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هوَجٌ يخدم الصهيونية
حين دعا نائب رئيس حكومة إسرائيل لهجرة اليهود التوانسة أجابه رئيسهم: لا دخل لأيّ أجنبي في الشؤون التونسية، نحن نحب بلادنا وسنبقى فيها.. أما النّفر الغبي الذي هتف قبل أيام في تونس "قتل اليهود فرض واجب"،...
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Activist Abou Doma Denies Attacking Army, Allowed to Attend Exams
Member of Youth for Justice and Freedom Movement detained for thirty days on charges of inciting violence against army during last month's Cairo clashes. Egyptian authorities have detained political...
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Free Egyptians Deny Reported Coalition with Salafist Al-Nour Party
Leading secularist party says it has no plans to enter into an alliance with hardline Islamists to check the Brotherhood's influence in parliament. The Free Egyptians Party has denied building a new...
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Brothers Tread Cautiously
On the cusp of winning a parliamentary majority, the Muslim Brotherhood's survival as Egypt's leading political force will hinge on how they address the legacy of Mubarak's three decades in power....
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The Current Political Situation in Libya: An Interview with Ali Ahmida
Libya is back in the news with increasing tensions among various militia groups and political factions struggling for power, sometimes through street battles. Three months have passed since the regime...
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“Have a Nice Day, Buddy:” What The Actions of a Few US Marines Say About Us...
Golden, like a shower, said one of the US marines as he urinated, along with three of his fellow officers, on three dead Afghans. Over the last forty-eight hours this grizzly spectacle has...
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13 January 2009: Hibba al-Najjar
[The following is narrative seventeen, within a series of twenty-three narratives, to mark the third anniversary of "Operation Cast Lead." A new post will be released each day, marking the incident...
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14 January 2009 - Muhammed Mousa
[The following is narrative eighteen, within a series of twenty-three narratives, to mark the third anniversary of "Operation Cast Lead." A new post will be released each day, marking the incident...
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Turkey and Syria: A Breakup Bound to Happen
While Syria and Turkey have called it quits for now, a possible regime change in Syria could bring them even closer together. The sultans must be green with envy. At no time since the fall of the...
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The Foibles of Thomas Friedman
Belén Fernández, The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work. London and New York: Verso, 2011. A researcher once carried out an informal study to try to find out whether or not people actually...
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15 January 2009: The al-Nadeem family
[The following is narrative nineteen, within a series of twenty-three narratives, to mark the third anniversary of "Operation Cast Lead." A new post will be released each day, marking the incident...
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Lawfare and Targeted Killing: Developments in the Israeli and US Contexts
Over the last decade, the term lawfare, an amalgamation of “law” and “warfare,” has been adopted and popularized among people engaged in monitoring, judging and debating the legality of a state’s...
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A Postcard from Tunis: One Year Later
Tunis - Saturday, January 14, 2012. This morning I woke up at 8:00 in the Majestic Hotel on Avenue de Paris just off Avenue Bourguiba in the center of Tunis. It was quiet from the time I awoke until...
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16 January 2009 - The Shurrab Family
[The following is narrative twenty, within a series of twenty-three narratives, to mark the third anniversary of "Operation Cast Lead." A new post will be released each day, marking the incident that...
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Contre-révolution en Algérie, enseignements pour l'Egypte
Alors que la répression des révolutionnaires égyptiens a pris ces derniers temps une forme de plus en plus ostensible et brutale, il devient urgent de chercher à comprendre ce qui fait la force de la...
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الإخفاقات الأولى للحكومة الملتحية
كنا قد حللنا في مقال سابق الظروف التي فاز فيها حزب العدالة والتنمية بالانتخابات في المغرب بموازاة تحليلنا التاريخي لنشأة الأحزاب المشكلة للتحالف الحكومي الحالي، إذ بحثنا في الظروف التاريخية لولادتها...
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17 January 2009 - The Al Ashqar Family
[The following is narrative twenty-one, within a series of twenty-three narratives, to mark the third anniversary of "Operation Cast Lead." A new post will be released each day, marking the incident...
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In the Suburbs of Damascus
The normal pace of everyday life may surprise those who venture to visit Damascus these days. From the city center with its vibrant markets, the idea that observers from the Arab League are visiting...
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New Texts Out Now: Joseph Sassoon, Saddam Hussein's Ba'th Party: Inside an...
Joseph Sassoon, Saddam Hussein’s Ba‘th Party: Inside an Authoritarian Regime. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Jadaliyya: What made you write this book? Joseph Sassoon: The...
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New Texts Out Now: Ella Shohat, Israeli Cinema: East/West and the Politics of...
Ella Shohat, Israeli Cinema: East/West and the Politics of Representation (1989). New Edition. New York and London: I. B. Tauris, 2010 Jadaliyya: What are the central themes and concepts of Israeli...
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