New Texts Out Now: Laurie A. Brand, Official Stories: Politics and National...
Laurie A. Brand, Official Stories: Politics and National Narratives in Egypt and Algeria. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2014.Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book?Laurie Brand (LB):...
View ArticleO.I.L. Media Roundup (24 September)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Occupation, Intervention and Law and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the O.I.L. Page...
View ArticleGhassan Salhab: Making of 'The Valley'
November 2013Al Beqaa, LebanonIn November, Lebanese director Ghassan Salhab was busy with his crew, filming 'The Valley', the second film in his triptych inspired by long suffering in Lebanon's modern...
View ArticleMaghreb Media Roundup (September 25)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Maghreb and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Maghreb Page Editors or of Jadaliyya....
View ArticleArab Bank Case Sets Limited Precedent
On Monday September 22, 2014, a jury in the US District Court of Brooklyn found that the Arab Bank is liable for financing terrorism. This is the first jury trial to find a bank liable for financing...
View ArticleEmergency Humanitarian Appeals and Gaza’s On-going Destruction: The Case of...
The destruction in Gaza as a result of the most recent Israeli assault has been massive. According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the bombing of water networks has...
View ArticleSyria Media Roundup (September 26)
This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Syria and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Syria Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may...
View ArticleISIS in the News: Extensive Media Roundup (August-September 2014)
[Editorial Note: This is not a "Best of," only a roundup of significant pieces. The Introduction is written by Bassam Haddad and the Roundup's main editor is Basileus Zeno]Everyone has something to say...
View ArticleEvden Emlaga Fikirtepe: Rant ve Spekulasyon Ekseninde Kentsel Donusum
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View ArticleTurkey after Gezi: An Interview with Simten Cosar
As developments in Turkey continue to take shape in the aftermath of Gezi and Erdoğan’s Presidential election, Gülden Ozcan interviews Simten Coşar (co-editor with Gamze Yücesan-Özdemir of Silent...
View ArticleAhmed Douma: Two Poems
Introduction by Elliott Colla: Like hundreds of other prisoners of conscience now languishing in Sisi's prisons, Ahmed Douma has a long background in activism. One of the founders of Kefaya and the...
View ArticleExcavating the Sky
[Between 12-14 August 2014 at the 14th Venice International Architecture Biennale, architects, filmmakers, and activists from Syria and the Arab World, gathered for a series of events focused on Syria...
View ArticleTadween Spotlight: Gaza
This summer, Gaza dominated the headlines. A rising death toll at the expense of Israel’s weeks-long Operation Protective Edge, a death toll that currently stands at over 2,000 killed, once again...
View ArticlePropaganda, Politics, and Profiteering: Islamic Law in the Contemporary...
The recent announcement of the establishment of a “caliphate” by the “Islamic State”—also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)—has put...
View ArticleEgypt Media Roundup (September 29)
[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 ArticleEl Rass
November 2013Beirut, LebanonOver the past three years, Mazen El Sayed, aka El Rass, has risen to the forefront of the contemporary Arab hip-hop scene. He stood out, along with a few others, for his...
View ArticleLast Week on Jadaliyya (September 22-28)
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 ArticleTurkey’s New Migration Policy: Control Through Bureaucratization
Images of tens of thousands of refugees fleeing from IS across the Turkish border last week thrust the issue of migration to Turkey into the international spotlight. But the influx of refugees to...
View ArticleCities Media Roundup (September 1-30)
[This is a monthly roundup of news articles, and other materials related to urban issues in the region, and beyond. It does not reflect the views of the Cities Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may...
View ArticleArabian Peninsula Media Roundup (September 30)
[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 Editors...
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