The Rising Cost of Electricity in Jordan
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View ArticleLebanon's Sect Addiction
Lebanese MPs outraged secularists and campaigners opposed to sectarian politics this past week by provisionally approving a voting law that would make it so citizens could only vote for candidates of...
View ArticleJadaliyya Monthly Edition (February 2013)
This is a selection of what you might have missed on Jadaliyya during the month of February 2013. It also includes the most recent videos, roundups and the most read articles. Progressively, we will be...
View ArticleMedia on Media Roundup (March 3)
Assad accuses UK of bullying In a rare interview with the UK's Sunday Times, President Bashar al-Assad accused the British government of bullying and naivety in its approach to the conflict in...
View Articleأطياف الربيع العربي فوق بيروت
لطالما شكلت المطالب المعيشية في لبنان مادة للنكايات السياسية ليس إلا. وكثيراً ما ارتضت الحركة النقابية اللبنانية التي كان الاتحاد العمالي العام يشكل فصيلها الأبرز، أن تتحول إلى ما يشبه الأداة في يد...
View ArticleSyria Monthly Edition on Jadaliyya (February 2013)
[This is a monthly archive of pieces written by Jadaliyya contributors and editors on Syria. It also includes material published on other platforms that editors deemed pertinent to post as they...
View ArticleWhatever Happened to Egypt's Democratic Transition?
There is a paradigm nobody talks about much anymore in regard to Egypt: the democratic transition. The problem with the idea of democratic transition, dearly beloved by the Barack Obama Administration,...
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اللغةُ أداةٌ لمعرفةِ الأشياءِ وتشفيرِ وترميزِ المعلوماتِ عنها وتدوينها وإذاعتها للتعبيرِ والتواصلِ. للأشياءِ أسماءٌ تُعرفُ بها وعلاقاتٌ تربُطُها يُعبّر عنها بأفعالٍ وحروفٍ وظروفٍ، وأمّا دأبُ الإنسانِ...
View Articleحوار موسّع مع فواز طرابلسي عن الثورة السورية
اتخذ فواز طرابلسي المفكر والكاتب اللبناني والمناضل اليساري العتيد، مواقف واضحة في دعم الثورات العربية، فواكبها مُتابعاً وكاتباً ومُحللاً، توج هذا في كتابه "الديمقراطية ثورة" (2012). وقد شغل طرابلسي،...
View ArticlePalestine Up Close and at a Distance
In Ramallah, RunningGuy Mannes-Abbott and Samar Martha, editorsBlack Dog Publishing, 2012 In his 1997 memoir I Saw Ramallah, Mourid Barghouti identified the early stage of what is now called the...
View ArticleLast Week on Jadaliyya (Feb 25- Mar 3)
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 ArticleQatar Moving Closer to Algeria?
Officially, Emir Hamad’s visit to Algiers on 7 January 2013 was to conduct an evaluation of the bilateral cooperation and to sign partnership agreements between the two countries. This visit was struck...
View ArticleWhere to Find Publishing News on the Web
[The following article was originally published on Tadween Publishing's blog. For more information on the publishing world as it relates to pedagogy and knowledge production, follow Tadween Publishing...
View ArticleEgypt Media Roundup (March 4)
[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 ArticleArabian Peninsula Monthly Edition on Jadaliyya (February 2013)
[This is a monthly archive of pieces written by Jadaliyya contributors and editors on the Arabian Peninsula. It also includes material published on other platforms that editors deemed pertinent to post...
View ArticleThe Empire of Sexuality: An Interview with Joseph Massad
Félix Boggio Éwanjé-Épée and Stella Magliani-Belkacem (FE&SM): In your work and your academic interventions, you have argued that the imposition of the categories of homo-hetero on the non-Western...
View ArticleArabian Peninsula Media Roundup (March 5)
[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 ArticleThe Royals' New Rules: Backsliding in Bahrain
Al Khalifa of Bahrain, the Sunni family that has ruled the Shia-majority country since 1783, has a long history of thwarting revolutionary uprisings. They have recently added five new tactics to their...
View ArticleA Betrayed Revolution?: On the Tunisian Uprising and the Democratic Transition
On the evening of 14 January 2011, a single man was shouting on Bourguiba Avenue, "Ben Ali hrab!" (Ben Ali has fled), celebrating the stunning victory of a revolution. In this cry, the admiration for...
View ArticleEgypt Monthly Edition on Jadaliyya (February 2013)
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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