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Trafficking and Foreign Labor in the Gulf: An Interview with Pardis Mahdavi
Earlier this month, the US State Department released its annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, an inventory of the world’s efforts at combating the global trade in people. The 2011 report marks a turning point of sorts for US foreign policy. For the first time ever, the new TIP includes an assessment—if predictably positive—of Washington’s own attempts at battling trafficking at home. More encouraging still, the report reflects the explicit recognition that trafficking is not only about the forced prostitution of women but represents the problem of coerced labor of both women and men around the world. Despite these progressive shifts, however, the new report ...
Keep Reading »On Cultural Production and the Syrian Revolution: Part 3 of an Interview with Rosa Yaseen Hassan
In late June, a Jadaliyya affiliate sat with Syrian novelist Rosa Yaseen Hassan to talk about the Syrian revolution. The interview was conducted in Arabic and transcribed/translated into English. This post represents Part 3 of the interview, in which Hassan discusses culture and culture production in Syria during the Syrian revolution. Part 1 and Part 2, each dealing with the nature of the Syrian revolution and regimes attempts to suppress it, respectively, will be published later this week. [Rosa Yaseen Hassan is a Syrian writer and activist. She studied architecture and worked as a journalist. She has published a short story collection, Sama' Mulawwatha Bi-l-daw' (A ...
Keep Reading »On Writing and Revolution: An Interview with Mohamed Salah Al-Azab
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Chris Stone met with the writer Mohamed Salah al-Azab in Cairo on May 30, 2011, and the Arabic text can be found here. When Chris mentioned that Jadaliyya was thinking of juxtaposing his interview next to one with Sonallah Ibrahim, Mohamed asked if his name had been brought with Sonallah, as they had apparently disagreed at a conference recently. CS: What was the conference about? MSA: It was about a book on the revolution. CS: I've noticed that there are already a number of books. MSA: But be careful. All of these books on the revolution are commercial books. Perhaps the only one worth reading is Ahmed Zaghloul Al-Sheety's A Hundred Steps from the ...
Keep Reading »Jadaliyya Co-Editor Bassam Haddad on Rami Makhlouf in the New York Times
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[From the New York Times. Jadaliyya Co-Editor Bassam Haddad was interviewed by the New York Times for their first story on the move to charity work by the Syrian Tycoon, Rami Makhlouf] Reviled Tycoon, Assad’s Cousin, Resigns in Syria By ANTHONY SHADID BEIRUT, Lebanon — Syria’s most powerful businessman, a confidant and cousin of President Bashar al-Assad, announced on Thursday that he was quitting business and moving to charity work, Syrian television said. The move, if true, would suggest that Mr. Assad was so concerned about the continuing protests that he would sacrifice a relative to public anger. The businessman, Rami Makhlouf, a 41-year-old tycoon who ...
Keep Reading »BBC Interview with Bassam Haddad on the Question of "Sectarianism" in Syria
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This is an interview conducted by the BBC with Jadaliyya Co-Editor Bassam Haddad on the question of "sectarianism" in Syria. It was recorded a few weeks prior, but we have decided to publish it because of the magnitude that this topic has occupied in the past days.
Keep Reading »How Do You Finance Social Justice in Egypt? Jadaliyya Interview With Journalist Wael Gamal
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This is our third in a series of interviews we conducted in Cairo during our recent trip. We had the fortune to meet with a friend and prominent journalist, Wael Gamal, whose column in al-Shurouq's economy section is closely followed in Egypt and beyond--and is also published here on Jadaliyya (see video below). We discussed the overarching question of "social justice" after the revolution. In particular, how do you finance social justice in a country like Egypt? The left has always prioritized or privileged the question of social justice over and above the elastic notion of democracy. Nonetheless, in this post-revolutionary environment, everyone, it seems, is ...
Keep Reading »Opportunities and Challenges Facing the Egyptian Revolution: Interview with Blogger Wael Khalil
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This is our second in our series of interviews we conducted in Cairo recently. We had the pleasure of catching blogger Wael Khalil on May 30th between tweets and blogging the post-revolution phase. Wael discussed the opportunities and concerns that many Egyptians have as the post-revolution period unfolds. Wael Khalil is an activist and a blogger. He has been active in the Palestinian Solidarity, Anti-War, and Democracy movements that pervaded the Egyptian scene in the decade that preceded the revolution. He is a software engineer by education and profession. Wael maintains a popular blog at waelk.net and you can find his resourceful ...
Keep Reading »Letter from Tehran
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[This interview was conducted in Tehran by Manijeh Nasrabadi of the Raha Iranian Feminist Collective one year after the green uprising. For more from the Raha Iranian Feminist Collective, see their "Essential Readings: Iran"] On June 12, 2010, the tense one-year anniversary of the post-election uprising that made the color green an international symbol of a people’s democratic aspirations, hundreds of special security forces stood shoulder to shoulder along Tehran’s major boulevards and squares with knives, batons, and walkie-talkies ready. Nonetheless, the evening traffic from Imam Square to Revolution Square swelled well beyond the normal numbers of ...
Keep Reading »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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During our trip to Egypt we had the fortune of meeting and interviewing a number of distinguished journalists, bloggers, and activists, as well as a host of other Egyptians from all walks of life. Our coverage of Friday, May 27, protests can be found here and here. Today, we begin publishing the video interviews we conducted, starting with our own Jadaliyya Co-Editor, Mohamed Waked. Mohamed is a researcher and an activist who led and participated in the mobilization leading up to the Egyptian revolution. He was also arrested in the process by the Mubarak regime. Here, Mohamed addresses succinctly the role of the increasingly notorious Supreme Council of the Armed Forces ...
Keep Reading »Russia TV Interview with Jadaliyya Co-Editor on Palestine, Obama, and AIPAC
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This is a Russia TV interview with Jadaliyya Co-Edtor Noura Erakat that aired on Tuesday May 24, 2011. In it, Noura discusses developments surrounding the Question of Palestine, with particular emphasis on the role of U.S. foriegn policy and Barack Obama's recent speech at the AIPAC Summitt.
Keep Reading »Arab Uprisings and Middle East Studies: Roundtable with Beshara Doumani, Charles Hirschkind, Saba Mahmood, and Stefania Pandolfo
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This is an audio recording of an informal roundtable on how the recent popular uprisings in the Arab world have impacted research and teaching on the Middle East in the various disciplines. The roundtable was held on May 2 at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) as part of the Luncheon Seminar, a monthly gathering of faculty and graduate students at UCB who work on the Middle East and North Africa and Islam-related topics. This roundtable capped five meetings of the Luncheon Seminar during the Spring 2011 Semester, all of which were focused on the impact of the Arab Uprisings on our work and understanding of this region. Beshara Doumani, Stefania ...
Keep Reading »Democracy Now! Interview with Toby Jones on Saudi Arabia
![[Left to right: Toby C. Jones, Amy Goodman, and Juan Gonazalez. Image from screen short of video broadcast.]](/content_images/3/sm_tcjdn.jpg "[Left to right: Toby C. Jones, Amy Goodman, and Juan Gonazalez. Image from screen short of video broadcast.]")
This is an interview conducted with Toby Jones on Friday, April 6, in regards to the Saudi regime's response to calls for reform both in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. The interview addresses the recent events in both kingdoms, highlighting the role of oil wealth and US foreign policy. It also discusses the possible impact of the recently announced killing of Usam Bin Ladin. Transcripts of the interview follow the below video. Saudi Arabia—the oil rich kingdom that is the birthplace and former home of Osama bin Laden—has staved off the widespread popular protests that have swept across the region since January. The country’s oil-rich Eastern Province, bordering Bahrain, has ...
Keep Reading »The Syrian Revolution: Interview with Rosa Yaseen Hassan (Part 1)
In late June, a Jadaliyya affiliate sat with Syrian novelist Rosa Yaseen Hassan to talk about the Syrian revolution. The interview was conducted in Arabic by a Jadaliyya affiliate and transcribed/translated into English by Ziad Abu-Rish. This post represents Part 1 of the interview, in which Hassan discusses the nature of the Syrian revolution. Part 2 deals with the nature of the regime's attempts to suppress the revolution. Part 3 discusses culture and culture production in Syria during the Syrian ...
Keep Reading »Entrevista al novelista egipcio Sonallah Ibrahim sobre la revolucion; la imaginacion como acto transitivo
[This interview was conducted in Arabic by Elliott Cola and translated/published in Spanish by www.rebelion.org] Entrevista al novelista egipcio Sonallah Ibrahim sobre la revolución: La imaginación como acto transitivo [Traducción para Rebelión de Loles Oliván] El mes pasado el novelista egipcio Sonallah Ibrahim se sentó con Jadaliyya para hablar de revolución, literatura e imaginación. Como siempre, el autor fue generoso: abordó su amplia visión sobre la política, la literatura y la ...
Keep Reading »On Resonance/Dissonance: An Interview with Khyam Allami
Khyam Allami, a London-based Iraqi musician, has just released his debut work, Resonance/Dissonance (available through Eka3 in the Middle East and Nawa Recordings everywhere else.) This interview was conducted by e-mail. You can see him live in concert on: Thu 7 July– Home for Cooperation (H4C), Nicosia, Cyprus Sat 9 July – Théâtre de Beyrouth, Beirut, Lebanon Mon 11 July – Al Balad Theatre, Amman, Jordan Sat 16 July – Rich Mix, London, United Kingdom
Keep Reading »Democracy Now! Interview with Toby Jones on Saudi Arabia's Role in Bahrain and Yemen
This is an interview conducted with Toby C. Jones on Thursday, June 16, in regards to Saudi Arabia's counter-revolutionary role in both Bahrain and Yemen. Transcripts of the interview follow the below video. While the United States remains heavily involved in the Libya conflict, it has been noticeably silent on the violent suppression of popular uprisings against autocratic regimes in Bahrain and Yemen, both of which are close allies of Saudi Arabia. In March, Bahrain called in Saudi troops to help ...
Keep Reading »The Imagination as Transitive Act: an Interview with Sonallah Ibrahim
Last month, the Egyptian novelist Sonallah Ibrahim sat down with Jadaliyya to talk about revolution, literature and the imagination. As always, the author was generous -- presenting a broad view of literature politics, and life. (Recorded in Cairo, May 14, 2011; the Arabic text can be found here. A Spanish translation can be found here.) Elliott Colla: Was what happened in January and February a revolution? Sonallah Ibrahim: It certainly was not a revolution. A revolution has a program and goal—a ...
Keep Reading »Iraq After Maliki's "100 Days": An Interview with Iraqi Organizer Uday al-Zaidi
On February 27, 2011, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki gave his parliament 100 days to "reform" their sometimes totally nonfunctional ministries or face consequences, in response “to people’s demands” as he put it. Those demands have taken the form of some of the least noted events of the Arab Spring: large mobilizations in Baghdad's Tahrir Square; mass acts of civil disobedience and a general strike in Mosul; and the resignations of several governors all over Iraq, including two Basra ...
Keep Reading »Democracy Now! Interview with Abdul-Ghani Al-Iryani on Saleh Departure
This is an interview conducted with Abdul-Ghani Al-Iryani on Monday, June 6, in regards to President Ali Abdallah Saleh's departure from Yemen. The interview addresses the events surrounding his departure to Saudi Arabia, highlighting the possibilities of regime change and the role US foreign policy. Transcripts of the interview follow the below video. Thousands of people in Yemen are rejoicing at the departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The embattled leader is reportedly in Saudi Arabia for ...
Keep Reading »UCLA Uncut Interview with James Gelvin on Obama's May 19 Speech
This is an 11-minute edited video of an interview conducted with James L. Gelvin after President Barack Obama's "Middle East Speech" that was delivered on May 19, 2011. In it, Gelvin discusses the lukewarm reaction throughout the Middle East to Obama's speech, outlining the ways in which the stated objectives and policies of the United States fell short of both the needs and expectations of the people of the Arab world.
Keep Reading »Kenyon Review Interview with Sinan Antoon on Literature and Arab Uprisings
[The following interview was conducted with Jadaliyya Co-Editor Sinan Antoon on the relatonship between the Arab uprisings and literature. The interview was originally published on the Kenyon Review Blog.] 1. How do you think literature may or should respond to this spring’s events? What role (or roles) would you say literature has played, and how might those roles change? Literature always responds to history, of course, but works hastily written under the pressure of responding often risk being ...
Keep Reading »Democracy Now! Roundtable with Noura Erakat on Obama Speech and Palestine
This is a roundtable interview conducted with Jadaliyya Co-Editor Noura Erakat, author Norman Finkelstein, and J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami on Friday, May 20 in reference to President Barack Obama's May 18th "Middle East Speech" and U.S. policy towards Palestine and Israel. In a major speech on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and on the Arab Spring, President Obama said a Palestinian state must be based on the 1967 borders, the first time a U.S. president has explicitly taken ...
Keep Reading »All Sides Interview with Jadaliyya Co-Editor on Killing of Osama Bin Ladin
[This is an interview conducted with Jadaliyya Co-Editor Bassam Haddad on May 3, 2011, by Ann Fisher on her WOSU show, All Sides. The interview addresses the significance of Osama Bin Ladin's death in Muslim, Arab, and Western states. It also discusses recent developments with the Arab uprisings, in particular the unfolding events in Syria.] Bassam Haddad: Perspective on the Middle East We’ll discuss the recent death of Osama Bin Laden and reactions in the Middle East. What exactly were the reactions ...
Keep Reading »Al-Jazeera's "Inside Story" Debate on International Intervention in Syria, with Jadaliyya Co-Editor
[From AJE] It has been an uprising that has so far claimed more than 450 lives. And with Friday billed another day of rage, violence in Syria does not seem to be abating. Western powers have now convened a special session of the UN's top human rights body on Friday to investigate possible abuses by Bashar al-Assad's forces against anti-government protesters. There are growing calls to establish a fact-finding mission. And US and European diplomats have asked the UN Human Rights Council to order a ...
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About Interviews
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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