Follow Us
From the Editors
Jadaliyya Launches DARS Page: Daily Acts of Resistance and Subversion
Tadween Publishing Blog is here! Check it out
Jadaliyya's first book is now available! Click here.
Want to find out about new books? Visit our expanding NEWTON page. Click here.
Interested in writing a Review for Jadaliyya? Visit our Call for Reviews here.
الآن . . . القسم العربي بحلة جديدة
Jadaliyya Launches Photography Page (click here!)
Call for Photos: Become a Contributing Photographer at Jadaliyya
Jadaliyya Reports
Appeal to Defend Freedoms of Expression and the Press in Jordan
![[Jordanian flag on display in Amman. Image by marc's pics&photos via Flickr.]](/content_images/3/sm_jordanflagweb.jpg "[Jordanian flag on display in Amman. Image by marc's pics&photos via Flickr.]")
[The following statement was issued by the Jordanian Coordination Group of Electronic Websites (CGEW) on 13 September 2012 and published on Ammon News.] Despite King Abdullah II's repeated assurances that Jordanians enjoy unrestricted freedom of expression and free media, successive Jordanian governments for the past three years have attempted -- and succeeded -- in passing laws designed to undermine the freedom of the press, particularly the now widespread electronic ...
Keep Reading »Call for Applicants: PhD Grants at the Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies
![[BGSMCS logo. Image from bgsmcs.fu-berlin.de]](/content_images/3/sm_Bgsmcsweb.jpg "[BGSMCS logo. Image from bgsmcs.fu-berlin.de]")
The Berlin Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies, funded by the Excellence Initiative of the German Federal and State Governments, will admit up to fifteen PhD students to its doctoral programme to begin 1 October, 2013. Up to ten of these candidates will receive a Graduate School grant; the other candidates will be supported in their quest for funding. The Graduate School investigates the plurality, changeability, and global connectedness of Muslim cultures ...
Keep Reading »Text of Manal El-Tibi's Resignation Letter to Egypt's Constituent Assembly
[The following letter was originally issued in Arabic on 24 September 2012 by human rights activist Manal El-Tibi at the time of her resignation from the Constituent Assembly, the body tasked with writing a new Egyptian constitution. The report was translated into English by Bassem Sabry and published by Ahram Online on 26 September 2012.] Mr. Hossam El-Ghiryani, head of the Constituent Assembly, Warm greetings, I have issued a statement to public opinion before, ...
Keep Reading »ترجمة "في حضرة الغياب" لمحمود درويش تفوز بجائزة أفضل ترجمة أدبية في الولايات المتحدة وكندا
حازت الترجمة الإنكليزية لكتاب محمود درويش “في حضرة الغياب” التي أنجزها الشاعر والروائي العراقي سنان أنطون على جائزة أفضل ترجمة أدبيّة في الولايات المتحدة وكندا لعام ٢٠١٢. وتم الإعلان عن الجائزة التي يقدمها إتحاد المترجمين الأدبيّين في الولايات المتحدة ALTA أثناء المؤتمر السنوي الذي أقيم هذه السنة في مدينة روشستر بين الثالث والخامس من أكتوبر. وقرأ أنطون مقطعاً من كتاب درويش مساء الخميس الماضي في حفل تسلّم الجائزة التي تبلغ قيمتها خمسة آلاف دولار. وكان "في حضرة ...
Keep Reading »Inaugural Issue of Journal on Postcolonial Directions in Education
![[Rural school in Zimbabwe. Image by Sokwanele-Zimbabwe via Flickr.]](/content_images/3/sm_zimbabweschoolweb.jpg "[Rural school in Zimbabwe. Image by Sokwanele-Zimbabwe via Flickr.]")
Postcolonial Directions in Education is a peer-reviewed open access journal produced twice a year. It is a scholarly journal intended to foster further understanding, advancement and reshaping of the field of postcolonial education. We welcome articles that contriute to advancing the field. As indicated in the editorial for the inaugural issue, the purview of this journal is broad enough to encompass a variety of disciplinary approaches, including but not confined to ...
Keep Reading »Statement on Arrest and Imprisonment of Bahraini Medical Professionals
![[Bahraini health workers protest attacks on doctors in 2011. Image by Mazen Mahdi via Wikimedia Commons]](/content_images/3/sm_bahraindoctorsprotestweb.jpg "[Bahraini health workers protest attacks on doctors in 2011. Image by Mazen Mahdi via Wikimedia Commons]")
[The following statement was issued by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights on 3 October 2012.] On 2 October 2012, six medical professionals and human rights defenders were arrested in Bahrain following early morning raids on their homes. Their arrests came a day after the Court of Cassation in Manama upheld the prison sentences of nine doctors and nurses for the legitimate exercise of their profession and their right to freedom of expression during last year’s ...
Keep Reading »Jadaliyya Co-Editor Sinan Antoon Awarded National Translation Prize for Darwish Translation
Sinan Antoon, co-founder and co-editor of Jadaliyya, received the 2012 National Translation Award for In the Presence of Absence (Archipelago Books, 2011), his translation of Fi Hadrat al-Ghiyab (2006), the last prose book by the late Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish (1941-2008). The $5,000 prize is given annually to a translator whose work, by virtue of its quality and significance, has made the most valuable contribution to literary translation in the U.S and Canada in the ...
Keep Reading »Reports Roundup (October 7)
![[Banner at RToP 2011 in Cape Town. Image by Meraj Chhaya via Flickr]](/content_images/3/sm_NEWbig_russelltribunalweb.jpg "[Banner at RToP 2011 in Cape Town. Image by Meraj Chhaya via Flickr]")
[The following list is a compilation of the reports, statements, and other materials featured on the Jadaliyya Reports Page this past week.] Press Release: The River Has Two Banks The River Has Two Banks seeks to bridge the divide between Palestinian and Jordanian identity and communal history through a series of discussions taking place from September through November 2012. Divided We Stand: Libya's Enduring Conflicts International Crisis Group issued a ...
Keep Reading »On Music, Politics, and Ethical Responsibility
![[Image from pacbi.org]](/content_images/3/sm_Image-BDS-Spelled-Outline.jpg "[Image from pacbi.org]")
[The following statement was issued by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) on 3 October 2012.] Earlier in September, in the lead up to a performance by the Red Hot Chili Peppers in apartheid Israel, a worldwide campaign calling on them to cancel their show gathered steam. Over the last several months, our South African, Lebanese, Indian, American, Israeli, and Italian partners, among others, had all written letters ...
Keep Reading »Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Migrant Workers Caught Between Employers' Abuse and Poor Implementation of the Law
![[Report logo. Image from tamkeen-jo.org]](/content_images/3/sm_tamkeenmigrantslogo.jpg "[Report logo. Image from tamkeen-jo.org]")
[The following report was issued by Tamkeen for Legal and Human Rights.] Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Migrant Workers Caught Between Employers' Abuse and Poor Implementation of the Law General Summary Administrative and Legal Framework of Migrant Workers in Jordan According to statistics released by the Ministry of Labor in 2011, there are around 280,275 documented migrant workers in Jordan. In addition to these documented workers, there are ...
Keep Reading »Bio
These are articles, reports, stories, statements or emails sent to Jadaliyya for the purpose of dissemination. Sometimes, they include images and videos of on-the-ground situations. They do not necessarily reflect the point of view of Jadaliyya editors.
©2010-2013 by the Arab Studies Institute. All Rights Reserved. info@jadaliyya.com
site by concepcion design