davis, The Afterlives of the Algerian Revolution
Muriam Haleh Davis, editor, The Afterlives of the Algerian Revolution. Special Issue of JadMag (June 2014).Jadaliyya (J): What made you create this pedagogical publication?Muriam Haleh Davis (MHD): In...
View ArticleCNN Discusses the Palestinian Perspective with Jadaliyya Co-Editor Mouin Rabbani
CNN's Anderson Cooper discusses the Palestinian perspective with Jadaliyya Co-Editor Mouin Rabbani. Cooper got the Israeli view from Mark Regev, top spokesman for Prime Minister Netanyahu prior to this...
View ArticleArab Studies Journal Call for Papers: "Wayn al-Dawleh?" In Search of the...
One of the most common expressions of popular rhetoric in Lebanon is the question, “Wayn al-dawleh?” Where is the state? The idea that the Lebanese state does not exist imbues the daily perceptions and...
View ArticleRacism is the Foundation of Israel's Operation Protective Edge
On June 30 Ayelet Shaked, chairwoman of the Knesset faction of the ultra-right wing ha-Bayit ha-Yehudi (Jewish Home) Party, a key member of the coalition government led by Prime Minister Netanyahu,...
View ArticleZionism, BDS, and American Muslim Leadership
American Muslims are among the most diverse and heterogeneous national populations of Muslims in the world, made up of many different communities with different histories and priorities, yet American...
View ArticleThe Economic Challenges of the Gaza War: Relief and Reconstruction but No...
As both on-the-ground pressure in the Gaza Strip and diplomacy inexorably move towards a ceasefire, the eyes of the world have been fixed upon the mounting casualty toll suffered by the territory’s 1.8...
View ArticleSeam Zones, Security Zones, Death Zones, and Walls
I wrote Time in the Shadows in order to puzzle out why the counterinsurgency practices of enormously powerful state militaries—the US and Israel at the time I was writing the book—so often invoked law...
View ArticleThe Other Israelis
Following Operation Protective Edge, many cities around the world have witnessed demonstrations sympathizing with the people of Gaza. Tel Aviv had a few as well. Haggai Matar, a leftist activist,...
View ArticleIsrael "maht den Rasen“
(London Review of Books). Im Jahre 2004 – ein Jahr vor dem einseitigen israelischen Abzug aus dem Gazastreifen – erklärte Dov Weissglass, die Graue Eminenz hinter Ariel Sharon, gegenüber einem Reporter...
View ArticleA Teenager Contemplates Life and War in the Gaza Strip
Who I AmI am Noor Omar Shaban Ismail, a sixteen year-old teenager who lives and grew up in one of the most dangerous areas in the world, the Gaza Strip. I have only one brother who is studying civil...
View ArticleThe Economic Challenges of the Gaza War: Relief and Reconstruction but No...
As both on-the-ground pressure in the Gaza Strip and diplomacy inexorably move towards a ceasefire, the eyes of the world have been fixed upon the mounting casualty toll suffered by the territory’s 1.8...
View ArticleWatching the Occupation at a Close Distance
On May 15, 2014, Nakba Day—a day on which Palestinians commemorate the mass dispossession caused by the formation of the state of Israel—Israeli army snipers shot and killed teenagers Nadeem Siam...
View ArticleHany Rashed: Toys
Hany Rashed: ToysApril - May 2014Mashrabia Gallery, Cairo For his ninth solo exhibition, Cairo-based artist Hany Rashed experiments with plastic as a material, building on his interest in painting,...
View ArticleBoom: A Photo Essay
When I visited Shatila last week two topics dominated conversation: the carnage in Gaza and the deleterious effects of the construction boom underway in the camp. I’ll take them in turn, though...
View ArticleCinq points de discussion israéliens sur Gaza: démystifiés
The Nation – 25 juillet 2014Israël prétend qu’il ne fait qu’exercer son droit à la légitime défense et que Gaza n’est plus occupée. Voici ce que vous devez savoir sur ces points de discussion, et plus...
View ArticleSa forsvarar Israel sitt angrepp mot Gaza – fem argument som inte haller
Israel har dödat över 1300 palestinier i Gazaremsan bara under de senaste tre veckorna. Dess angrepp fortsätter. FN uppskattar att tre fjärdedelar av de dödade är civila. Det kan förväntas med en...
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