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Reading Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s Guantanamo Diary
“You are holding me because your country is strong enough to be unjust.”Guantánamo Diary, written by Mohamedou Ould Slahi,[i] depicts the continuing incarceration of this Mauritanian national in the...
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Picture an Arab Man
Picture an Arab Man is a portrait series started in 2009 to capture young Arab men of diverse backgrounds.The conceptual aim of this portrait series is two-fold. First, to try to uncover and break the...
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Syria Media Roundup (March 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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Kareem Lotfy and Andeel: New Folder (2)
Egyptian artist Kareem Lotfy and cartoonist Andeel were prompted by Nile Sunset Annex in Cairo to collaborate remotely and put together a show of extremely large drawings, video art, sculpture, and...
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On Palestinian Cinema: An Interview with Film Director Najwa Najjar
Najwa Najjar is a Palestinian filmmaker based in the Palestinian Occupied Territories. She has worked in both documentary and fiction. Her debut film was the feature Pomegranates and Myrrh (2009), and...
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Twelve Years After Iraq Invasion: An Interview with Rijin Sahakian, and “ A...
On 19 March 2015, twelve years will have passed since the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Today, the country is back in the headlines because of the brutality with which ISIS has been trying to...
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Kurdish Alevi Music and Migration: An Interview with Ozan Aksoy
For Kurdish Alevis, music serves as a mode of articulating and transmitting ideas about collective history, identity, and connections to the geography of former homes in the countryside of Anatolia....
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Last Week on Jadaliyya (March 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...
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Boycott, Sovereign Anxieties, and the Decolonizing Temporality of Return: A...
And so it is not I who make a meaning for myself, but it is the meaning that was already there, pre-existing, waiting for me. – Frantz Fanon[1]It is fair to say that the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment...
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Turkey Media Roundup (March 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...
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What is the Role of Academia in Political Change?: The Case of BDS and...
In addition to a collection of rich individual interviews and special segments, Status also publishes panels and lectures with every issue of the audio journal. For Issue 2.1, we highlight the debate...
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Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (March 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...
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New Vision for 13th Festival of Young Creators
The French Institute in Cairo has been organizing an annual festival since 2003 to support the work of emerging theater groups in Egypt. This year, the institute developed its vision to accommodate and...
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New Texts Out Now: Khalil Bendib, Too Big To Fail
Khalil Bendib, Too Big To Fail. Washington, DC: Tadween Books, 2015.Jadaliyya (J): What was the idea behind putting together this collection of political cartoons? Khalil Bendib (KB): It struck me at...
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New Texts Out Now: Don Karl and Basma Hamdy, Walls of Freedom: Street Art of...
Don Karl and Basma Hamdy, editors, Walls of Freedom: Street Art of the Egyptian Revolution. Berlin: From Here to Fame Publishing, 2014.Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book?Don Karl and Basma...
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Yemen at Crossroads: An Interview with Activist Hisham Al-Omeisy
Yemen has grabbed the world's attention as the country’s political crisis appears to have been deepened with the Saudi-led military intervention. According to The Guardian and other news organizations,...
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Snapshot: Palestinian Spring
As a Palestinian photojournalist living in the West Bank my daily work is very far from the quiet and fabulous nature that is seen in these pictures. Every week I spend hours covering protests,...
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Illicit Sex in Ottoman and French Algeria: An Interview with Aurelie Perrier
The association of the Arab world with Western sexual fantasy figured prominently in the artwork and literature that was critiqued so famously by Edward Said in Orientalism. Yet beyond the fantasies...
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O.I.L. Media Roundup (28 March)
[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 Editors...
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Boris Brejcha at D-CAF
The Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival (D-CAF) opened its 2015 music program with a bustling concert at Schehrazade Nightclub, featuring Egyptian Mahraganat band El Dakhlaweya and German DJ Boris...
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