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Bulgaria Bombing Catches Country Unprepared
![[The digitally reconstructed face of the suicide bomber. Image released by the Ministry of Interior.]](/content_images/3/sm_H3LLO.png "[The digitally reconstructed face of the suicide bomber. Image released by the Ministry of Interior.]")
It has been almost two weeks since the bombing in Burgas, Bulgaria, that killed five Israelis and one Bulgarian, and the investigation has still not yielded answers. Foreign security agents and experts flooded the country to help local authorities trace the organisers. One newspaper alleged that the Israeli secret services have completely taken over the investigation and are blocking out their Bulgarian counterparts, which is putting in question whether the Bulgarian public will ever know the truth about the bombing. Just a few hours after the explosion, Israel already named their suspects: Iran and Hezbollah. Israeli and Western media followed its lead and spread the ...
Keep Reading »Debate Over Open Data in Yemen
![[Image by JoshuaDavisPhotography via Flickr]](/content_images/3/sm_datatake2.jpg "[Image by JoshuaDavisPhotography via Flickr]")
[The following statement was published by Global Integrity on 5 July 2012. The statement responds to on an April Guaridan blog post by Yemeni journalist Walid Al-Saqaf claiming that open data in Yemen would facilitate democratization. Following the Global Integrity article is the original blogger's response, also dated 5 July 2012.] The Case Against Open Data in Yemen (By Global Integrity) In a recent blog post on the Guardian, renowned independent Yemeni journalist Walid Al-Saqaf argues for why Yemen should make a push for open government data. Here at Global Integrity, we have had the pleasure of working with Walid off and on for ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (July 31)
![[A Protestor throwing back a tear gat canister to the riot police in Sitra, Bahrain, 31 December 2011/ Image by Saeed Saif]](/content_images/3/sm__ISA3116.jpg "[A Protestor throwing back a tear gat canister to the riot police in Sitra, Bahrain, 31 December 2011/ Image by Saeed Saif]")
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Arabian Peninsula and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Arabian Peninsula Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to ap@jadaliyya.com by Monday night of every week.] Reports and Opinions Badar is Back Elliot Abrams writes on the appointment of Prince Bandar bin Sultan as the head of intelligence in the Kingdom and the prince's strong qualities, in The Weekly Standard. The New Generation of Saudi Princes As'ad AbuKhalil argues that Prince Bandar bin Sultan's new appointment is "an ...
Keep Reading »خمسون دقيقة مع مناف طلاس
![[مناف طلاس. المصدر جريدة الأخبار]](/content_images/3/sm_manaf-tlass2.jpg "[مناف طلاس. المصدر جريدة الأخبار]")
[نشر هذا المقال للمرة الأولى باللغة الإنجليزية في مجلة "مدل إيست ريبورت"، وترجمه إلى العربية وائل سواح.] أثناء إحدى زياراتي الدورية إلى سورية، كنت مع مجموعة من الأصدقاء في مطعم من تلك المطاعم الصاخبة التي بدأت تغزو بكثافة المدينة القديمة المحيطة بحي باب توما في دمشق. ليست هذه المطاعم سواء، فبعضها كان أكثر ازدحاماً، وغالباً ما يتردد عليه الأجانب وطبقة معينة من المجتمع الدمشقي تضم افراداً مؤيدين للنظام، وآخرين معارضين له. وتجدر الإشارة إلى أنه في أواسط العقد الماضي لم يكن رأي المرء في النظام بحد ذاته مهماً، فما كان يجمع هؤلاء الدمشقيين معاً هو الفائدة المشتركة التي يجنونها من سياسات الإصلاح الاقتصادية التي بدأها بشار الأسد وما أنتجته هذه السياسات من توزيع ...
Keep Reading »فواحش الأديان وصوامد الإنسان: الأديان تحاكم مستقبلها
![[كاريكاتير للفنان السوري علي فرزات]](/content_images/3/sm_din.jpg "[كاريكاتير للفنان السوري علي فرزات]")
أرقب في خضم المعترك الثوري العربي الصراع الديني وشيوخ، باعتبارات الفوارق بين الدين والتدين ومظاهر التدين، وتمركز المؤسسات التسلطية باسم التدين ومظاهر التدين نفسه إزاء مؤسسات الإنسان والمجتمع وما تشكله من جذور وطقوس وتمظهرات ثقافية وحضارية مستمرة، ولا زالت مؤسسات التدين ومظاهره تتعامل بصلف ومكابرة ضد مؤسسات الإنسان والمجتمع. تفقد مؤسسات التدين ومظاهره حركية الزمن وتطورات الإنسانية ومجتمعاتها، بل إنها تكشف عن دأبها في تدمير العلاقة بينها وبين مجتمعاتها التي تعدها جزءاً من ذهنيتها وسلوكها وذاكرتها، ولا أدل من ذلك بادعائها في مثالين أسوقهما بأن تكيل تهمة الرذيلة وازدراء الدين أو تهمة الردة أو تهمة التطاول إزاء الفعل الإنساني والفعل الثقافي، وهو موضوع هذا المقالة. ...
Keep Reading »Egypt Media Roundup (July 30)
![[The Egyptian Republican Guard in Tahrir Square. Image originally posted to Flickr by Johnathan Rashad.]](/content_images/3/sm_7480988080_33df5cecfa.jpg "[The Egyptian Republican Guard in Tahrir Square. Image originally posted to Flickr by Johnathan Rashad.]")
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Egypt and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Egypt Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to egypt@jadaliyya.com by Sunday night of every week.] “National Front calls on President Morsy to keep promises” The National Front criticizes Morsi’s latest cabinet appointments. “Qandil and the mystique of technocratic governments” Sharif Elmusa says that the idea that technocrats are objective and unbiased is a false notion. “Still unclear how new constitution will address army” The new constitution ...
Keep Reading »Neither Allah, Nor Master
![[A screenshot from Al Jazeera coverage of Nadia el Fani's film.]](/content_images/3/sm_ScreenShot2012-07-29at11.57.36AM.png "[A screenshot from Al Jazeera coverage of Nadia el Fani's film.]")
An exploration of secularism and public religiosity in post-revolution Tunisia, Nadia el Fani's Neither Allah, Nor Master serves more as a vehicle for an intellectual who poses as a victim of Islamism. The film attempts to probe into the question of fasting and alcohol sales during the Islamic month of Ramadan when Muslims abstain from food and drink from sunrise to sunset, and when many liquor stores close their doors. The premise is simple: an atheist Tunisian is at the mercy of the Islam-of-the-Islamists who compel people to fast and avoid drinking for Ramadan. But while the film never backs down from this victim prose, the exhibited evidence demonstrates the ...
Keep Reading »Beirut Event: Public Meeting on Arab Feminist Knowledge Production (29 July 2012)
![[Logo for Arab Feminist Knowledge Production Meeting. Image from sawtalniswa.com]](/content_images/3/sm_afkpm2.png "[Logo for Arab Feminist Knowledge Production Meeting. Image from sawtalniswa.com]")
This weekend, a group of Arab feminist activists, scholars, and writers are gathering in Beirut to discuss a range of issues related to feminist knowledge production. While the general meeeting sessions are closed to the public, there will be a public meeting held at Nasawiya Cafe (see below for directions) on Sunday, 29 July 2012, at 7pm to highlight some of the participating organizations/projects and invite discussion and reflection on their particular work and the broader theme of Arab feminist knowledge production. نهار الاحد في ٢٩ من تمّوز ٢٠١٢، يفتح اللقاء العربي النسوي لانتاج المعرفة ابواب اللقاء للمهتمين والمهتمات يهذه الموضوع والراغبين في الاطلاع والتعرف ...
Keep Reading »Morocco Reforms: Criminalizing Dissent
![[Images of the six February 20th Movement activists detained in Casablanca, Morocco. Image from Mamfakinch.]](/content_images/3/sm_ScreenShot2012-07-27at2.11.26PM.png "[Images of the six February 20th Movement activists detained in Casablanca, Morocco. Image from Mamfakinch.]")
It has been over a year since the first pro-democracy protests began in Morocco. Since 20 February 2011, the beginning of the February 20 Movement, Morocco has adopted a new constitution which promises measures of liberalization. Rushed parliamentary elections brought the Islamist Party of Justice and Development (PJD) to the forefront of the new government. Supporters of the regime argue that it will take time for the reforms to be enacted, but there is little to indicate that Morocco is truly heading toward a path of democratic reforms. On Sunday 22 July, the remaining chapters of the February 20 Movement staged nationwide protests – from Rabat to Casablanca ...
Keep Reading »Reports of Cluster Munitions Use in Syria
![[CMC logo. Image from stopclustermunitions.org]](/content_images/3/sm_cmclogo.png "[CMC logo. Image from stopclustermunitions.org]")
[The following statement was released by the Cluster Munitions Coalition on 12 July 2012.] If confirmed, reports would mark first use of these indiscriminate arms by Syria. The Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC) is deeply concerned by reports that Syrian government forces have used cluster munitions after submunitions were reportedly found in Jabal Shahshabu, near Hama. This evidence came to light as two videos were posted online showing at least fifteen unexploded submunitions and a large cluster bomb canister. The CMC is calling on Syria to investigate these reports and to make the findings publicly known. CMC member Human Rights ...
Keep Reading »My 50 Minutes with Manaf
![[Manaf Tlass. Image from Al-Akhbar.]](/content_images/3/sm_Tlass_Main_pic_1.jpg "[Manaf Tlass. Image from Al-Akhbar.]")
During one of my regular visits to Syria, I was with a group of friends at one of the bustling new restaurant-bars that dotted Damascus’ old city, around Bab Touma. Some places were more popular than others, frequented by internationals and a particular stratum of Damascene society that included some people who were pro-regime and others who were opposed. By the mid-2000s, one’s opinion of the regime did not matter much, in and of itself. What brought these Damascenes together was their common benefit from President Bashar al-Asad’s “economic reform” policies and the social stratification they had produced. In these circles, criticism of the regime was no longer ...
Keep Reading »Maghreb Media Roundup (July 26)
![[Algerian border guards man the post in Maghnia. Citizens from both sides regularly cross for business and pleasure. Image by Nazim Fethi/Magharebia]](/content_images/3/sm_2ReportagePhoto1.jpg "[Algerian border guards man the post in Maghnia. Citizens from both sides regularly cross for business and pleasure. Image by Nazim Fethi/Magharebia]")
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Maghreb and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Maghreb Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to maghreb@jadaliyya.com by Sunday night of every week.] The Looming Danger in the Maghreb Region Oussama Romdhani discusses drug trafficking, money laundering and terrorism in Northern Mali as an impending threat to the neighboring Maghreb. Algeria La société est en train de se moderniser dans la douleur Hafida Ameyar's suggests that a group of political and social obstacles are the cause of ...
Keep Reading »أپاچي
أپاچي “الحصانُ المجنونُ” لم يكُنْ حصاناً. كان طفلاً من الأپاچي سمّتْهُ أُمّه “الحصان المجنون” لأنّه كان يعدو كالريحِ. يسْتَعْجِلُ الفُصولَ كي يكْبرَ ويدافعَ عَن الأپاچي. في الليل يراودُهُ حلمٌ واحدٌ: أنْ يكونَ طائِراً شرِساً يحلّْق في كبد السماء، يُعَشْعِشُ في الغيوم، ويَنْقَضُّ على الرّجُلِ الأبيض الذي صاد أجدادَهُ كالغزلان وشرّدهُمْ في أريزونا. لكنَّ الحمّى طاردتْ، ذاتَ قمرٍ، روحَ الحصانِ المجنون حتّى هجرَتْ جَسَدَهُ واستقرّت في غيمةٍ عابرة بينما نام جسدُهُ في حفرة أغمضت عينها دون أن ...
Keep Reading »Dissent in Morocco: Not All for One
When Tunisia and Libya began exhibiting what appeared to be the early stages of a popular uprising, some analysts and commentators turned to Morocco, the only remaining kingdom in North Africa, and tried to make sense of what Morocco is (or is not) experiencing: “Morocco is a regional model.” “Morocco is not like [insert your choice of country].” “This king is not like his father.” “Moroccans are not ready for democracy.” “Morocco is the most democratic country in the region.” “The monarchy is ...
Keep Reading »Syria Monthly Edition on Jadaliyya (July 2012))
This is a monthly archive of pieces written by Jadaliyya contributors and editors on Syria. It also includes material published on other platforms that editors deemed pertinent to post as they provide diverse depictions of Syria-related topics. The pieces reflect the level of critical analysis and diversity that Jadaliyya strives for, but the views are solely the ones of their authors. If you are interested in contributing to Jadaliyya, send us your post with your bio and a release form to ...
Keep Reading »رومني وزيارة هنيّة للقاهرة
قام ميت رومني، مرشح الحزب الجمهوري للرئاسة، كعادة المرشحين الأميركيين بزيارةِ إسرائيل، وكان الهدف من تلك الزيارة تأكيد أنه "الصديق الأقرب" لها، وظهر ذلك من خلال تصريحاته بأن القضيّة ذات الأولويّة هي الاعتراف بإسرائيل كدولة يهوديّة وليس إقامة دولة فلسطينيّة، وأعلن اعترافه بالقدس عاصمة لإسرائيل، واعتبر أن تصدي واشنطن للبرنامج النووي الإيراني واجب أخلاقي، مؤكدًا على ضرورة منعها من الحصول على النووي، وأن هذا هو الهدف الأكبر للولايات المتحدة الأميركيّة، مؤيدًا في ذلك موقف نتنياهو من إيران. في حين ...
Keep Reading »O.I.L. Media Roundup (30 July)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Occupation, Intervention, and Law and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the O.I.L. Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each biweekly roundup to OIL@jadaliyya.com by Monday night of every other week] News "Saudi student Aldawsari convicted in failed bomb plot seeks new trial in Texas", Associated Press The Associated Press reports ...
Keep Reading »Last Week on Jadaliyya (July 23-29)
This is a selection of what you might have missed on Jadaliyya last week. It also includes the most read articles and the latest videos. Progressively, we will be featuring more content on our "Last Week on Jadaliyya" series. My 50 Minutes with Manaf Against Orthodoxy: The Story of Alawi Origins رقصات طائفية على أشلاء الشهداء في القطيف Asad Apologists: The Ostrich Syndrome No Comment Roundtable on the Language of Revolution in Egypt ...
Keep Reading »The Identity of Al-Azhar and Its Doctrine
The proposed amendments to Article 2 of the constitution – giving Al-Azhar the final say in defining Islamic Law (Sharia) – is of critical importance, not only because it limits Islamic knowledge to Al-Azhar, but also because it transfers the debate over the institution of Al-Azhar to the issue of identity. Assigning an institution with the task of interpreting Sharia is unusual in Islam, where, traditionally, knowledge was not seen to be associated with any specific institution or religious ...
Keep Reading »Employees of Gulf of Aden Ports Corporation Protest (Video)
On 15 July 2012, employees of the Gulf of Aden Ports Corporation marched from the gate of the Port of Mualla to the Governor's office in Aden to protest mismanagement of the company. Specifically, the employees called for the abolition of the Corporation's partnership with Dubai World and the release of Yemeni sailors who have been kidnapped by Somali pirates. The following video features the groups statement as read by Abdul-Nasser Wasel, a spokesperson for the protesters.
Keep Reading »Campaign Against the Prawer Plan: Learn and Take Action
In September 2011, the Israeli government approved the Prawer Plan for mass expulsion of the Arab Bedouin community in the Naqab (Negev) desert. If fully implemented, this plan will result in the forced displacement of up to seventy thousand Arab Bedouin citizens of Israel and the destruction of thirty-five “unrecognized” villages. Despite the Arab Bedouin community's complete rejection of the plan and strong disapproval from the international community and human rights groups, the Prawer Plan ...
Keep Reading »مصطفى كامل والعثمانية القديمة
تبدو كثرة الحديث اليوم عن "النموذج التركي" الذي يشير إلى نهضة أحدثتها قيادة حزب العدالة والتنمية للدولة التركية عبر عشر سنوات (2001-2012) نتاجاً لتعثر نماذج التحديث العربية ووقوعها أسيرة لجدليات العلمانية والإسلام العبثية، بدأت حالة "التوركومانيا Turkomania" كما أطلق عليها البعض منذ النجاح الثاني لأردوغان وصحبه في 2007، وعزز منها شعبية الدراما التركية، وبصورة أقل الاهتمام بالحالة الثقافية التركية، ومع تفجر الربيع العربي وثوراته وانتفاضاته عاد الحديث قوياً في خضم البحث عن نموذج يتناسب ...
Keep Reading »Press Release: UK Company Helps Bahrain Government Spy on Activists
[The following press release was issued by Bahrain Watch on 25 July 2012.] UK COMPANY HELPS BAHRAIN GOVT SPY ON ACTIVISTS Malicious E-Mail Attachments Sent to Activists Steal Passwords, Record Skype Calls Bahrain’s government is spying on Bahraini activists with a malicious computer program apparently supplied by a UK firm. Bahrain Watch founding member Bill Marczak, and Citizen Lab security researcher Morgan Marquis-Boire analyzed a string of suspicious e-mails sent to activists ...
Keep Reading »أزمة الكهرباء في العراق...عقود ووعود وما خفي أعظم
لم يدر بخلد المهندسين والفنيين الذين نصبوا أوّل ماكنة كهربائية في العراق عام 1917 في بناية "خان دلة"، أن أبناء جلدتهم سيعانون قيض الصيف القاتل وبرد الشتاء القارس نتيجة شح التيار الكهربائي، خاصة أن أولئك المهندسين والفنيين تمكّنوا خلال أشهر معدودة من ذلك العام، من نصب مكائن أُخرى تعمل على الديزل في مناطق متعددة منها السرايا، وشريعة المجيدية، والمستشفى الرئيسي في الباب المعظم، ومعسكر الهنيدي أكبر ثكنات الجيش العراقي آنذاك، وشارع الرشيد، الذي كان يسمى "جادة خليل باشا"، حيث تمت إنارته ...
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