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Syria Media Roundup (January 19)
[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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Charlie Hebdo ve Cumhuriyetin Sinirlari
Charlie Hebdo ve Cumhuriyetin SınırlarıCharlie Hebdo'nun ofisine yapılan saldırıdan hemen sonra yorumcular "Batı'ya ve demokrasiye", "Fransız Cumhuriyetinin temel değerlerine" karşı girişilen bu...
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Will the Counter-Revolution Continue?
"Bread, freedom, social justice”; “Down, down with Hosni Mubarak”; “We’re not leaving, he must leave”; “The people want the downfall of the regime.” It is difficult to reflect on the famous slogans...
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“Old People Are Not Revolutionaries!” Labor Struggles Between Precarity and...
On 11 February, 2011, I stood in Tahrir Square surrounded by millions celebrating the toppling of Mubarak following eighteen solid days of battle. Around me were people from all walks of life: Saʿidis...
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Is Cairene Graffiti Losing Momentum?
Clearly Cairene graffiti has lost momentum during this year. Having been the faithful barometer of the revolution over the past three years, graffiti has recently faced transmutations and drawbacks...
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The Revolutionary Practice of Endurance
Cairo, Winter 2015The feelings of claustrophobia, exhaustion, and asphyxia are familiar to all of those who inhabit Cairo's kinetic and crowded urban core. Everyone living between Tahrir and the...
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Mubarakism on Steroids: Jadaliyya Co-Editor Hesham Sallam Interviewed on the...
Jadaliyya Egypt Page Co-Editor Hesham Sallam gave an interview to KPFA 94.1 Berkeley on the current state of the Egyptian revolution and the return of authoritarianism in the country on the fourth...
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تقييم حالة الإعلام الخاص فى مصر
يُعدُّ الإعلام بوسائله المختلفة، التقليدية والحديثة، إحدى أهم ركائز المجتمع، نظراً لوظيفته الأساسية المتمثلة في تشكيل اتجاهات الرأي العام تجاه القضايا المجتمعية المختلفة، وكونه عاكساً لطبيعة العلاقة...
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الإخوان من الجماعة إلى الفرقة
ثمة ما يعوق الاشتباك النقدي مع الإخوان في هذا الظرف، فأفراد الجماعة – وبالأخص البعيدين عن القيادة، من طلبة ومهنيين ونقابيين – يتعرضون لقمع أمني مستند لخطاب إعلامي لا يكتفي بتوجيه نقد جذري مستحق لهم،...
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‘A Distinctly French Universalism’: Translating Laïcité after Charlie
Mayanthi L. Fernando, The Republic Unsettled: Muslim French and the Contradictions of Secularism. Durham: Duke University Press, 2014.Naomi Davidson. Only Muslim: Embodying Islam in Twentieth-Century...
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Jabra Ibrahim Jabra: Jerusalem, Time Embodied
[This translation is an excerpt of Jabra Ibrahim Jabra’s twenty-page essay, “Jerusalem: Time Embodied.” It was published by the Modern Library (al-Maktaba al-‘Asriya) press in Beirut in 1967 in a...
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Jabra Ibrahim Jabra: Ramparts
Beneath the walls, walls. And beneath them, walls. Ur, Jericho, Ninevah, Nimrud— On the debris where the sighs of lovers went to die Where chattered then vanished the teeth of captives, stripped bare...
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Zajal on Arak
I remember when electricity came to my village. I must have been about seven or eight. The government installed a transformer in the village center. The thing was housed in a metal locker. The...
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January Culture Bouquet
The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind / If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?— ShelleyEven in winter, some flowers will bloom. Their blossoms may be fragile, sad and short-lived, but the strongest of...
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ISIS in the News: Extensive Media Roundup (November-December 2014)
[Editorial Note: This is not a "Best of," only a roundup of significant pieces. See here for an introduction to this roundup series]English Articles ISIS threatens the Islmaili capital of Syria...
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Last Week on Jadaliyya (January 19-25)
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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Composer Maurice Louca on Salute the Parrot
Composer and musician Maurice Louca is an exciting and distinct voice coming out of Cairo, Egypt. Having been part of numerous bands over the past decade including: Bikya, Alif Ensemble and Dwarfs of...
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STATUS/الوضع: Episode -3
Status is an evolving, critical, collaborative, and independent monthly Audio Journal combining analysis, reporting, and satire. It will feature interviews/conversations, on-the-scene reports, reviews,...
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Egypt Media Roundup (January 26)
[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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Palestinian Authority Security Cooperation and the Internationalization of...
“Security coordination is sacred.” Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas made that statement in Ramallah in May 2014 to an Israeli audience. He was referring to the policy of high-level...
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