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Eye on the Libyan General National Congress: Seventh Report

by Jadaliyya Reports

[The following report was issued by Bokra Youth Organization and H2O Team on 8 May 2013. This is the seventh in a year-long series of reports covering the actions of Libya's General National Council. This issue focuses on the period from 15 March to April 1 2013. Click here to access the previous report.] Eye on the ... Read More »

Libya: Which Fate for Gaddafi’s Henchmen?

by Abdullah Elmaazi

On 24 March 2013, about 200 former rebel fighters in Libya besieged the prime minister's office, demanding that he resign in accordance with a political isolation law banning members of the former regime from political life. Ali Zeidan, the current prime minister of Libya, served as a diplomat under Gaddafi. The ... Read More »

Eye on the Libyan General National Congress: Sixth Report

by Jadaliyya Reports

[The following report was issued by Bokra Youth Organization and H2O Team on 22 April 2013. This is the sixth in a year-long series of reports covering the actions of Libya's General National Council. This issue focuses on the period from 1 March to 15 March 2013. Click here to access the previous report.] Eye on the ... Read More »

Trial by Error: Justice in Post-Qadhafi Libya

by Jadaliyya Reports

[The following report was issued by International Crisis Group on 17 April 2013.] Trial by Error: Justice in Post-Qadhafi Libya Executive Summary There are many necessary cures to Libya’s pervasive insecurity, but few more urgent than repairing its judicial system. Qadhafi-era victims, distrusting an ... Read More »

Eye on the Libyan General National Congress: Fifth Report

by Jadaliyya Reports

[The following report was issued by Bokra Youth Organization and H2O Team on 9 March 2013. This is the fifth in a year-long series of reports covering the actions of Libya's General National Council. This issue focuses on the period from 15 February to 1 March 2013. Click here to access the previous report.] Eye on ... Read More »

Eye on the Libyan General National Congress: Fourth Report

by Jadaliyya Reports

[The following report was issued by Bokra Youth Organization and H2O Team on 9 March 2013. This is the fourth in a year-long series of reports covering the actions of Libya's General National Council. This issue focuses on the period from 1 February to 15 February 2013. Click here to access the previous report.] Eye ... Read More »

Eye on the Libyan General National Congress: Third Report

by Jadaliyya Reports

[The following report was issued by Bokra Youth Organization and H2O Team on 28 February 2013. This is the third in a year-long series of reports covering the actions of Libya's General National Council. This issue focuses on the period from 15 January to 1 February 2013. Click here to access the previous ... Read More »

Prison Sketches

by Omar Al-Kikli عمر الككلي

Prison Sketches [Translated from the Arabic by Sebastian Anstis] In the beginning was the Word (forbidden) After we had first tasted the terror of their welcome, they stood us in line against the wall. One of them said severely, pointing to the nearest corner: “Those who who’ve got books or magazines or ... Read More »

Eye on the Libyan General National Congress: Second Report

by Jadaliyya Reports

[The following report was issued by Bokra Youth Organization and H2O Team on 8 February 2013. This is the second in a year-long series of reports covering the actions of Libya's General National Council. This issue focuses on the period from 20 December 2012 to 15 January 2013. Click here to access the ... Read More »

Eye on the Libyan General National Congress: First Report

by Jadaliyya Reports

[The following report was issued by Bokra Youth Organization and H2O Team on 19 January 2013. This is the first in a year-long series of reports covering the actions of Libya's General National Council.] Eye on the GNC: The First Report This project is the result of intensive communication between two ... Read More »

Mali in Focus, Part Three: A Dangerous Show of Force from a Former Colonial Power

by Nicolas Bourgeois

[This article is the final of a three-part series featuring different perspectives on the recent developments in Mali. Previously published: "Mali in Focus, Part One: The Jihadist Offensive Revisited" and "Mali in Focus, Part Two: A War That Threatens the Entire Region"] Broad political consensus ... Read More »

Habits of French Colonialism

by Vijay Prashad

“In other days France was the name of a country. We should take care that in 1961 it does not become the name of a nervous disease.” -- Jean Paul Sartre, preface to Frantz Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth. In an early French film on the colonies, Enfants annamites ramassant des sépèques devant la ... Read More »

Focus sur le Mali, troisième partie: Une périlleuse démonstration de force de l'ancienne puissance coloniale

by Nicolas Bourgeois

[Cet article est le troisième d'une série de trois, avec des perspectives différentes sur les développements au Mali. Les articles précédents - « Mali in Focus, Part One: The Jihadist Offensive Revisited » et « Focus sur le Mali, deuxième partie: Une guerre qui menace toute ... Read More »

Focus sur le Mali, deuxième partie: Une guerre qui menace toute la région

by Hakim Addad

[Cet article est le deuxième d'une série de trois, avec des perspectives différentes sur les développements au Mali. Le premier article - « Mali in Focus, Part One: The Jihadist Offensive Revisited » ] « …Ce conflit est légitime et vital pour la sécurité des Français. Nous ne ... Read More »

Libya's First Video Art Exhibit (Tripoli, 6-7 November 2012)

by Jadaliyya Reports

First Glance: Video Art Exhibit 6 & 7 November 2012 Tripoli, Libya The Arete Foundation for Arts and Culture is to hold an exhibition of video art in Tripoli’s Old City on 6-7 November. First Glance is the first exhibition of video art in the country. Nine screens in the Old City Works will ... Read More »

The UN at ASIL: R2P and the Arab Uprisings

by Noura Erakat

The Under-Secretary for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel, Patricia O Brien, recently addressed the American Society of International Law Midyear Meeting at the University of Georgia School of Law. In her representative capacity, O’Brien dedicated her luncheon remarks to a discussion about the ... Read More »

Syracuse Event -- NATO Intervention and the People of Libya: Lessons Learnt (19 October 2012)

by Jadaliyya Reports

NATO Intervention and the People of Libya: Lessons Learnt 9 October 2012, 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Maxwell School, Syracuse University Eggers Hall Global Collaboratory, Room 060 Included Speakers: Adonia Ayebare, International Peace Institute Ali Mazrui, ... Read More »

La Libye un an après

by Mickael Vogel

Alors que la scène politique libyenne commence difficilement à se stabiliser (élections au Congrès National le 7 juillet, passation des pouvoirs avec le Conseil National de Transition le 9 août, élection du Premier ministre Mustafa Abou Shagour le 12 septembre puis son renvoi par le Congrès le 7 octobre), les ... Read More »

New Texts Out Now: Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, Libya, Social Origins of Dictatorship, and the Challenge for Democracy

by Ali Ahmida

Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, "Libya, Social Origins of Dictatorship, and the Challenge for Democracy." North African Revolutions, special issue of The Journal of the Middle East and Africa 3.1 (2012) Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this article? Ali Ahmida (AA): This article was inspired by the democratic ... Read More »

The Struggle for Security in Eastern Libya

by Jadaliyya Reports

[The following report was issued by the Carnegie Endowment in September 2012.] The Struggle for Security in Eastern Libya Summary Despite successful parliamentary elections in early July, localized clashes over identity, power, and resources persist in Libya, straining the capacity of the weak ... Read More »

غازي القبلاوي عن مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي والثورة الليبية

by Ghazi Gheblawi

جدلية: ما هي أكثر الخواص إمتاعاً في خدمة تويتر وإرسال التغريدات؟ غازي القبلاوي: إنها حرية كتابة أفكارك دونما محددات كثيرة، نحوية كانت أو لغوية، إضافة إلى الطبيعة المختصرة لتويتر والتي تجعل من المهم للشخص أن يصوغ أفكاره بأسلوب غاية في الاختصار، والتركيز، والتثقيف. الخاصية الأخرى هي أن أغلب الحواجز الاجتماعية، ... Read More »

هل كان الربيع العربي جديراً بذلك كله؟: غطرسة السلطة التي تذهب بالعقل

by Bassam Haddad

إنها البداية فحسب كنا على وشك ركوب الطائرة من واشنطن إلى إسطنبول، عندما ظهرت هذه الصورة على الشاشة عند البوابة: عنوان على قناة سي إن إن: "هل كان الربيع العربي جديرا بذلك العناء كله ؟" اعتاد المرء، عموماً، أن يرى ويسمع تعليقات "خاصة" حول المنطقة في وسائل الإعلام الرئيسية. ولكن، بين الفينة والأخرى، ... Read More »

Divided We Stand: Libya's Enduring Conflicts

by Jadaliyya Reports

[The following report was issued by International Crisis Group on 14 September 2012.] Divided We Stand: Libya's Enduring Conflicts Executive Summary The 11 September killing of the U.S. ambassador and three of his colleagues is a stark reminder of Libya’s security challenges. It also should serve ... Read More »

Libyan Eastern Tribal Chiefs, Population, and Government (Part 1 of 2)

by Andrea Khalil

On 15 September 2012, the tribal chiefs of Libya’s eastern region held a meeting to announce their solutions to the recent spate of violence, which culminated in the attack on the US consulate on 11 September. Although invitations were extended to government officials at this meeting, the tribes announced a clearly ... Read More »

O.I.L. Media Roundup (24 September)

by O.I.L Editors

[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 Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each biweekly roundup to OIL@jadaliyya.com ... Read More »

Ghazi Gheblawi on Social Media and the Libyan Uprising

by Ghazi Gheblawi

[This post is part of an ongoing Profile of a Contemporary Conduit series on Jadaliyya that seeks to highlight prominent voices in and from the Middle East and North Africa.] Jadaliyya: What do you think are the most gratifying aspects of Tweeting and Twitter? Ghazi Gheblawi: The freedom to write your thoughts ... Read More »

Of Stupid Men and Smart Machines

by Ahmad Shokr and Anjali Kamat

It is too early to know the definitive story of what led to Tuesday’s protests at the US embassy in Cairo and the brazen attack on the US consulate in Benghazi later that night that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens. As protests threaten to spread, what emerges through the dense ... Read More »

Democracy Now! Interview with Islamic Scholar Tariq Ramadan on the Growing Mideast Protests and "Islam & the Arab Awakening"

by Jadaliyya Interview

As anti-U.S. protests spread across the Middle East, we’re joined by Tariq Ramadan, professor of contemporary Islamic studies at Oxford University and visiting professor at the Faculty of Islamic Studies in Qatar. Ramadan is considered one of the most prominent Muslim intellectuals in Europe and was named by Time ... Read More »

Libya Recap: Snapshots from Social Media

by Rima Kalush

The 11 September attack on Benghazi's consulate resulted in the death of Ambassador Chris Stevens, three other US officials, and ten Libyan security officials. Initial accounts suggested that spontaneous protests against Terry Jones' "anti-Islam" video initiated the violence, but succeeding reports indicate ... Read More »

Libyan Humiliation a Driving Force for Anti-Americanism

by Vijay Prashad

Al-Nass (The People), and other television channels of “Satellite Salafism,” broadcast news of a year-old mediocre film trailer about the life of the Prophet Mohammad, made by an Israeli-Californian and championed by a Florida-based Christian pastor. Across the waters, radicals spurred each other on. 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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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%