موسى أساريد: أربعة نصوص
-I-روح الصحراءتُفَسّر إحدى الأساطير الرّائعة سببَ بقاء الروح الطّوارقيّة متجذّرةً فيالصحراء.لطالما كانت الصحراءُ نقطة عبورٍ هامّة. حدثت هذه القصّة في حقبةٍ كانتفيها الشعوبُ كافةً بدويةً تبحث عن...
View ArticleLast Week on Jadaliyya (February 16-22)
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 Article'The Thing Is to Be Light as Air': An Interview with Mai Al-Nakib
Last spring, Bloomsbury published Mai Al-Nakib’s debut work of fiction, The Hidden Light of Objects (released in the US this January). Since then the collection of short stories has won praise and...
View ArticleIslam Kamal: Filmmaker from Alexandria
Alexandrian filmmaker Islam Kamal studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University, before enrolling in several film workshop organized by the Goethe Institut and Jesuits Cultural Center. He...
View ArticleSyria Media Roundup (February 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...
View ArticleSacrificing Humans
In recent months, to general horror, the Islamic State (in Iraq and Syria) has carried out many beheadings and one immolation. So, too, have others loosely or closely affiliated with it, most recently...
View ArticleEgypt Media Roundup (February 23)
[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 ArticleTurkey Media Roundup (February 24)
[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...
View ArticleA New Secularism?
[This is the third of three responses to Muriam Haleh Davis’ review essay of books by Joan W. Scott, Naomi Davidson, and Mayanthi Fernando. For Joan W. Scott’s response, “More on Laïcité in Historical...
View ArticleJadaliyya Co-Editor Sinan Antoon Reading and Book Signing (24 February, London)
In Conversation: Sinan AntoonWinner of 2014 Saif Ghoibash Prize for Arabic literary Translation for The Corpse Washer6:30-9:00 pmWaterstone’s Picadilly (4th Floor), 203/206 Picadilly, London W1J...
View ArticleBeyond Authenticity: ISIS and the Islamic Legal Tradition
The Atlantic thinks ISIS is Islamic. President Obama and countless others disagree. As the debate rages on with no shortage of interlocutors, one must stop to ask, what is the utility of making such...
View ArticleArabian Peninsula Media Roundup (February 24)
[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...
View ArticleNew Texts Out Now: Jonathan A.C. Brown, Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenges...
Jonathan A.C. Brown,Misquoting Muhammad: The Challenges and Choices of Interpreting the Prophet’s Legacy. London: Oneworld Publications, 2014.Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book?Jonathan A.C....
View ArticleSTATUS/الوضع: Issue 2.1 is Live!
We are excited to announce that the second issue of Status Audio Journal is live! www.StatusHour.com. Officially, this is our -2 Episode (minus two), denoting our experimental phase. Status / الوضع, is...
View ArticleBurj el Imam: Music by Sharif Sehnaoui, Raed Yassin and Alan Bishop
Beirut-based musicians Sharif Sehnaoui and Raed Yassin came together with Alan Bishop for a special performance of their upcoming "Burj el Imam" album at 100Copies Music Space in Cairo, Egypt. The...
View ArticleMinyan Village Mourns: A Photographic Essay
Between agony and happiness, the village of Al-Aour in the Egyptian governorate of Minya received the news that thirteen of its sons were among the twenty-one Egyptian Christians recently beheaded by...
View ArticleCities Media Roundup (February 2015)
[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 ArticleDARS Media Roundup (February 2015)
DARS Media Roundup (February 2015)[This is a monthly roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Resistance and Subversion in the Arab world and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It...
View ArticleMental Health Programs for Syrian Refugees
Lebanon is host to the largest number of Syrians displaced by the current conflict. Most of these refugees, some one-and-a-half million, live in tragic and precarious conditions.[1] Intensive war and...
View Articleستاتوس\الوضع: العدد 2.1
يسرنا أن نعلن صدور العدد الثاني من مجلة "ستاتوس\الوضع" الصوتية. "ستاتوس\الوضع" مجلة صوتية مستقلة، تعاونية ونقدية وناشئة، تصدر شهرياً وتجمع بين التحليل والتغطية الأخبارية والسخرية. تنشر مقابلات\محادثات...
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