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Jadaliyya Revamps Arabic Section

Jadaliyya has revamped its Arabic section and reappears today with a bouquet of posts that reflect, in their variety and their approach, the open, critical and ambitious space Jadaliyya established more than a year and a half ago for writers and readers alike. Our bouquet reflects our trajectory as we move forward: Ibtisam Azem interviews Lebanese novelist Huda Barakat Nasser Rabat writes about the history and politics of public squares in the Arab world. Brahim ElGuabli contemplates Ibn Rushd’s posthumous journey. Ismail Nashif looks at the work of the Palestinian artist Anisa Ashkar.

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Anthony Shadid Is No Longer with Us

Anthony was a dear friend and colleague to so many of us at Jadaliyya. We are shocked and devastated by this loss. We have very little to say at this point, except to offer our deepest condolences to his family. Jadaliyya Editors   From the New York Times (Thursday Evening): At Work in Syria, Times Correspondent Dies Anthony Shadid, a prize-winning newspaper correspondent whose graceful dispatches for both The New York Times and The Washington Post covered nearly two decades of Middle East conflict and turmoil, died, apparently of an asthma attack, on Thursday while on a reporting assignment in eastern Syria. Tyler Hicks, a Times photographer who was with Mr. ...

New Year's Bouquet

2012 begins with another cultural nosegay of winter flowers:  * Another installation of Hamdy El-Gazzar's series of short stories on the Egyptian revolution, translated by Nancy Linthicum.  * Four poems by Joyce Mansour, translated by Gaelle Raphael * An excerpt from Tarek Eltayyeb's novel The Palm House, translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid.  * An excerpt from Kamel Riahi's novel Gorilla, translated by Elliott Colla. * Four poems by Hussein Habasch, translated by Sinan Antoon. * Part I of Al-Zahawi's "Revolt in Hell," translated by Firas Massouh. * Nadine Labaki's sectarian comedy, Where do we go now? reviewed by Max Weiss.  All ...

Call for Photos: Become a Contributing Photographer at Jadaliyya

Jadaliyya needs captivating photographs of the Arab world. As a primarily volunteer ezine, Jadaliyya depends on the solidarity and generosity of friends and supporters. We need your help now! Tens of thousands of unique viewers a month will see your work if you choose to let us display your photos under a Creative Commons license. Your name and bio will appear on the Contributors Page with a link to your website or photo feed. Whenever a photo of yours is used it will be credited to you, with your name linked to your profile on the Contributors Page. Occasionally, we may ask to use especially compelling photos in a featured photo essay. We agree to never share your ...

Call for Papers - Language Change and Gender Discourse(s) in the MENA Region: The Case of e-Arabic (Sfax University 12-14 April 2012)

Call for Papers Language change and gender discourse(s) in the MENA region: the case of e-Arabic Sfax University, Tunisia (12-14 April 2012) Deadlines: Abstracts on the 15th January 2012 The Arab Revolutions have accentuated and sometimes exaggerated the role of social media (Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube) and satellite television (Al-Jazeera) in the MENA region. Among Western analysts, some have spoken West’s failure to predict the Arab revolutions, which recalls the old Orientalist attitude of considering the region as homogeneous and easy to predict. As a result we are witnessing calls for a reconsideration of the methodologies and theories applied ...

Kalimat: Outlet for Political, Social, and Cultural Expression

Kalimat is a quarterly magazine committed to providing an outlet for political, cultural and social expression within the Arab region and its Diaspora. The creative directors, editors and designers of the region are not given a chance to express themselves. Instead, these roles are given to people of the more “modern” culture, increasing an adherence to the status quo. Kalimat Magazine is a vehicle that aspires to revolutionise media and design education in the Arab region. Our content is generated exclusively by creative producers of Arab descent, empowering Arabs to take over the telling of their own stories and adding their perspective to Current Affairs, ...

Call for Papers: 12th Annual Southwest Graduate Conference in Middle Eastern and North African Studies (University of Arizona, 29-30 March 2012)

12th Annual Southwest Graduate Conference in Middle Eastern and North African Studies University of Arizona, 29-30 March 2012 Invitation  The Middle East and North Africa Graduate Student Organization (MENA), the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), and the School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies (MENAS) at the University of Arizona cordially invite you to participate in the 12th Annual Southwest Graduate Conference in Middle Eastern and North African Studies to be held from Thursday, March 29, 2012 to Friday, March 30, 2012 in Tucson, Arizona.  Objectives  This conference aims to strengthen ties between academic ...

Call for Papers: Gulf Charities in the ‘Age of Terror’ and the ‘Arab Awakening’ Workshop (University of Cambridge, 11-14 July, 2012])

3rd Gulf Research Meeting Workshop: 'Gulf charities in the "Age of Terror" and the "Arab Awakening" University of Cambridge, 11-14 July 2012 Workshop Directors: Robert Lacey 115a Ebury Street London SW1W 9QU United Kingdom Email: robert@robertlacey.com www.insidethekingdom.net Jonathan Benthall Honorary Research Fellow Department of Anthropology University College London United Kingdom Email: jonathanbenthall@hotmail.com Abstract Motivated by the Islamic traditions of generosity and almsgiving, the charities of the Gulf States enjoy great potential to expand their activities inside the GCC and beyond. But two 21st ...

Announcing the Arab Council for the Social Sciences

A new arrival on the Arab research landscape is the Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS), which was recently legally established (in March 2011) as a regional, independent, non-profit organization headquartered in Beirut, Lebanon. The Council is dedicated to strengthening social science research and research capacity in the Arab world. It aims to promote a strong and vibrant social science community by facilitating and supporting networking and the collaborative production of knowledge between individuals and institutions within the region and beyond. Its structure includes a General Assembly, an elected Board of Trustees and a Secretariat headed by the Director ...