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خطيئة الدستور: 1-انعكاسات دستور 1923 "العظيم" في مرآة الدستور الجديد
لازالت مصر ترزح تحت حكم "المرحلة الانتقالية" التي أفرغت عملية "نقل السلطة" من أي مضمون ديمقراطي حقيقي. فها هي المشاهد النهائية لمسرحية "الانتقالية" تتوالى على شاشات التلفزيون لتؤكد أننا إنما كنا ندور...
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الجـبـهـة الـقـومـية للـعدالـة والـديمـقراطـيـة تـؤيـد تـرشـيـح عـمـر...
تعلن الجبهة القومية للعدالة والديمقراطية عن بالغ فرحتها لتأكيد اللواء عمر سليمان على ترشحه لرئاسة الجمهورية، بعد شهر من التردد، وسرورها الشديد لسماعها أخبار نجاحه في استكمال أوراقه اليوم، بحيث أصبح...
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Arab Uprisings and the Algerian Elections: Ghosts from the Past?
In December 2010 and January 2011, Algerians and Tunisians took to the streets. While in Tunisia hundreds of thousands of citizens stood up to bully dictator Zine al-Abdine Ben Ali, to the West, cities...
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Maghreb Media Roundup (April 10)
[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....
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Art and Subversion: An Interview with Omar Kholeif
Subversion. Featuring work by Akram Zaatari, Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, Khaled Hafez, Larissa Sansour, Marwa Arsanios, Sharif Waked, Sherif El-Azma, Tarzan and Arab, and Wafaa Bilal. Curated...
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Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and Bahrain's Political Prisoners
There are currently an estimated six hundred political prisoners in Bahrain, as a result of the regime's ruthless retaliation against a popular uprising that started in February 2011. 397 citizens are...
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New Texts Out Now: Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims: Race and Labor in the...
Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims: Race and Labor in the South Asian Diaspora. Durham: Duke University Press, 2011. Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book? Junaid Rana (JR): My book was borne out...
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Debating Palestine: Representation, Resistance, and Liberation
Palestinians are debating multiple inter-connected questions, including the question of representation, what strategy or strategies to adopt for liberation, the nature of the future state, and our...
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Syria Media Roundup (April 11th)
[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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ماذا يعني الحكم لصالح حازم صلاح أبو اسماعيل، وماذا نقرأ في عودة الإخوان...
أتت التطورات الأخيرة على مدار الأسبوعين الماضيين من تصعيد الإخوان ضد المجلس العسكري، إلى تقدمهم بمرشحين لانتخابات الرئاسة، إلى ما أعقب ذلك من ترشيح عمر سليمان، إلى قرار الإخوان بالعودة إلى الميدان، إلى...
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Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (April 13)
[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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The Disintegrating Fabric of Tunisian Politics: The Niqab Ban and Tunisian...
It’s difficult to say how it started. For clarity’s sake, let’s begin on 28 November 2011. Enraged at the university’s enforcement of the niqab ban, a group of Salafists took the Dean of the College of...
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يحلم السوريون بتظاهرات وحيوانات متوحشة وأشلاء وقتلى وقفزة إلى المستقبل
كنت مع أحد الأصدقاء على سطح عمارة عتيقة. نجلس على كرسيين من القش. تفصل بيننا طاولة خشب يتدلى فوقها غطاء أبيض مطرز. أنظر إلى القمر، مكتملاً وشهياً. لا يزال لونه النحاسي طرياً. العمارة التي نجلس على...
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ماذا بعد ترشح عمر سليمان؟ الأمتار الأخيرة قبل السقوط
بترشح عمر سليمان الرسمي لانتخابات الرئاسة يقترب المسار الانتقالي في مصر من محطته الأخيرة مما يوجب علينا أن نراجع بعض المقولات الرئيسية أولا، من السذاجة الشديدة تصور أن الدولة بمؤسساتها العسكرية...
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Kuwait's Legislative Absurdity: Kuwaiti MPs Approve Death Penalty for...
Where to begin? The 1961 Press and Publications Law in Kuwait stipulates that blasphemy is a crime punishable by a prison sentence that ranges from a few months to several years. Following more...
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The Myth of Egypt's Liberal Constitution
In the years leading up to January 2011, Egypt’s past often appeared as an admonishment to the present. While their invocations of history assumed many forms, critics of the Mubarak regime became...
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Egypt Media Roundup (April 16)
“Letter from Cairo: The scarecrow and the test balloon” Sonia Farid examines the elimination of Hazem Abu Ismail and Omar Suleiman from the presidential race. “Egypt Islamists fill Tahrir to protest...
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Personalizing Civil Liberties Abuses - The Case of Dr. Al-Arian
On Saturday, I was at the University of Chicago for an event to discuss humanitarian intervention and empire. One of my fellow speakers was Tariq Ramadan, the highly regarded Professor of Contemporary...
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Paradoxes of "Religious Freedom" in Egypt
The place of religion in the political order is arguably the most contentious issue in post-Mubarak Egypt. With Islamist-oriented parties controlling over 70 percent of seats in the new People’s...
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