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Reports Roundup (August 25)
![[Poster from 2011 Protests in Egypt. Image by Essam Sharaf via Wikimedia Commons.]](/content_images/3/sm_facebookrev.jpg "[Poster from 2011 Protests in Egypt. Image by Essam Sharaf via Wikimedia Commons.]")
[The following list is a compilation of the reports, statements, and other materials featured on the Jadaliyya Reports Page this past week.] South African Government Discourages Citizens from Traveling to Israel The South African Boycott, Divest, and Sanction movement reports on a recent statement from the South African government denouncing the "boycott-busting" trips organized for students and journalists. Safe Streets Campaign in Yemen The Safe ...
Keep Reading »Press Release: Bahrain Hires London and Washington-Based Companies to Improve Image
![[Image by Allan Donque via Wikimedia Commons]](/content_images/3/sm_bahrainflags.png "[Image by Allan Donque via Wikimedia Commons]")
[The following statement was issued by Bahrain Watch on 23 August 2012.] Bahrain Government Hires 18 Western Companies to Improve Image After Unrest New Project to Track Govt Spin Campaign Shows Over $32M Spent on PR The Government of Bahrain has spent or allocated at least US$ 32.5 million for the services of eighteen different London and Washington DC based companies, to improve its image in the Western media, since the start of pro-democracy protests last ...
Keep Reading »Traveling Open Call for Palestinian Artists (30 August Deadline)
![[Allenby Bridge Cross at Jordanian-Palestinian border. Image from US Library of Congress]](/content_images/3/sm_800px-Allenby_Bridge_LOC_matpc_05499.jpg "[Allenby Bridge Cross at Jordanian-Palestinian border. Image from US Library of Congress]")
The River Has Two Banks invites Palestinian artists/writers/thinkers traveling via Jordan to stay for an additional night/day to present their work in Amman in an artist talk at Makan art space. The politics of segregation has greatly hindered travel across the east and west banks of the River Jordan. For those in Jordan, travel into Palestine remains a dream that is determined/prevented by an Israeli visa. For Palestinians living in the West Bank, Jordan is the only exit ...
Keep Reading »Call for Papers: Mediterranean Research Meeting (Mersin, Turkey, 20-23 March 2013)
![[European University Institute logo. Image from eui.eu]](/content_images/3/sm_euilogo.png "[European University Institute logo. Image from eui.eu]")
14th Mediterranean Research Meeting 20 - 23 March 2013 Mersin, Turkey Goals Reaching its Fourteenth Session, the Mediterranean Research Meeting (MRM) aims: To foster theoretical and empirical research and dialogue among scholars from countries across the Mediterranean whose research focuses on the Mediterranean To cover all Mediterranean areas as widely as possible, with topics relating to the Middle East, North Africa, Southern and South-Eastern ...
Keep Reading »In the Arab World, Social Media Has Fast Developed into a Medium for the Masses
[The following interview was issued by Arabic Knowledge @ Wharton on 12 June 2012.] During Tunisia's revolution, Asma Mansour's parents kept her locked at home for her own safety. But Mansour was continuously in touch with those on the street and from her computer, updated through Facebook and Skype on the latest. Being president of the Tunisian chapter of the Junior Chamber International (JCI) and an alumna of AIESEC, an international youth leadership development ...
Keep Reading »From Resilience to Revolt: Making Sense of the Arab Spring
![[Protest in Amman in January 2012. Image by Charles Roffey via Flickr]](/content_images/3/sm_resilience.jpg "[Protest in Amman in January 2012. Image by Charles Roffey via Flickr]")
[The following report was issued by the Research and Documentation Centre (WODC) of the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice on 21 June 2012.] From Resilience to Revolt: Making Sense of the Arab Spring Executive Summary Early 2011 waves of protest started rolling through the Middle East. Though in many states the status quo was only shaken without any actual transformations, the popular uprisings, which have since become known as the "Arab Spring," did manage ...
Keep Reading »The PhD's Job Crisis
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[The following analysis of the academic job market was published on marccortez.com]
Keep Reading »Joint Statement for the Release of Bahraini Human Rights Activists
![[Nabeel Rajab in his office. Image by Isa Alhammadi via Wikimedia Commons]](/content_images/3/sm_Nabeel_Rajab.jpg "[Nabeel Rajab in his office. Image by Isa Alhammadi via Wikimedia Commons]")
[The following letter was issued by the International Freedom of Expression Exchange on 17 August 2012.] As international human rights groups, we call on member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council who participated in Bahrain's Universal Periodic Review in May 2012 to urge Bahrain to release human rights defenders and peaceful opposition activists, who have been subjected to constant harassment by security forces and the courts for exercising ...
Keep Reading »Call for Papers: Congress of Contemporary Research on the Middle East (Erlangen, Germany, 4-6 October 2012)
![[Image from davo2012.de]](/content_images/3/sm_davologo.png "[Image from davo2012.de]")
19th International Congress of Contemporary Research on the Middle East, DAVO Congress 4 – 6 October 2012 Erlangen, Germany The German Middle East Studies Association for Contemporary Research and Documentation (DAVO) is calling for papers for its 19th International Congress. The conference will be held at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, chaired by Prof. Dr. Christoph Schumann (Professur für Politik und Zeitgeschichte des Nahen Ostens) and Dr. Jörn Thielmann ...
Keep Reading »Safe Streets Campaign in Yemen
![[Safe Streets logo. Image from thesafestreets.org]](/content_images/3/sm_safestreetslogo.png "[Safe Streets logo. Image from thesafestreets.org]")
As part of the social protests sweeping the Middle East over the past year and half, a number of movements have arisen to tackle the issue of sexual harassment. One such movement is Yemen's Safe Streets campaign, founded in the fall of 2011. Safe Streets encourages both men and women to speak out about and against street harassment via the following media:
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