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New Texts Out Now: Jens Hanssen, Kafka and Arabs
Jens Hanssen, “Kafka and Arabs.”Critical Inquiry (Autumn 2012). Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this article? Jens Hanssen (JH): I have been carrying a dog-eared photocopy of Kafka’s...
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Maghreb Monthly Edition on Jadaliyya (October 2012)
Chomsky on the Western Sahara and the “Arab Spring” Samia Errazzouki challenges the abstraction of the "Arab Spring," arguing that the term not only de-contextualizes the Western Sahara's protracted...
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الترابي في الثمانين
من أكتوبر إلى يونيو: إفلاس الرؤية وبؤس السيرة[1]أكمل الدكتور حسن الترابي، الزعيم الإسلامي، عامه الثمانين هذا العام. وإن قلنا إن شخصاً ما في أي مكان في عالمنا اليوم قد أكمل عامه الكذا فإن مثل هذه الجملة...
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ملف من الأرشيف: دلال المغربي
[”ملف من الأرشيف“ هي سلسة تقوم ”جدلية“ بنشرها بالعربية والإنجليزية بالتعاون مع جريدة ”السفير“ اللبنانية. الملفات ستكون لشخصيات أيقونية تركت أثراً عميقاً في الحقل السياسي والثقافي في العالم العربي.]...
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الأمة المصرية حين تفقد لغتها : لغة الرب أم لغة المستعمر؟
"اللغة توفر الحرية والقيد، والفهم وسوء الفهم معاً" نيلوفر حائرييتحكم في استخدام اللغة وتقنينها ثالوث الأمة والدين والدولة. وفي مصر تدرس الباحثة الأمريكية نيلوفر حائري (ذات أصل إيراني) الوضع اللغوي...
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Syria Media Roundup (November 8)
[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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Maghreb Media Roundup (November 8)
[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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The Left in Time of Revolution
[This article was translated from Arabic to English by Mark Marshall and Assaf Kfoury. Read the original article in Arabic here.]The Arab revolutions are presenting the Left with a mixture of...
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Syria: When Official Memory is Amnesia
With those who would kill him waiting at each of the gates of Damascus should he try to escape, Saul of Tarsus, the man who would come to be known as Christianity’s St. Paul, fled nonetheless....
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Butheina H. Kazim on BDS and Defining "Powerful Arab Women"
[This post is part of an ongoing Profile of a Contemporary Conduit series on Jadaliyya that seeks to highlight distinct voices primarily in and from the Middle East, North Africa, and South...
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Putting Palestine on the Map
They want their homeland? They should fight for it.-- Ali Khaled, father of Leila Khaled, 1950sWith the US embroiled in Afghanistan’s endless theater, the debate around insurgencies has once more taken...
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Egypt Monthly Edition on Jadaliyya (October 2012)
This is a monthly archive of pieces written by Jadaliyya contributors and editors on Egypt. It also includes material published on other platforms that editors deemed pertinent to post as they provide...
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تحديات تنتظر "مدن الملح"
أهم عنصر للحياة هو الماء، وعند تأسيس المدن الكبيرة تاريخيّاً كانت دائماً ما تبنى بالقرب من مصادر المياه. إما على ضفاف الأنهار، أو على شواطئ البحار. لا توجد في أي من دول الخليج مصادر مياه نهرية، ولذلك...
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Inhale Reality, Exhale the Truth
Scattered are the lunatics, like rats, scurrying across the floor in panic when the lights are turned on.For forty years they have assumed that the cultural world of the United States is to their...
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City, Space, Power: Lahore’s Architecture of In/Security
Casualties of War Lahore today looks like a city at war. One of the greatest unacknowledged casualties of the United States’ “war on terror” has been the cities—and citizenry—of Pakistan. The US...
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Last Week on Jadaliyya (Nov 5-11)
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 videos. Progressively, we will be featuring more content on our "Last...
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Conditions on Aid and the Politics of Development
It is mid-August and the heat in the eastern occupied West Bank is oppressive. The air is dry, wind whips up dust, and sand makes its way into the crevices of shoes, pores, and hair. The landscape is...
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Five Texts by Zakaria Tamer
Five Texts by Zakaria TamerTranslated by Marilyn Hacker Who are you?Who is the Syrian? The Syrian is an unknown citizen, he did not become famous for having chosen death, prison, and endurance over...
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بعد ما بعد الحداثة: مقالات في الأدائية وتطبيقات في السرد والسينما والفن
[“كتب” هي سلسلة جديدة على صفحات “جدلية” نستضيف فيها المؤلفين والمؤلفات في حوار حول أعمالهم الجديدة ونرفقه بفصل من الكتاب.]"بعد ما بعد الحداثة: مقالات في الأدائية وتطبيقات في السرد والسينما والفن"...
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Counting Calories and Making Lemonade in Gaza
The calorie is a crucial measurement in our self-imposed scrutiny of the body. As a recently released Israeli government document shows, it is also an instrument of rule.After a two-year legal battle,...
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