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Bahrain's "Blogfather" emerges from hiding
[Jason Stern wrote the following blog post about Ali Abdel Imam for the Committee to Protect Journalists.] For two years, Bahrainis have been asking "Where is Ali Abdel Imam?" And now finally, they have an answer. The prominent opposition blogger suddenly emerged from hiding last week, announcing he had ... Read More »
Prominent Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab Reportedly Missing
[The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) issued the following urgent appeal after failing to confirm the status and whereabouts of Nabeel Rajab.] The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) and the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) express grave concern over the news of the removal of Nabeel Rajab from his cell ... Read More »
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On the American Association of University Professors' Opposition to Academic Boycotts
On 10 May 2013, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) issued a “Statement on Academic Boycotts” which states, not for the first time, its “opposition to academic boycotts as a matter of principle.” The statement was issued in response to two recent victories for the movement for an academic and ... Read More »
The Process in Turkey
In early 2013, a critical process is unfolding regarding the solution to the Kurdish question in Turkey. The success of this process—that is, the protection of Kurdish people's collective rights through the making of constitutional and legal amendments—is fundamental to ending the war which has been waged for thirty ... Read More »
Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (May 8)
[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 or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to ap@jadaliyya.com by ... Read More »
هل يعيد التاريخ الاقتصادي الفلسطيني نفسه؟
من الأفضل البقاء بعيداً عن هؤلاء الذين يحملون خرطوم الحريق والحفاظ على الأنف نظيفا ومراقبة هؤلاء بالملابس المدنية ولا تحتاج إلى خبير الأرصاد لمعرفة الاتجاه التي تهب لها الرياح (بوب ديلان ) ليس من السهل حتى للمراقبين "المتطلعين" الوصول إلى المعلومة المؤكدة أو ... Read More »
Egyptian Women: Between Revolution, Counter-Revolution, Orientalism, and "Authenticity"
The Egyptian revolution appears to present a “gender paradox.” On the one hand, women have been marginalized in many formal political institutions since the downfall of Hosni Mubarak. On the other hand, representations and images of women and women’s bodies have been ubiquitous. Representations of women ... Read More »
Beyond the Banality of Evil: The Challenge of Professional Photography in Syria
“You gave me mud and I turned it into gold.” - Charles Baudelaire This year, photographs on Syria have swept the Pulitzer prize. Five Associated Press (AP) photographers, Rodrigo Abd, Manu Brabo, Narciso Contreras, Khalil Hamra and Muhammed Muheisen have been awarded the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in breaking ... Read More »
Justice Is Universal: A Panel Discussion on Palestine, Comparative Frameworks, and Solidarity
Though some may find it easy to use terms like “apartheid,” understanding the material relationships that ground the comparison between Palestine and South Africa is a more difficult endeavor. Similarly, the ease with which activists link the struggles of indigenous peoples in the Americas to the Palestinian cause ... Read More »
Among the Thugs
Delhi. “We are mere coolies working at the machines in these terrible times. We are mere dupes and fools to discover the diamond and to make a gift of it to the king, to adorn his crown.” – Nazrul Islam. Sohel Rana is a well-known figure in South Asia. He is the guy who, in my youth, would stand at the ... Read More »
The Terror of Capitalism
Delhi. On Wednesday, 24 April, a day after Bangladeshi authorities asked the owners to evacuate their garment factory that employed almost three thousand workers, the building collapsed. The building, Rana Plaza, located in the Dhaka suburb of Savar, produced garments for the commodity chain that stretches from the ... Read More »
Liberal Illusions
With the deepening of a political stalemate between the government and the opposition in Egypt and the marked deterioration of economic conditions, critics of the January 25 Revolution continue to highlight what they view as the revolution’s failure to bring about a stable political order that can live up to the many ... Read More »
Infographic on Illiteracy in the United States
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Nabeel Rajab's Letter From Prison
[The following letter from Nabeel Rajab was originally published on Freedom in Bahrain. Click here for an Arabic version of the letter.] To all HR activists and defenders in all local, regional and international HR groups and organizations March 2013 Dear friends and colleagues, I write to you from Jaw prison in ... Read More »
Has Citizenship Got a Future in Egypt?
The sectarian spectacle that dominated so much Egyptian television coverage – at least that of the private networks – on Sunday, was unprecedented in modern Egyptian history. Even at the lowest points of modern Coptic-Muslim relations, the Coptic Cathedral and Patriarchal headquarters have not experienced the sort of ... Read More »
World Social Forum Highlights Shock Doctrine in Tunisia
An estimated fifty thousand people from five thousand organizations in 127 countries spanning five continents participated in the World Social Forum (WSF) in Tunisia over the past week. By choosing to come together in Tunis, this year’s Forum evoked the sprit of the 2011 revolt that inspired uprisings around the ... Read More »
بدرخان علي: "الانتخابات الحرّة" ليست شيئاً عظيماً، بعد خراب البلد
يأخذنا الباحث الكردي السوري بدرخان علي في هذه المقابلة في جولة نقدية حول الثورة السورية ودروبها المتشعبة، خصوصاً في المناطق ذات الأغلبية الكردية، التي تقع تحت سيطرة أحزاب كردية متعددة، تتضارب في المصالح والأهداف. ويتطرق إلى طبيعة العلاقة التي تربط حزب الإتحاد الديمقراطي PYD بالنظام السوري وبحزب العمال الكردستاني ... Read More »
Settler Colonialism and Alliance: Comparative Challenges to Pinkwashing and Homonationalism
Critics of Israeli pinkwashing in the United States and Canada have increasingly engaged in comparative critiques of settler colonialism. Queers Against Israeli Apartheid in Toronto has invoked this critique for many years. Pinkwatchers across Canada also draw ties between Palestinian and Indigenous solidarity that ... Read More »
Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (April 2)
[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 or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to ap@jadaliyya.com by ... Read More »
حورية المطلقة في سن الثالثة عشرة لا تنفع إلا لقراءة كتب الاطفال
رأيتها في بيت إحدى صديقاتي ، كانت تجلس في زاوية «الديوان» كما نسميه في اليمن. تنظر إلي وتبتسم إبتسامة خجولة. كل ماعرفته عنها أنها إبنة عم صديقتي: فتاه صغيرة تبدو في الإعدادي. لم تتفوه بكلمة طوال الجلسة. لم أعرف عنها شيئاً غير أنها ابنة عم صديقتي. مرت أيام وشهور. لما سألت عنه حورية، قالت لي صديقتي إن ابنة عمها ... Read More »
Saadi Youssef: Genesis 34
[Today, 31 March, is the anniversary of the founding of the Iraqi Communist Party in 1934. This poem, "Genesis 34," by Saadi Youssef, was written to commemorate the event.] Saadi Youssef Genesis 34 Before we came to the bases you were a base before God and classes You were breaking rocks between ... Read More »
قصصٌ عن معاني المكان
يوم الأرض في التوثيق الشفوي ماذا يعني أن تولد في بيئة قروية ريفية عمادها الزراعة والفلاحة، ثم ما تفتأ تتهاوى قرى وتتساقط مدن حولك فيما تبقى، أنت وقريتك، معلقين بين الخراب مهمشين، مجاهداً لفهم ما يدور حولك، كل ذلك وأنت لم تتحرك شبراً واحداً بعيداً عن أرضك؟ ماذا يحمل الإنسان معه من تجربة الخراب هذه؟ وماذا يبقى معه مما ... Read More »
Please Help Keep Egypt Independent
Dear friends, After working hard for four years on developing Egypt Independent as a leading local independent English-language publication, we were notified by Al-Masry Al-Youm's management last month that our newspaper, in both its online and print forms, can no longer continue to exist due to financial ... Read More »
The Urban Subalterns and the Non-Movements of the Arab Uprisings: An Interview with Asef Bayat
This interview was conducted with Asef Bayat via electronic correspondence. In it, Bayat discusses the inside-out character of neoliberal cities in the Arab world and its influence on the recent wave of protests known collectives as the Arab uprisings. In addition, Bayat elaborates on the notion of urban subalterns, ... Read More »
زينب الخواجة: رسالة من سجن بحريني
القادة العظماء خالدون. لوقع أقوالهم وأعمالهم صدى عبر السنوات والعقود والقرون، وعبر المحيطات والحدود. وهم إلهام يمس حياة الناس الراغبين بالتعلم. مارتن لوثر كينغ قائد استثنائي. عندما أقرأ كلماته، أتخيله يقرأ لنا من أرض أخرى ومن عصر آخر، ليعلمنا بعض الدروس المهمة جداً. وفوق ذلك، هو يحدثنا عن تفادي فخ المرارة أو النزول ... Read More »
Rise Up: Iraq
The street that your question describes as “quiet” is actually silent only as a result of repression, especially after the protests of February 2011 when the authorities revealed their violence openly—using the army to clamp down on nonviolent protests and firing live ammunition at peaceful protestors. — Falah ... Read More »
Jailed Human Rights Defenders on Hunger Strike
[The following is an urgent appeal that the Bahrain Center for Human Rights issued on 18 March 2013] The BCHR has received information that Zainab Alkhawaja's mother received a phone call today from the prison notifying her that Zainab's health had deteriorated, and that she had refused to be taken to the ... Read More »
Whither the Peaceful Movement in Syria?
Whatever happened to peaceful activism in Syria? Lately, it seems that the non-violent movement has completely disappeared from the headlines. Long gone are the days when Ghiyath Mattar, a Daraya-based activist, would organize marches where protesters distributed water bottles and roses to the army. Long gone are the ... Read More »
Bedoon Children Arbitrarily Arrested (Video)
On 4 October 2012, Kuwaiti security forces arbitrarily detained five Bedoon [stateless] children in or around their homes in Timaa’ hours after a peaceful protest there had come to an end. In this short documentary, "Without (Bedoon) Guilt," Group 29 records the forgotten story of these children, and the ... Read More »
Syrian Population Regression
Population: ~ 22.5 Million
2011: 5,800+ (killed)
2012: 60,000+ (killed) and 500,000+ (external refugees)
2013: 70,000+ (killed) and 1,000,000+ (external refugees)
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Syria Map and Stats
Population: 22,517,750
GDP: $107.4 billion
Unemployment: 8.3%; Youth Employment (ages 15-24): 19.1%
Internet Users: 4.469 million
Exchange Rate: ~ 98.00 Syrian pounds per US dollar
GDP Growth Rate: 3.2%
Military Expenditures: 5.9% of GDP (World Rank: 10)
Health Expenditures: 2.9% of GDP (World Rank: 180)
Population Growth Rate: 0.913%
Age Structure: 0-14 years: 35.2%; 15-64 years: 61%; 65 years and over: 3.8%
Literacy: 79.6%
Religious Demographics: Sunni Muslim 74%; other Muslim (includes Alawite, Druze) 16%; Christian (various denominations) 10%
Ethnic Demographics: Arab 90.3%, Kurds, Armenians, and other 9.7%
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