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"Business Networks in Syria": Jadaliyya Co-Editor Bassam Haddad on C-Span Book TV
Jadaliyya Co-Editor Bassam Haddad discussed his book, Business Networks in Syria: The Political Economy of Authoritarian Resilience with C-Span's Book TV, and talked about the current conflict in that country. This interview was recorded on the campus of George Mason University on 27 September 2012 and aired recently on C-Span. The themes addressed include: The gradual transformation of the Syrian economy after 1970 State-business ...
Keep Reading »Call for Papers: Right of Return Conference (5-7 April, Boston)
![[Protesters in Bil'in village in 2006. Image by Michael Loadenthal via Flickr]](/content_images/3/sm_ramallahprotestweb011813.jpg "[Protesters in Bil'in village in 2006. Image by Michael Loadenthal via Flickr]")
Right of Return Conference 5 - 7 April 2013 Boston University The Right of Return Conference Committee is seeking abstracts about Palestinian refugees and the Right of Return for papers to be presented at the Right of Return Conference at Boston University, 5-7 April 2013. While there has been much theoretical work done on the subject, we are looking to move beyond ethical arguments, and focus instead on the ...
Keep Reading »Personal Status Litigation for Palestinians in Israel: A Controversial Issue (Jadal Issue 16, December 2012)
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[The following is the Table of Contents of the latest issue of Jadal, a quarterly journal published by Mada al-Carmel.] Jadal Issue 16, December 2012 Personal Status Litigation for Palestinians in Israel: A Controversial Issue Editorial Areen Hawari Analytical Papers Personal Status in Civil Versus Religious Courts: A Controversial Issue Areen Hawari Viewpoints Eleven Years Since the Amendment to the Family Rights Law: Achievements and ...
Keep Reading »EIPR Analysis: Overturning of Mubarak and Adli Conviction Expected Outcome of a Flawed Trial
![[Poster outside Mubarak's 2011 trial. Image by Maggie Osama via Flickr]](/content_images/3/sm_mubaraktrialweb011713.jpg "[Poster outside Mubarak's 2011 trial. Image by Maggie Osama via Flickr]")
[The following press release and report were issued by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights on 13 January 2013.] The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) said that the Court of Cassation’s ruling today to overturn the conviction of ousted president Mubarak and his interior minister Habib al-Adli was the expected outcome of a flawed, disappointing trial. The EIPR said that the retrial must avoid the grave mistakes of the first trial that led to the annulment ...
Keep Reading »Call for Participants -- MESA Panel Proposal: Gendered Responses to Crisis, Conflict, and Catastrophe
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Gendered Responses to Crisis, Conflict, and Catastrophe 10 -13 October 2013 New Orleans Nicola C. Pratt is seeking papers for a proposed panel. In line with one of the themes for the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association, this panel aims to explore systematically the gendered dimensions of how governments, communities, households and nations or sub-national groupings respond to crisis, conflict and/or catastrophes. The panel invites ...
Keep Reading »Torture, Drones, and Detention: A Conversation Between Laleh Khalili and Lisa Hajjar
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The following is an audio recording of a joint book talk held on 16 January 2013. Laleh Khalili and Lisa Hajjar recently published their Time in the Shadows: Confinement in Counterinsurgencies and Torture: A Sociology of Violence and Human Rights, respectively. The event was held at the School of Oriental and African Studies, and featured a conversation between the two authors entitled "Torture, Drones, and Detention: The ...
Keep Reading »Detention of Activists Continues in Oman
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[This report was originally issued by the Gulf Center for Human Rights on 16 January 2013.] Oman - Prominent human rights defender Saed Jadad arrested and detained The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received information that prominent human rights defender Saed Jadad has been arrested and remains in detention. On 14 January 2013, Saed Jadad was summoned by the Special Branch Police to the General Police Headquarters in the capital of Muscat. It is believed that ...
Keep Reading »US Department of Homeland Security's Media Monitoring Manual
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The following link directs you to portions of the US Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) 2011 Media Monitoring Desktop Reference. It was made available through the efforts of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, which filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request and subsequent law suit to obtain the documents. The manual identifies many of the problematic monitoring practices of DHS and contains a (broad) list of (extremely vague) key words DHS uses to ...
Keep Reading »Statement by Palestinian Residents of New Village in East Jerusalem: Bab al-Shams
[The following statement was issued by the 250 Palestinian residents of Bab al-Shams and published by the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee on 11 January 2013. The residents were later forcibly evicted by the Israeli military.] 250 men and women from across Palestine establish this morning a new Palestinian village named “Bab Alshams” (Gate of the Sun). Tents were built in what Israel refers to as area E1 and equipment for long-term living was brought. The group ...
Keep Reading »Jadaliyya Co-Editor Sinan Antoon Shortlisted for Arabic Booker Prize
![[Front and back cover of Sinan Antoon's Ya Maryam.]](/content_images/3/sm_yamaryam2.jpg "[Front and back cover of Sinan Antoon's Ya Maryam.]")
Sinan Antoon’s third novel, Ya Maryam (Ave Maria) (Beirut/ Baghdad: Dar al-Jamal, 2012), was shortlisted for the 2013 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, otherwise known as the “Arabic Booker.” The novel, Antoon’s third, explores the conflicting views of two generations of an Iraqi Christian family. The six books on the shortlist were selected by a panel of five judges. The winner will be announced on 23 April 2013.
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