I wrote The Politics of Melodrama after realizing that Ihsan Abdel Kouddous’s wildly popular romantic serials operated on two levels. At first glance, they were cliff‑hangers that boosted the circulation of Rose El Youssef<..

In this episode of Long Form, Hala Rharrit discusses the 

As I note in the Preface of my book, Stuart Schaar suggested I write a book about Edward Said similar to the book he had written about our mutual friend, the late Eqbal Ahmad. After this, I experimented with the idea through talks delivered at various universit..

On 20 June 2013, Jadaliyya launched the Turkey Page. As the Page Editors noted at the time, we set out on our work “in the midst of ongoing violence unleashed by municipal and state authorities in Turkey against protesters” throughout the country—but also, as one of the page’s founding ..