A Constitution That Divides?
The current events unfolding in Egypt test the limits of healthy transition to democracy. The process of drafting the new constitution has come out as the outcome of dire political struggle, rather...
View Articleحول العرب وصحوة الفن: تحذيرات من الشعوب المخدَّرة
في خضم التعليقات حول امبريالية المحسوبية الأميركية، والمفهوم الأنثوي للأمن، والحركة الديمقراطية في المكسيك يظهر مقال "الفن والصحوة العربية"، لنعمة خليل في Foreign Policy Focus في الثاني من آب، 2012...
View ArticleCitizenship and the New “State of Palestine”
In his second attempt to obtain United Nations recognition of Palestine as a state, on 29 November 2012 Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas requested the General Assembly to accept the...
View ArticlePalestine at the United Nations?
The significance of the United Nations General Assembly vote to recognize Palestine as a non-member observer state has been exaggerated by opponents and proponents alike. It has no consequences for the...
View Articleجدلية: لماذا وكيف؟ حوار مع بسام حداد
[نشرت هذه المقابلة مؤخراً في العدد الأول من مجلة "البوابة التاسعة"وكان قد أجراها نات مولر وعمر خليف قبل أشهر لكن نشرها تأخر لحين صدور العدد الأول. وهنا تعيد جدلية نشرها] الإطلاق التجريبي الذي جرى في...
View ArticleCopts and the Power over Personal Status
When President Mubarak introduced amendments to the 1971 Constitution in the year 2007, the always contested issue of the status of sharia in Egyptian law reemerged in public discourse. Among the most...
View ArticleSafe Haven: Christians in Qaraqosh, Iraq
Photographs taken in early 2012 by Andy Spyra. Text essay by Sinan Antoon. The plight of Christians in the Arab world attracts disproportionate attention in the “West” mostly to score political and...
View ArticleJadaliyya Monthly Edition (November 2012)
This is a selection of what you might have missed on Jadaliyya during the month of October 2012. It also includes the most recent videos and the most read articles. Progressively, we will be...
View ArticleA New Mohawk
Most of the Mohawks in America are unincorporated territories, areas that lie outside of any municipality or township. I didn’t even know these places still existed. Apparently, unincorporated...
View ArticleNeither Regret Nor Remorse: Colonial Nostalgia Among French Far Right
A few weeks ago, President François Hollande finally decided to recognize the infamous episode of 17 October 1961, when the French police brutally repressed peaceful and unarmed Algerian protesters,...
View ArticleLast Week on Jadaliyya (Nov 26-Dec 2)
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...
View Articleملف من الأرشيف: غادة السمان
[”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.]...
View ArticleEgypt Media Roundup (December 3)
[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 ArticleWho's Afraid of the Qassams?
One of the more remarkable yet less remarked upon moments of the recent Israeli massacre in Gaza came when the Qassam Brigades gave a press conference on 17 November. They had a message for the Israeli...
View ArticleO.I.L. Media Roundup (December 4)
[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...
View ArticleArabian Peninsula Media Roundup (December 4)
[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 ArticleA Separate Piece?: Gaza and the “No-State Solution”
In recent months, more and more quarters of respectable opinion have sounded the alarm that at some undefined point in the future, partition of Israel/Palestine along the 1967 lines will no longer be...
View ArticleDo Photographs Pose an Existential Threat to Israel?
One of the most wrenching images from the November 2012 conflict between Israel and Hamas was that of BBC journalist Jihad Masharawi holding the shrouded body of his eleven-month-old son. His face is...
View ArticleEgypt Monthly Edition on Jadaliyya (November 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...
View ArticleOpposition Set to March on Presidential Palace Against Morsi Decrees
Egyptian opposition parties and revolutionary groups will organise a march to the presidential palace in Heliopolis on Tuesday afternoon to protest the draft constitution, which will be put to national...
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