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Syria Media Roundup (March 23)
[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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In Need of Aid but Hungry for Peace
I am in the Yarmouk refugee camp, Damascus, during an aid delivery. A man approaches me and utters three words, “I am hungry”. The sunken eyes in his face are equally eloquent. His fragile frame...
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ISIS in the News: Extensive Media Roundup (January-February 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 2014: The Year ISIS Won the Propaganda...
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Highlights from Sharjah Biennial 12 Open Week
Beginning with March Meeting 2014 and continuing through March Meeting 2015, Sharjah Biennial 12: The past, the present, the possible (SB12) shows works by over fifty artists and cultural practitioners...
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Beyond Romanticism: Scribbles Then and Now: A STATUS/الوضع Conversation...
In this interview, Wael Attili, the founder of Jordan's most recognizable new media, cartooning, and digital media outfit, explains how soul-searching led to a shift in editorial mission for...
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Cities Media Roundup (March 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...
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Four Years On: No Easy Answers in Syria (Part II)
[See Part I here. Parts II and III are combined below]The Irony of CalamityThere are no easy answers in Syria. Though undramatic, this is not how most seem to approach the Syrian tragedy in...
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Last Week on Jadaliyya (March 23-29)
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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Ghassan Kanafani's The Stolen Shirt
The Stolen ShirtGhassan KanafaniTranslated by Michael Fares [What follows is a translation of a short story written by Ghassan Kanfani in 1958, entitled “The Stolen Shirt.” Although among his...
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Driven by Storms: An Interview with Sadik Alfraji and Nat Muller
Diluting the melancholic longing for unattainable dreams, which will only ever remain dreams, Sadik Alfraji injects the possibility of hope into his latest exhibition, currently on view at Ayyam...
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Nargess Hashemi: The Pleasure in Boredom
The Pleasure in Boredom charts Nargess Hashemi’s process of developing over ten years worth of experimentation on graph paper. She has doodled in notebooks from a young age; during long, tedious car...
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Kareem Risan: Archetypes
For more than twenty years, Kareem Risan has depicted his surroundings as richly painted surfaces free of temporal or spatial boundaries. Without references to the hermetic space of the canvas (or...
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Five Decades of Painting and Innovation: An Interview with Samia Halaby
Last month, Samia Halaby’s retrospective, Five Decades of Painting and Innovation, traveled to Lebanon. Organized by Ayyam Gallery, the retrospective was held at the Beirut Exhibition Center, where it...
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March Culture Bouquet
Jadaliyya’s Culture Bouquet returns with a March edition of art and literature. Included in this month’s batch are interviews with artists, monograph essays, and a translation of a short story by...
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Turkey Media Roundup (March 31)
[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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Quick Thoughts on Syria's Humanitarian Crisis: A STATUS/الوضع Conversation...
As the war in Syria rages on, and with attention turning towards ISIS, the humanitarian crisis in the country has been relegated to the sidelines. In this Quick Thoughts interview for Status (conducted...
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هل كان الفردوس المفقود فردوسا؟
تنشر في شبكات التواصل الاجتماعي يوميا الكثير من الصور التي تعكس الحياة في فلسطين في فترة ما قبل النكبة عام 1948 وبكلمات أخرى، تلك الفترة التي تم بناءها ثقافيا وأكاديميا ضمن توصيف "الفردوس المفقود"،...
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New Texts Out Now: Noura Erakat, Palestinian Refugees and the Syrian Uprising
Noura Erakat, “Palestinian Refugees and the Syrian Uprising: Filling the Protection Gap During Secondary Forced Displacement.”Oxford International Journal of Refugee Law 26.4 (2014). [Full text...
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DARS Media Roundup (March 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 does not reflect the views of the...
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Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (April 1)
[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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