May 2013
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“A report covering the state of Syrian youth, released by UNICEF in March 2013,...”
– Amidst a Violent Conflict, Syria’s Students Struggle for an Education (via arabious)
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“Those living in Syria look at things differently. When they are exposed to the...”
– Bassam Haddad in The Triumph and Irrelevance of Meta-Narratives Over Syria: “Rohna Dahiyyah”
Things to remember when discussing Syria.
(via globalwarmist)
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April 2013
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Theorizing the Arabian Peninsula: Introduction to... →
This electronic roundtable marks the one-year anniversary of Jadaliyya’s Arabian Peninsula Page, and in that time, we have hosted work by activists, journalists, artists, and scholars that has made a significant intellectual—and we hope, political—contribution. Despite the sophisticated, critical, and oft-politically engaged literature emerging from and about the Arabian Peninsula,...
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“By far the most common problem among extant treatments of sectarianism and other...”
– Questioning Sectarianism in Bahrain and Beyond: An Interview with Justin Gengler
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The United Nations and Authoritarianism's Renewal... →
The United Nations’ stewardship in post-conflict and transitional political environments appears increasingly ineffective in the face of spreading violence in Syria, the intensification of Bahraini regime repression, and the growing popular discontent with Morsi’s authoritarian measures in Egypt. In an apparent bid to remain at least partially relevant in the Middle East, the United...
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“All in all, the way in which Copts are discussed, both in Egyptian public discourse and in the international media, seems stuck in the nineteenth century, with commentators still relying on the conventional wisdoms of the millet paradigm – according to which Ottoman rulers relied upon clerical leaders to represent the political interests of their respective sects. Under these circumstances,...
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“The region has been dramatically—though unevenly—transformed by the...”
– An excerpt from David McMurray and Amanda Ufheil-Somers, editors, The Arab Revolts: Dispatches on Militant Democracy in the Middle East. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2013. Published in association with Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP).
Read a longer excerpt here, along...
March 2013
16 posts
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Jadaliyya Launches DARS Page: Daily Acts of... →
The DARS Page chronicles daily acts of resistance and subversion (DARS) in contemporary Arab societies and beyond. All forms of resistance and subversion to political, economic, social, or cultural forms of exploitation will be of interest. This includes resistance to authoritarianism, occupation, imperialism, and social norms, and the many ways these are subverted.
While acts of resistance and...
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Zainab Al-Khawaja: Letter From A Bahraini Prison →
Great leaders are immortal, their words and deeds echo through the years, decades, and centuries. They echo across oceans and borders and become an inspiration that touches the lives of many who are willing to learn. One such leader is the remarkable Martin Luther King Jr. As I read his words, I imagine him reading out to us from another land, another time, to teach us some very important...
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“The first order of discussion is to reject certain pretenses that are advanced...”
– An excerpt from Perpetual Recalculation: Getting Syria Wrong Two Years On by Jadaliyya co-editor Bassam Haddad
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“A great deal of Syrian wealth is being transferred and spent outside of the...”
– An excerpt from Capital Flight and the Consequences of the War Economy by Samer Abboud
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The Syrian Uprising: Two Years On →
With no end in sight, the Syrian uprising drags on, pulling Syria into a path of seemingly endemic violence, death, and destruction. Figures of the dead are controversial, but the number 70,000 gains the most circulation. Refugees now number close to a million, and the internally displaced nearly two million. No one really knows the count for the injured and dispossessed. Yet all indicators point...
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Jadaliyya | UNICEF Report: Children in Israeli... →
roxygen:
All children in contact with judicial systems should be treated with dignity and respect at all times. For several years, national lawyers, human rights organizations, United Nations experts and treaty bodies have been publishing reports of illtreatment of children who come in contact with the Israeli military detention system.
Following an increasing number of allegations of...
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“The last decades have seen the emergence of a range of attempts to address the...”
– An excerpt from Rachel Beckles Willson, Orientalism and Musical Mission: Palestine and the West. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Read a longer excerpt, as well as in interview with the author here.
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February 2013
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Assassination, Resignations, and Reshufflings:... →
Following the assassination of Chokri Belaid, a prominent figure of the Tunisian Left, and the ongoing changes in the Tunisian government, Lamia Hatira and Nura Suleiman have put together a timely breakdown of the latest developments in Tunisia.
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“Argo similarly tells a thrilling story that, by erasing historical context,...”
– Read more on Ben Affleck’s “Argo”: A Movie about a Movie
Anonymous asked: Do you publish English short plays translated into Arabic?
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“Two years ago today, Egyptians celebrated their toppling of President Hosni Mubarak and looked ahead to a future of change. Yet the second anniversary of Mubarak’s departure has been marked by further demonstrations, bloodshed, and new scenes of extreme state violence. Amidst the now routine use of tear gas and live fire on protests nationwide, there was the incredible footage of the...
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Spring 2013 Internships at ASI . . . Now... →
The Arab Studies Institute (ASI) is now offering new internship opportunities that involve training and production at various levels in one of ASI’s five organizations: Arab Studies Journal, Jadaliyya, Forum on Arab and Muslim Affairs, Quilting Point, and Tadween Publishing.
The internships offered are in several areas, but we are particularly looking for the following:
Area (A): Research...
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Tires over Tyre: US Ambassador Ruins Ruins →
Touring Tyre on foot can be tiring, to be sure. But whether US Ambassador to Lebanon Maura Connelly was too tired or too busy to get out of her car to survey these marvelous vestiges of antiquity, nothing excuses her regrettable decision to drive a convoy of vehicles over this ancient site, damaging a stone wall in the process.
Ambassador Connelly’s convoy passed near the golden Roman Triumphal...
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The Syrian Regime Bravely Condemns the Israeli... →
Several days after Israeli air force struck targets inside Syria, President Bashar al-Asad bravely condemned the assault. Moreover, he also asserted with defiance that Israel is trying to “destabilize” Syria, debunking thereby the claims that, by striking a part of Syria’s sovereign territory, Israel was trying to promote Arab unity and social justice from the gulf to the ocean. The Syrian...
“Following the assassination attempt on Azizi, the Iraqi regime rounded up tens...”
– Sinan Antoon | سنان انطون (via jayaprada)
January 2013
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Algeria, an Immense Bazaar: The Politics and... →
In the last few months, Algeria has witnessed a frenetic activity of economic and trade delegations visiting the country. In November 2012 alone, Algiers received tens of high profile delegations succeeding each other from European countries such as Spain, Italy, France, the UK, Romania, Finland, and Turkey to Arab countries, including Egypt, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. With its substantial foreign...
January 2013 Culture →
Jadaliyya’s first monthly culture bouquet of 2013 has arrived! Painters Samia Halaby and Athir Shayota contribute to Visuals in 1500, a new series of profiles that takes a single work of art as the starting point for larger discussions on aesthetics. Marilyn Hacker translates a poem by Taher Bekri. Maia Tabet translates a chapter from Sudanese novelist Amir Tag Elsir’s “Ebola...
