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Letter Concerning San José State University Response to Attacks Against Professor Persis Karim After Conference on Teaching the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
[The following letter was issued by the Committee on Academic Freedom of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA).] 16 May 2013 Dr. Mohammad Qayoumi President San José State University Office of the President Tower Hall 207, One Washington Square San Jose, CA 95192 Dear President ... Read More »
Jadaliyya's Occupation, Intervention, and Law Page Resonates
Since launching in July 2010, the Occupation, Intervention, and Law (O.I.L) page has made rich contributions to the field of studies examining the Middle East, armed conflict, law, and human rights. O.I.L has sought to explore the relationship between, and the debates within, the fields of armed conflict, ... Read More »
Buckling to Bigotry: The Newseum Dishonors Murdered Palestinian Journalists
Just two days before Palestinians were to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Nakba, the names of two Palestinian cameramen targeted and killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza in November 2012 were dropped from a dedication ceremony held ... Read More »
Statement of the Arab and Middle East Journalists Association in Reference to Newseum Scandal
The Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association (AMEJA) condemns in the strongest possible terms, the decision of the Newseum to exclude Palestinian journalists Mahmoud al-Kumi and Hussam Salama from its memorial of journalists killed in the line of duty. Israeli missiles fired at a car clearly marked “TV” during ... Read More »
New Texts Out Now: Maya Mikdashi, What is Settler Colonialism? and Sherene Seikaly, Return to the Present
Maya Mikdashi, “What Is Settler Colonialism?” American Indian Culture and Research Journal 37:2 (2013) Sherene Seikaly, “Return to the Present,” Elisabeth Weber, editor, Living Together: Jacques Derrida’s Communities of Violence and Peace. New York: Fordham University Press, 2012. Jadaliyya (J): ... 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 Ongoing Nakba: The Forcible Displacement of the Palestinian People
Israeli practices and policies are a combination of apartheid, military occupation, and colonization. Together, they aim to ethnically cleanse the territory of historic Palestine from its indigenous Palestinian presence. This Israeli regime is not limited to the Palestinians living in the occupied Palestinian ... Read More »
Nakba 2013: The Palestinian Youth Movement Commemorates 65 Years of Al Nakba (Introduction)
The fifteenth of May 2013 marks the sixty-fifth commemoration of the day the oppressive Zionist state came into being. It also marks sixty-five years from the beginning of our collective fragmentation and simultaneous resistance. This current period that we are living also marks a significant shift in ... Read More »
Letter from Associated Press to US Department of Justice: Massive and Unprecedented Intrusion
[The following letter was issued by the Associated Press on 13 May 2013 in response to revelations that the Justice Department had seized the personal and professional telephone records of reporters and editors of The Associated Press for the months of April and May 2012.] Attorney General Eric Holder Department of ... Read More »
Why There Is No Military Solution to the Syrian Conflict
Today, as violence intensifies in Syria, external powers, including the United States, are openly debating direct intervention. Such intervention is justified as serving multiple goals at once: it is a means of securing chemical weapons caches; a mechanism to protect the civilian population; and a necessary measure to ... Read More »
Glenn Owns Bill: A Lesson in Challenging Islamophobia and Taking Responsibility (Video)
[The following video is from the 10 May 2013 episode of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher. The clip shows an exchange between Bill Maher and Glenn Greenwald following a discussion about the White House and State Department's immediate response to the 11 September 2012 attack on the US Embassy in Benghazi, Libya. In this ... Read More »
O.I.L. Media Roundup (May 9)
[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 »
New Texts Out Now: Simon Jackson, Diaspora Politics and Developmental Empire: The Syro-Lebanese at the League of Nations
Simon Jackson, “Diaspora Politics and Developmental Empire: The Syro-Lebanese at the League of Nations.” Arab Studies Journal Vol. XXI No. 1 (Spring 2013). Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this article? Simon Jackson (SJ): The article draws on my current book project, provisionally titled Mandatory Development: ... Read More »
O.I.L. Monthly Edition (April 2013)
[This is a monthly archive of pieces written by Jadaliyya contributors and editors on the Occupations, Interventions,and Law (O.I.L.) Page. It also includes material published on other platforms that editors deemed pertinent to post as they provide diverse depictions of O.I.L.-related topics. The pieces reflect the ... Read More »
Why Domestic Politics Still Matter in Iran’s Nuclear Policymaking
The first round of nuclear talks in Kazakhstan raised optimism on the prospect of reaching a diplomatic solution for Iran’s nuclear crisis. Sanctions are crushing Iran’s economy. Meanwhile, the turmoil in its ally Syria and the rise of Sunni Islamism in the Middle East is undermining Iran’s strategic position. The ... 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 »
From “Islamic Art” to “Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia”: Reliving the Distortions of History
This is the exceptional collection in all America, and it is being neglected. I urge you to make the reinstallation of Islam your highest priority. If you were to create an Islamic wing, you’d find that our holdings – splendid bronzes, excellent silver, majestic tiles, gorgeous carpets, intricate woodcarving, ... Read More »
First as Shadow, Then as Farce: An Evening with Medieval Puppeteer Ibn Daniyal at CUNY in New York
The thirteenth-century occulist Muhammad Ibn Daniyal, said to have occasionally blinded his patients, is remembered both for his tragic optometry and for his comedic shadow puppet plays. A refugee from Mosul, Ibn Daniyal once entertained Sultans and urchins alike in the streets and salons of medieval Cairo. Perhaps he ... Read More »
Stained Glass Transparency: Bahrain's Latest Obfuscation of International Human Rights Accountability
[Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) issued a report written by Andrea Gittleman, JD and Alex Lee on 25 April 2013 in response to the Bahraini regime canceling the planned visit of UN Special Rapporteur on Torture.] Bahrain has again indefinitely postponed a visit by the UN’s special rapporteur on torture, ... Read More »
March Madness: Theirs and Ours
March Madness: Theirs and Ours [The following Month in Review on Washington's Wars and Occupations was written by Michael Reagan and published on 31 March 2013 in War Times.] It's March and despite what you read on the sports pages, the real madness in the country isn't on the basketball ... Read More »
Bahrain Tells UN Torture Expert to Postpone Visit—Again
[The following post was written by Fahad Desmukh for Bahrain Watch on 23 April 2013.] For the second consecutive time, the Bahraini government has told the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture to delay his planned visit to Bahrain. A statement on the state-run news agency yesterday said that Bahrain’s Minister for Human ... Read More »
O.I.L. Media Roundup (April 24)
[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 »
Theorizing the Arabian Peninsula Roundtable: Thinking Globally About Arabia
[This is one of seven contributions in Jadaliyya's electronic roundtable on the symbolic and material practices of knowledge production on the Arabian Peninsula. Moderated by Rosie Bsheer and John Warner, it features Toby Jones, Madawi Al-Rasheed, Adam Hanieh, Neha Vora, Nathalie Peutz, John Willis, and Ahmed Kanna.] ... Read More »
Theorizing the Arabian Peninsula Roundtable: Knowledge In the Time of Oil
[This is one of seven contributions in Jadaliyya's electronic roundtable on the symbolic and material practices of knowledge production on the Arabian Peninsula. Moderated by Rosie Bsheer and John Warner, it features Toby Jones, Madawi Al-Rasheed, Adam Hanieh, Neha Vora, Nathalie Peutz, John Willis, and Ahmed Kanna.] ... Read More »
On Iraq War Revisionism: Kanan Makiya and the Arab Revolutions
Commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the US invasion and occupation of Iraq by those responsible for waging it has taken largely unapologetic form. Donald Rumsfeld tweeted about the “long, difficult work of liberating 25 mil Iraqis,” and that those who “played a role in history deserve our respect and ... Read More »
Infographic on Illiteracy in the United States
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Showtime's Homeland and the US Media
I took advantage of a recent promotion by my cable company to power-watch both seasons of Showtime’s Homeland. Before taking this plunge, I had purposely stayed away from Argo and Zero Dark Thirty, which have Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) heroes pitted against Muslim enemies. I never tuned into any of the seasons ... Read More »
إحتلال بغداد: ملف خاص
في اليوم التاسع من شهر نيسان عام ٢٠٠٣ أسقط جنود الاحتلال الأمريكي تمثال صدّام حسين في ساحة الفردوس أمام عدسات الإعلام العالمي. وأصبحت تلك اللحظة، رسمياً، نهاية نظام البعث في العراق وبداية عهد الاحتلال الأمريكي. ولعل العقد الذي مر به العراقيون منذ تلك اللحظة هو الأكثر تعقيداً وعنفاً في تاريخهم الحديث. ... Read More »
بربري في روما
"لقد حرّرتُ الملايين من البربريّة." جورج بوش، الغارديان، ١٥ حزيران، ٢٠٠٨ ١ “هل ستذهب إلى بلدك هذه الإجازة؟“ سألتني إحدى زميلاتي قبل سنوات في المصعد قبل العطلة الربيعيّة. وكانت الحرب الأهلية في بغداد أيامها في أكثر مراحلها دموّية. إنه سؤال مشروع، بالطبع، لكن عندما يكون المرء من بغداد، فإن صياغة جواب ... 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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