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Making Sense of Developments in Egypt and Syria: A KPFA Interview with Jadaliyya Co-Editors Hesham Sallam and Bassam Haddad
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In the following interviews with KPFA's Khalil Bendib and Sharam Aghamir, Jadaliyya Co-Editors Hesham Sallam and Bassam Haddad, discuss developments in Egypt and Syria, respectively (listen below). In his interview, Hesham Sallam (between the two minute mark and the thirty-four minute mark) highlights what these protests are about, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces's (SCAF) brutal response, and how the uprising is not a limited protest or occupation, but rather the potential start of a national mass uprising. He specifically discusses the ways in which statement and speechs by the SCAF are designed less to respond to the demands of the protesters ...
Keep Reading »A Syrian Activist in Hiding: Democracy Now! Interview with Razan Zaitouneh
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Daily protests continue in Syria even as the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights estimates the government has killed more than 3,500 people during the last eight months in its attempt to silence a growing popular uprising. Over the weekend, protesters carried out a general strike in several cities. We get a live report from Damascus from Razan Zaitouneh, a lawyer and human rights activist, who says she believes at least 4,133 people have been killed. "At the same time that the protests are continuing around the country daily, the average of killing is also increasing. It’s now at least 30 persons get killed daily by the regime in ...
Keep Reading »The Fire Next Time Is Now: An Interview with Angus Wright
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Angus Wright has a way of saying things we may not want to hear in a way that is hard to ignore. An example: During a meeting of environmentalists about shaping the public conversation on our most pressing ecological crises, folks were wrestling with how to present an honest analysis in accessible language—how to talk about the bad news and the need for radical responses without turning people off. During the discussion about the effects of climate change, Wright offered a simple suggestion for a slogan: “No more water, the fire next time.” Those words from a black spiritual, made famous by James Baldwin’s borrowing for his 1963 book The Fire Next Time, are usually ...
Keep Reading »Turkish Politics, Kurdish Rights, and the KCK Operations: An Interview with Asli Bali
![[Arrested individuals being transported to their hearing in Diyarbakir as supporters look on. Image from hurriyetdailynews.com]](/content_images/3/sm_kckpicture.jpg "[Arrested individuals being transported to their hearing in Diyarbakir as supporters look on. Image from hurriyetdailynews.com]")
Turkey recently has witnessed a massive police operation against activists, advocates, academics, and publishers who are pro-Kurdish on the grounds of alleged links to the outlawed “Union of Communities in Kurdistan” (sometimes also referred to as the Kurdish Communities Union), known by its Kurdish-language acronym, the KCK. In the following interview, Aslı Bali provides some context for the “KCK Operations,” with particular reference to the role of the Justice and Development Party—known by its Turkish-language acronym, the AKP—and what these operations reflect about the broader struggle for civilian rule and democratization. The interview was conducted via Skype on 2 ...
Keep Reading »Portraits of a People
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In the end, after the terror, torture, and murder, the tyrant rules with his face. The people cannot escape it, his image is all-consuming, devouring our streets, our walls, our shops, our screens. His face erases all others. Either you become a reflective surface for his image, or you disappear, literally and figuratively. This series is a response to his face with our own. Each portrait replaces his ruthless image with another of survival, resists his narrative with an untold story, as Syrian faces reclaim their rightful places on the walls of history and memory. Portrait of a Leader: Burhan Ghalioun One late summer day in 2001, Burhan Ghalioun was ...
Keep Reading »Leyla Halid'le Soylesi: Yasanmis Gundelik Bir Deneyim Olarak Direnis ve Devrim
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[This interview was conducted in Arabic by Ziad Abu-Rish and translated/published from English into Turkish by SOL KÜRE.] Leyla Halid’le Söyleşi: Yaşanmış Gündelik Bir Deneyim Olarak Direniş ve Devrim [Aşağıdaki metin, yazarın 2007 yazında Leyla Halid’le yaptığı söyleşi dizisinin 1. bölümüdür.] İşgal terörizmdir; bir mülteci olmak cehennemdir; yurdunuzun çalınması bir suçtur; bir özgürlük savaşçısı olmak özgürleşmektir. Bu tümcelerle başladım, çünkü Filistinli bir mülteci olma hikayesiyle ilgili birkaç husus üzerinde durmak istiyorum. 1944’de Hayfa’da doğdum. Ancak 1948’de vatanlarından çıkartılan tüm diğer Filistinli’ler gibi yurdumdan sürüldüm. ...
Keep Reading »Jadaliyya Interview with Leaders of the General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions
![[Left to right: S. Salman Jaffar Al Mahfoodh (Secretary General) and Abdulla Mohammed Hussain (Assistant Secretary-General for Arab and International Relations) of the GFBTU. Image from screen shot below.]](/content_images/3/sm_bahrainunionistjad.jpg "[Left to right: S. Salman Jaffar Al Mahfoodh (Secretary General) and Abdulla Mohammed Hussain (Assistant Secretary-General for Arab and International Relations) of the GFBTU. Image from screen shot below.]")
We recently had the chance to sit down and talk with representatives of the General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions during a US visit sponsored by the AFL-CIO. What follows is an edited sequence of different parts of the interview, which was conducted in Arabic on 6 October 2011 in Washington DC. The interview features S. Salman Jaffar Al Mahfoodh (Secretary General) and Abdulla Mohammed Hussain (Assistant Secretary-General for Arab and International Relations) of the General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions. A translated transcription is offered below the video (translated by Ziad Abu-Rish). [Click here for a Spanish translation of this interview.]
Keep Reading »Democracy Now! Interview with Toby Jones on "Iranian Assassination Plot"
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This is an interview conducted with Toby Jones on Wednesday, 12 October, in regards to the alleged Iranian-backed plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States. The interview addresses the facts that have been revealed thus far, potential explanations for why the Iranian regime would engage in such an an act, as well as questions and problems with the narrative of events that is currently unfolding. The interview also discusses the broader background and implications for both the United States and Saudi Arabia. In a 21-page indictment filed in New York federal court, two Iranian agents are charged with conspiring to kill Saudi Ambassador Adel al-Jubeir ...
Keep Reading »AJE Interview with Paul Sedra on Copts in Egypt and Recent Attack on Protesters
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The following interview with Paul Sedra aired live on Sunday 10 October 2011. Paul discusses the build up to and context of the protest of over 10,000 Egyptians (mainly Copts), which was attacked by plain clothed thugs as well as military personnel on Sunday 9 October. The attacks left at least seventeen dead and many more injured. The protest that was to take place yesterday in front of the Radio and Television Building at Maspero was ostensibly about the failure of Egypt’s military government to hold those responsible for attacking churches (most recently in Aswan) for their actions. But the massacre of protesters that ultimately came to pass, and the ...
Keep Reading »Resistance and Revolution as Lived Daily Experience: An Interview with Leila Khaled (Part 3)
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[This is Part 3 of a translated transcription of a series of interviews conducted by the author with Leila Khaled during the summer of 2007. Click here to read the Introduction to the interview, here to read Part 1, and here to read Part 2.] The 1960s were particularly formative for many activists and thinkers in the Middle East, Leila Khaled among them. It was the high point of the Arab Nationalist Movement (ANM), one of the major political parties of the period. Many of its members would splinter off and develop new organizations, including the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). This decade also marked important shifts ...
Keep Reading »Ma'an News Agency Interview with Jadaliyya Co-Editor Mouin Rabbani on Palestine UN Bid
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[The following interview with Jadaliyya Co-Editor Mouin Rabbani was published by Ma'an News Agency on 22 September 2011. It was conducted by Jared Malsin.] Escaping the diplomatic framework created by the never-completed Oslo peace accords is the only route for Palestinians to ensure the realizations of their rights, says Palestinian analyst Mouin Rabbani. In an interview on the eve of President Mahmoud Abbas’ push for recognition of a Palestinian state at the UN, Rabbani said the ultimate impact of this initiative will depend on precisely how the PLO proceeds. “It is only through the internationalization of the question of Palestine that you can preserve the claims ...
Keep Reading »Interview with Hossam El-Hamalawy on Counter-Revolution in Egypt
![[Hala Talaat, one of the coordinators of the teachers’ national strike. Image from www.arabawy.org]](/content_images/3/sm_hh.jpg "[Hala Talaat, one of the coordinators of the teachers’ national strike. Image from www.arabawy.org]")
Seven months after the fall of Hosni Mubarak, the popular debate on what constitutes genuine change and revolution in Egypt rages on. The decapitated hydra of Mubarak's regime lives on under a different guise, but average citizens seem more determined than ever to not let any special interests steal their hard-won revolution: not the military, not the neo-liberals, and not Islamists. Khalil Bendib spoke with activist and blogger Hossam El-Hamalawy about these struggles over the fate the Egyptian revolution. Click below to listen.
Keep Reading »Decolonizing Islamophobia in France: An Interview with Houria Bouteldja
I met Houria Bouteldja in Paris, France at the Institut du Monde Arabe, a building whose architectural majesty overcasts those around it, including the Notre Dame. Although it was built to raise cultural awareness (and in accordance with eighteen Arab countries), Houria, spokeswoman of Les Indigènes de la République, reminds me that it signifies much more. Like the country’s shifting national identity, the building is itself in motion, its very walls are apertures that open and close every hour to ...
Keep Reading »The Ongoing Struggle in Bahrain: An Interview with Alaa Shehabi
Alaa Shehabi (AS): I am Alaa Shehabi from Bahrain. I am a lecturer, economist, and writer by day. I am also the wife of a political detainee. My husband is called Ghazi Farhan, he is a businessman, completely apolitical. A month after the Saudis invaded, he was arrested from his office car park. On that day, 12 April, he came home for lunch and played with our baby and then drove back to his office. I did not hear from him again. I went online and read on Twitter that Ghazi Farhan has been successfully ...
Keep Reading »Organizing for No Military Trials for Civilians: Interview with Egyptian Activist Shahira Abouellail
Since the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) assumed interim governance of Egypt on 28 January 2011, at least twelve thousand civilians have been subjected to speedy military trials, often without any access to lawyers, witnesses, or evidence. SCAF is using military trials as a means to stifle dissent and create a climate of fear in Egypt. Ragia Omran, an attorney and co-founder of the civic group, No Military Trials for Civilians, says that during the first months of its governance, SCAF ...
Keep Reading »Unfulfilled Promises and Demands in Post-Revolution Egypt: Interview with Wael Gamal
In this short interview, Wael Gamal discusses the unfulfilled promises and demands in post-revolution Egypt. Since February, the powers that be in Egypt, symbolized and represented by the Supreme Council for the Armed Forces, had promised or agreed to implement a number of policies and decisions that comport with the spirit and demands of the protesters. These demands centered primarily on a a range of issues from salaries to food prices and housing. Wael discusses succinctly what the expectations were ...
Keep Reading »An Interview with Hisham Matar
On 22 August, the day Libyan rebel forces took Tripoli, acclaimed author and son of Libya, Hisham Matar, opened an impassioned essay with, “We got rid of Muammar Qaddafi. I never thought I would be able to write these words. I thought it might have to be something like: ‘Qaddafi has died of old age’; a terrible sentence, not only because of what it means but also the sort of bleak and passive future it promises. Now rebel forces have reached Tripoli, we can say we have snatched freedom with our own ...
Keep Reading »Entrevista con dirigentes de la Federacion General de Sindicatos de Bahrein
[This interview was conducted in Arabic by Bassam Haddad and Ziad Abu-Rish and translated/published from English into Spanish by www.rebelion.org] Entrevista con dirigentes de la Federación General de Sindicatos de Bahréin [Traducción para Rebelión de Loles Oliván] Recientemente tuvimos la oportunidad de sentarnos a hablar con representantes de la Federación General de Sindicatos de Bahréin durante una visita a Estados Unidos patrocinada por la federación de sindicatos AFL-CIO [American ...
Keep Reading »Generation Rev and the Struggle for Democracy: Interview with Aly El-Raggal
Generation Rev, the revolutionary generation that has overtaken the world stage, whether in Tahrir Square or on Wall Street, has arrived at a critical juncture. This group of twenty-somethings has been experimenting for five to six years with novel ways of doing politics. They are known for horizontal organizing, persistent civil disobedience, and networking and mobilizing across lines of difference—ideological and otherwise—all of which have been greatly facilitated by new media and mobile communication ...
Keep Reading »What Does a Jew Want?
Udi Aloni is a well-known Israeli filmmaker, theatre director, writer and activist, whose most recent work includes films such as Forgiveness, Local Angel, and Kashmir: Journey to Freedom. Columbia University Press just published his new book, What Does a Jew Want?: On Binationalism and Other Specters. I met with Aloni in Ramallah as he was beginning rehearsals for a production of “Waiting for Godot” with students from the Jenin Freedom Theater and continued the conversation in the United States.
Keep Reading »Resistance and Revolution as Lived Daily Experience: An Interview with Leila Khaled (Part 4)
[This is Part 4 of a translated transcription of a series of interviews conducted by the author with Leila Khaled during the summer of 2007. Click here to read the Introduction to the interview, here to read Part 1, here to read Part 2, and here to read Part 3] After a brief training period in Jordan in 1969, I found myself in Lebanon meeting with Dr. Wadi Haddad. He asked me if I was ready to die. I replied that I was and asked why. He then told me that the real ...
Keep Reading »Democracy Now! Interview with Jadaliyya Co-Editor Mouin Rabbani on Palestinian Statehood Bid
This is a debate featuring Jadaliyya Co-Editor Mouin Rabbani and Electronic Intifada's Ali Abunimah which aired live on 23 September, 2011. The interview centered around the question of whether or not the U.N. statehood bid advances or undermines the Palestinian struggle. Rabbani argued that the core Palestinian interest now is the internationalization of the Palestine Question in all its dimensions. He stressed that it is the only alternative to a totally bankrupt process monopolised by a ...
Keep Reading »Al-Jazeera Interview with Jadaliyya Co-Editor Noura Erakat on PLO/PA Strategy at the UN
The following interview aired live on Al Jazeera English's The Stream with Jadaliyya Co-Editor Noura Erakat on 20 September 2011. Erakat argues that if the PLO is serious about changing its strategy vis-a-vis Israel post-statehood bid, it should commit to shifting from bilateralism to multilateralism and look to its base for leadership. She counters the claim, advanced by co-guest Husam Zomlot, that the issue of the legitimacy of Palestinian representation is an "internal" issue that can be ...
Keep Reading »"Arab Talk" Interview with Jadaliyya Co-Editor Bassam Haddad on Syria and Arab Uprisings
This interview was conducted with Jadaliyya Co-Editor Bassam Haddad by Jess Ghannam of KPOO's "Arab Talk." The interview discusses the domestic, regional, and international implications of of the Arab uprisings, specifically what these uprisings mean for the future of Arab politics, the foreign policies of Arab states, as well as US-Arab relations. The interview ends with a discussion of developments in Syria as they relate to domestic dynamics and questions of solidarity for those of us living ...
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Jadaliyya’s Interview Page is a hub for all interviews published on Jadaliyya, including those in print, audio, and video formats. It features three categories of interviews: interviews conducted for Jadaliyya publication; interviews featuring Jadaliyya Co-Editors; interviews published elsewhere but considered important enough to be republished on Jadaliyya.
FEATURED INTERVIEWS
- Resistance and Revolution as Lived Daily Experience: An Interview with Leila Khaled (Part 2)
- Interview with Jadaliyya Co-Editor Mouin Rabbani on Palestinian Statehood
- The Syrian People Will Determine the Fate of Syria: An Interview with Burhan Ghalyoun
- Interview with Hossam El-Hamalawy on Counter-Revolution in Egypt
- How Do You Finance Social Justice in Egypt? Jadaliyya Interview With Journalist Wael Gamal
- The Stunting Role of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces After the Revolution: Interview with Jadaliyya Co-Editor Mohamed Waked
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