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Some Torture Facts: Revelations from the Recent SSCI Report on the CIA...
[Marcy Wheeler, who tweets at @emptywheel, is among the most astute analysts of the US torture policy. As the following set of facts indicates, she is also an archivist and historian. In this...
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New Texts Out Now: Abir Hamdar, The Female Suffering Body: Illness and...
Abir Hamdar, The Female Suffering Body: Illness and Disability in Modern Arabic Literature. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2014.Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book?Abir Hamdar (AH): The...
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Basim Magdy: Measuring the Last Breaths of Time on a Fading Scale
For his solo show at Gypsum Gallery, Egyptian artist Basim Magdy presents a photography series of subliminal landscapes, produced from film that has been altered with household chemicals. Magdy shot...
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Censorship and Detention in Egypt, A Personal Account: A STATUS/الوضع...
Alaa Abd El Fattah is a writer, programmer, community organizer and activist who constantly generates new meanings to the notion of activism. He has been in political detention during the Hosni Mubarak...
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Making Sense of Tripoli II: The Institutional Catch 22
Root Causes: What They Are NotTripoli’s conflict is not well understood. Media, and even many policy accounts, often focus on either a simplistic sectarian explanation or “Syrian spillover.” Yet, these...
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The Flow and Entrapment of Syrian Jazeera Music
I was surprised when I received an email from a Palestinian friend asking if I would like to go to a concert by a Syrian singer, Omar Souleyman, who was performing at a popular club in central London...
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'Nefes alamiyorum': Baskaldirinin farkinda misiniz?
'Nefes alamıyorum': Başkaldırının farkında mısınız?Artık tescillendi. Dünya sistemi derin bir krizde. Balık baştan kokarmış. Sistemin önderi Amerika Birleşik Devletleri ilk olarak 2011’de sallanmıştı....
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The Flow and Entrapment of Syrian Jazira Music
I was surprised when I received an email from a Palestinian friend asking if I would like to go to a concert by a Syrian singer, Omar Souleyman, who was performing at a popular club in central London...
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Open Letter to Mr. Rem Koolhaas
We have recently learned that the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has been commissioned to develop a design for a projected development on a prime sea-front location in Beirut (Lebanon): the...
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Last Week on Jadaliyya (December 8-14)
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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Mohamed Abla Painting Award
Acclaimed Egyptian painter Mohamed Abla starts a painting competition and prize for the first time in 2014, awarding selected artists a group show at the Cairo Opera House, and one painter EGP 20...
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Countercurrent: Bahrain Watch: A STATUS/الوضع Conversation between Reda...
Reda al-Fardan, the Bahraini software developer behind Bahrain Map, discusses Bahrain Watch's new Fabrigate project, which tracks fabrications that have been published in local and state-controlled...
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The Islamic State: The Fear of Decline?
Following a series of military setbacks, Dabiq—the propaganda magazine of the Islamic State (IS)—is issuing calls for the unity of followers to compensate for the dwindling number of its fighters....
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ملف من الأرشيف: نظيرة زين الدين
[ينشر ملف من الأرشيف عادة بالتعاون مع جريدة السفير. لكن المادة أدناه من تأليف بنان غرامش] نظيرة زين الدين الاسم: نظيرة زين الدين الحلبي.تاريخ الولادة: ولدت عام 1908 لعائلة لبنانية. والدها شيخ ورئيس...
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The Politics of "Unveiling Saudi Women": Between Postcolonial Fantasies and...
With the consolidation of the Saudi state starting in the 1960s, the regime has progressively imposed unified dress codes for Saudi men and women, that for the latter has meant wearing a long, black...
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Egypt Media Roundup (December 15)
[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...
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Turkey Media Roundup (December 16)
[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...
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Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (December 16)
[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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Syria Media Roundup (December 16)
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...
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New Texts Out Now: Isabelle Werenfels, Beyond Authoritarian Upgrading: The...
Isabelle Werenfels, "Beyond Authoritarian Upgrading: The Re-Emergence of Sufi Orders in Maghrebi Politics."The Journal of North African Studies 19.3 (2014).Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this...
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