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Academic Freedom and the Middle East: A Handbook for Teaching and Research
The Middle East is a region that is continuously in the news and frequently the focus of controversial, polarizing, and sometimes virulent debate within both policy and media circles. Scholars working on the Middle East face a unique set of challenges in their teaching and research. What they have to say, and how they ... Read More »
The Arab Studies Journal's Twentieth Anniversary Issue
[Jadaliyya will be posting excerpts from the Arab Studies Journal's Twentieth Anniversary issue. What follows is the Editor's Note and Table of Contents from that issue.] Editor’s Note We can scarcely believe that two decades have passed since the publication of the first issue of the Arab Studies Journal. We are ... Read More »
The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South
Vijay Prashad. The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South. Forward by Boutros Boutros-Ghali. London and New York: Verso, 2012. Correct ideas are never sufficient; they are not believed or enacted simply because they are right. They become the ideas of the time only when they are wielded by those who ... Read More »
New Texts Out Now: Charles Tripp, The Power and the People: Paths of Resistance in the Middle East
Charles Tripp, The Power and the People: Paths of Resistance in the Middle East. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book? Charles Tripp (CT): The origins of the book lay initially in my feeling that a great deal of space had been devoted to the ... Read More »
مَن يُحاسِب؟ ومَن يُحاسِب مَن؟
لأول مرة في تاريخ العالم العربي الحديث نجحت انتفاضات شعبية سلمية في إطلاق مسارات أفضت إلى تنحي أربعة رؤساء دولة عن الحكم. ولأول مرة في التاريخ ذاته، أحيل هؤلاء الرؤساء إلى المحاكمة، وجاهياً أو غيابياً، بتهم تتعلق بالأمر بالقتل والتعذيب والفساد ونهب الأموال العامة. والآن تلوح مؤشرات إلى أن هذه المكاسب ... Read More »
The Arab Studies Journal Celebrates Twenty Years: An Interview with Bassam Haddad, Sherene Seikaly, and Nadya Sbaiti
On 19 April 2013, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) at Georgetown University hosted a reception celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Arab Studies Journal (ASJ). As the journal’s managing editor since September 2011, I used this milestone as an occasion to interview the founding editor Bassam ... Read More »
New Texts Out Now: Adel Iskandar and Bassam Haddad, Mediating the Arab Uprisings
Adel Iskandar and Bassam Haddad, editors, Mediating the Arab Uprisings. Washington, DC: Tadween Publishing, 2013. Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book? Adel Iskandar and Bassam Haddad (AI & BH): The idea for this book grew out of the splendid contributions to Jadaliyya from a number of authors who ... Read More »
New Texts Out Now: David McMurray and Amanda Ufheil-Somers, The Arab Revolts
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). Jadaliyya (J): What made you compile this volume? David McMurray ... Read More »
New Texts Out Now: Esam Al-Amin, The Arab Awakening Unveiled
Esam Al-Amin, The Arab Awakening Unveiled: Understanding Transformations and Revolutions in the Middle East. Washington, DC: American Educational Trust, 2013. Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book, and how would you describe it? Esam Al-Amin (EA): The Arab Awakening Unveiled: Understanding Transformations ... Read More »
أحمد الواصل عن "الخروج من المعبد" أو الهدم طريق الغناء العربي
["كتب" هي سلسلة تستضيف "جدلية" فيها الكتاب في حوار حول أعمالهم الجديدة، نرفقه بمقاطع من الكتاب.] أحمد الواصل عن "الخروج من المعبد" أو الهدم طريق الغناء العربي: محاولة لقراءة الهوية والذاكرة العربية والمسكوت عنه مشروع قادم ... أن يكون الغناء العربي بمدارسه ومراكزه، واتجاهاته وروزه ... Read More »
NEWTON in Focus: Thinking Through Gender and Sex
This week we highlight various NEWTON texts relevant to the study of gender and sexuality. The authors of these texts write from a wide range of perspectives, approaching questions relevant to the MENA region from a variety of cultural and political contexts and (inter)disciplinary approaches. We encourage you to ... Read More »
الأطر النظرية لفهم النماذج التنموية في مراحل ما بعد الثورات
عندما سأل أحد الأِشخاص "ماو تسي تونج" يومًا عن رأيه في الثورة الفرنسية، فكان رده "إن من المبكر الحكم عليها". ويذكرنا هذا بأن الحكم على حَدَثٍ في التاريخ بأنه كان ثورة من عدمه ليس جدلا أكاديميًّا أو نظريًّا بقدر ما هو جزء من الظاهرة التاريخية ذاتها محل التشكل في زمن كتابة هذه السطور. ورصد وتسجيل ... Read More »
Media On Media Roundup (March 24)
Iraq War and News Media: A Look Inside the Death Toll Frank Smyth reflects on the record number of slain journalists during the Iraq war as the tenth anniversary approaches. Al-Jazeera Plans British, French News Channels Al-Jazeera plans to launch a news channel in the UK as reports suggest the TV network is ... Read More »
New Texts Out Now: Vijay Prashad, The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South
Vijay Prashad, The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South, with a preface from Boutros Boutros Ghali. London and New York: Verso and New Delhi: LeftWord, 2013. Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book? Vijay Prashad (VP): When I finished The Darker Nations, I felt that the last section was not ... Read More »
الثورة أنثى
شاركت المرأة العربية في الثورات العربية على مدى السنتين الماضيتين باشكال وادوار مختلفة. ومع ذلك، يطل عيدها وسط محاولات حثيثة لاعادتها إلى البيت وإلى «بيت الطاعة» معما يرافق ذلك من استخدام للتشريعات وللممارسات الاجتماعية ضدها. كل ما يرمي إلى الارتداد على الدولة المدنية يصيب المرأة. وهذا الارتداد يتجلى على أنه ... Read More »
She Who Tells a Story: Interview with the Photography Collective Rawiya
[Rawiya is a collective of photographers from the Middle East, which is garnering accolades and attention internationally. The members are Myriam Abdelaziz (Egypt/France, based in NY/Cairo), Tamara Abdul Hadi (Iraq/Canada, based in Beirut), Laura Boushnak (Palestine, based in Sarajevo), Tanya Habjouqa (Jordan/US, ... Read More »
شاصُلّى
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 في البحثِ العلمي والإبداعِ والإكتشافِ فليسَ إلا محاولةً لمعرفةِ تلكَ الأسماءِ أو تبيانِ علاقاتها ببعضِها. اللغةُ تنمو ... Read More »
NGO Conference Calls for Regional Human Rights Reform
[The following press release was issued by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights on 25 February 2013, following the conclusion of a NGO seminar on human rights issues throughout the Middle East.] An NGO high level strategic conference urges the Arab League to adopt an effective human rights protection system as ... Read More »
Media On Media Roundup (February 24)
[The "Media On Media Roundup" is an initiative to survey published material in the news and broadcast media that deals with journalism, coverage, or mass communication practices about the region. The items collected here do not reflect the views of the Media Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your ... Read More »
Media On Media Roundup (February 17)
[The "Media On Media Roundup" is an initiative to survey published material in the news and broadcast media that deals with journalism, coverage, or mass communication practices about the region. The items collected here do not reflect the views of the Media Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your ... Read More »
Media On Media Roundup (February 11)
[The "Media On Media Roundup" is an initiative to survey published material in the news and broadcast media that deals with journalism, coverage, or mass communication practices about the region. The items collected here do not reflect the views of the Media Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your ... Read More »
New Texts Out Now: January 2013 Back to School Edition
As we kick off the spring 2013 semester, Jadaliyya would like to remind you of some of the most creative and groundbreaking works in Middle East studies that we have featured in our New Texts Out Now (NEWTON) page. Since we launched this page in 2011, we have had the opportunity to share with you unique interviews by ... Read More »
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 ... Read More »
New Texts Out Now: Paolo Gerbaudo, Tweets and the Streets: Social Media and Contemporary Activism
Paolo Gerbaudo, Tweets and the Streets: Social Media and Contemporary Activism. London and New York: Pluto Books, 2012. Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book? Paolo Gerbaudo (PG): I have been involved in progressive social movements in Italy and the UK for the last twelve years, some times as a ... Read More »
BADIL Proudly Announces the Release of its Report on Palestinian National Identity
BADIL Proudly Announces the Release of its Research Project: One People United: A Deterritorialized Palestinian Identity -- BADIL Survey of Palestinian Youth on Identity and Social Ties-2012 The violent establishment of Israel in 1948 constituted a catastrophe, or Nakba, for Palestinian aspirations for ... Read More »
المثليّات المضمرة في أغاني رباب والخليج العربي
[تنشر هذه المقالة ضمن إتفاقية شراكة وتعاون بين "جدلية" و"معازف"] الخطاب المشفّر للأغنية الأنثويّة العربيّة تتبدّى لنا في تجربة المغنية رباب (1958-2010) عراقيّة الأصل وكويتيّة الانتماء، بعد مسيرة تجاوزت الثلاثين عاماً في الحقل الثقافي على مستوى الشعر والموسيقى والغناء، وبعد ... Read More »
New Texts Out Now: Marwan M. Kraidy, The Revolutionary Body Politic
Marwan M. Kraidy, “The Revolutionary Body Politic: Preliminary Thoughts on a Neglected Medium in the Arab Uprisings.” Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication 5.1 (2012). Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this article? Marwan Kraidy (MK): I received an invitation from the editors to write an essay with a ... Read More »
عن الفن الإسلامي
قبل عامين، نظم معهد العالم العربي في باريس، معرض الفن الاسلامي، كسابقة احتضنت لأول مرة في العاصمة الفرنسية، من قبل إدراة المعهد التي ترى بوجوب تعريف الناس على هذا الفن، الذي اشتهر كإرث قائم بحد ذاته، وليس كحركات مستقلة أو متتابعة. 471 عملا بأحجام، وتكاوين وتشكيلات مختلفة تراوحت بين الخزف والزجاج والرسم والتصاوير ... Read More »
NEWTON 2012 in Review
We have had the opportunity to highlight an extraordinary series of books and articles on New Texts Out Now this year. Before we make our way into the new year, here are all of the NEWTONs that we published in 2012. Enjoy, and see you in 2013. Myriam Ababsa, Badouin Dupret, and Eric Denis, Popular Housing and ... Read More »
Rampage School Shootings: Reframing the Discourse
The most recent rampage school shooting in Sandy Hook Elementary (SHE) in Newtown, Connecticut, that claimed the lives of twenty kindergarteners and six school staffers at the hands of another young white male, took the US and the world by a storm. As messages of sympathy poured down from world leaders and interfaith ... 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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