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Picturing Algeria
Pierre Bourdieu, Picturing Algeria. Edited by Franz Schultheis and Christine Frisinghelli. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012. [This review was originally published in the most recent issue of Arab Studies Journal. For more information on the issue, or to subscribe to ASJ, click here.] In a poignant interview included in Picturing Algeria, Pierre Bourdieu notes that “Yvette Delsaut wrote a text about me in which she very rightly says that Algeria is what allowed me to accept myself.” Indeed, in recent years, Bourdieu’s early fieldwork in Algeria has been regarded as central to his conceptual apparatus. This edited volume features Bourdieu’s photographs from 1957 ...
Keep Reading »Al Jazeera Management Orders Joseph Massad Article Pulled in an Act of Pro-Israel Censorship
![[Al Jazeera logo at network headquarters in Doha. Image by Osama Saeed via Flickr]](/content_images/3/sm_Image-Al_Jazeera_logo_Doha_headquarters-Osama_Saeed-Flickr.jpg "[Al Jazeera logo at network headquarters in Doha. Image by Osama Saeed via Flickr]"){kind=logo}
[The following report and analysis was published by Ali Abuminah of Electronic Intifada on 19 May 2013.] In an unprecedented act of political censorship Al Jazeera English has deleted an article by noted Columbia University Professor Joseph Massad after coming under intense criticism from Zionists in recent days. Massad told The Electronic Intifada that he had “received confirmation” from his editor at Al Jazeera English that “management pulled the article.” The Electronic Intifada was able to independently confirm that the article was pulled. The piece, “The Last of the Semites,” published on 14 May, was taken down from the main Al ...
Keep Reading »Syria's Inglorious Basterd
![[Khaled al-Hamad, left, in a photo from Omar Al-Farouk Brigade Facebook page]](/content_images/3/sm_abuSakkar.jpg "[Khaled al-Hamad, left, in a photo from Omar Al-Farouk Brigade Facebook page]")
On 13 May 2013, Human Rights Watch released a statement attesting to the authenticity of a disturbing video that circulated first on Syrian pro-regime websites and then on social media. In it, a Syrian man cuts open a dead regime soldier’s chest, pulls his heart and lung out, threatens “Alawite dogs” that they will all face a similar fate, and takes a bite of the viscera while addressing the video camera. This latest sectarian evocation by a member of the armed opposition, Khalid al-Hamad (“Abu Sakkar”), was simplistically depicted by many US and Gulf media outlets as an isolated abomination perpetrated by a savage man. However, the incident tells a more complex story ...
Keep Reading »Buckling to Bigotry: The Newseum Dishonors Murdered Palestinian Journalists
![[Newseum Chief Executive Officer James C. Duff speaks during the Journalist Memorial Rededication of 88 journalists who died reporting the news in 2012, at the Newseum in Washington, May 13, 2013. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)]](/content_images/3/sm_AP254157428908.jpg "[Newseum Chief Executive Officer James C. Duff speaks during the Journalist Memorial Rededication of 88 journalists who died reporting the news in 2012, at the Newseum in Washington, May 13, 2013. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)]")
Just two days before Palestinians were to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Nakba, the names of two Palestinian cameramen targeted and killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza in November 2012 were dropped from a dedication ceremony held to honor “reporters, photographers and broadcasters who have died reporting the news” over the past year. The move followed an Israel lobby pressure campaign
Keep Reading »On the Margins Roundup (May)
![[Image of a Tuareg encampment in northern Mali. Image by Erik Cleves Kristensen/Flickr.]](/content_images/3/sm_ScreenShot2013-05-16at10.21.07AM.png "[Image of a Tuareg encampment in northern Mali. Image by Erik Cleves Kristensen/Flickr.]")
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Mali, South Sudan, Somalia, Djibouti, and Comoros Islands and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the On the Margins Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each month's roundup to info@jadaliyya.com.] Somalia Is Somalia Ready For Aid? Jenny Lei Ravelo reports that some NGOs are concerned with Somalia’s fledgling government control over finances and the accountability mechanisms in place. Donors meeting in London pledge more than $300 million for Somalia to aid in security, justice The author reports that International ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (May 14)
![[Joint naval exercises involving the US and forty of her allies were held in the Gulf this past week. Image from flickr/Ryan O'Connor. 2005.]](/content_images/3/sm_F14.jpg "[Joint naval exercises involving the US and forty of her allies were held in the Gulf this past week. Image from flickr/Ryan O'Connor. 2005.]")
[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 FBI surrounds house of Saudi student after sightings of him with pressure cooker pot – only to discover he was cooking RICE Martin Jay writes on Talal al Rouki who aroused suspicion when he carried a pressure cooker to a friend’s house, in the Daily Mail. Saudi Arabia to punish men for converting ...
Keep Reading »Letter from Associated Press to US Department of Justice: Massive and Unprecedented Intrusion
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[The following letter was issued by the Associated Press on 13 May 2013 in response to revelations that the Justice Department had seized the personal and professional telephone records of reporters and editors of The Associated Press for the months of April and May 2012.] Attorney General Eric Holder Department of Justice Washington, D.C. Dear General Holder: I am writing to object in the strongest possible terms to a massive and unprecedented intrusion by the Department of Justice into the newsgathering activities of The Associated Press. Last Friday afternoon, AP General Counsel Laura Malone received a letter from the office of United States ...
Keep Reading »Maghreb Media Roundup (May 10)
![[A young Hratin boy in Mauritania, whose parents were freed from slavery in 2003. Photo courtesy of Noorinfo/MLK.]](/content_images/3/sm_hratinboy.jpg "[A young Hratin boy in Mauritania, whose parents were freed from slavery in 2003. Photo courtesy of Noorinfo/MLK.]")
[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 Thursday night of every week.] Algeria New law on associations used to stifle civil society Amnesty International condemns conviction of Abdelkader Kherba, an activist distributing pamphlets on unemployment in the country. Algerian Islamist party picks new leader Nazim Fethi reports that Abderrezak Mokri has been elected as head of Algeria’s Movement ...
Keep Reading »O.I.L. Media Roundup (May 9)
![[Feb. 9, 2012. A Syrian woman stands among the rubble of her house, destroyed by a Syrian Army mortar, in al-Qsair. Image by Freeedom House.]](/content_images/3/sm_6955483453_cd1825888c_z.jpg "[Feb. 9, 2012. A Syrian woman stands among the rubble of her house, destroyed by a Syrian Army mortar, in al-Qsair. Image by Freeedom House.]")
[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 Obama Hints at US Military Action at Syria as Administration Readies Lethal Aid Options, Associated Press Barack Obama has indicated his administration will consider US military action in Syria should substantial evidence suggesting the Assad regime has used chemical weapons emerge. Gazan Killed After Israeli Is ...
Keep Reading »Egypt Media Roundup (May 6)
[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.] “Hundreds protest 'Brotherhoodisation' of Alexandria after governor complaint” Alexandrians stage anti-Brotherhood protests after governor accuses his deputy of being loyal to the group. “Top preacher to be investigated for 'terrorising' Egypt state security” Hazem Abou Ismail is to be investigated after he called for a protest in front of the ...
Keep Reading »The Active Feminine: Performance Art in Lebanon with Reference to Marya Kazoun
In the setting of the current Arab art boom and the political flux ignited by regional uprisings, the difficulty in differentiating between performance art and activism increases, further intertwining the abstract borders that divide them. Nonetheless, while activism pushes its way as a societal form of rejection, performance art conversely sneaks into the social sphere as an accepted method of protest, encouraged by the public as a sign of cultural sophistication. Within the context of Lebanon, very few artists--no more than ten--use performance art as their medium of choice; being mostly female artists indicates that performance gives women a certain needed ...
Keep Reading »Sara Roy on Dispossessing Palestine (Video)
![[Sara Roy. Screenshot from below video.]](/content_images/3/sm_sararoyweb.jpg "[Sara Roy. Screenshot from below video.]")
The following lecture was recorded on 6 April 2013 at "Justice and Only Justice," the 2013 Friends of Sabeel Conference--Los Angeles/Orange County. In the video, Dr. Sara Roy, who is a Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Middle East Studies at Harvard University, discusses the ongoing dismemberment of the Palestinian nation and the paradigm shift that must occur to address this issue in "Dispossessing Palestine."
Keep Reading »Egypt Media Roundup (May 20)
[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.] “Video allegedly shows kidnapped Sinai soldiers” The crisis with the kidnapped soldiers in Sanai enters a fourth day, as kidnappers release a video identifying the soldiers and ...
Keep Reading »Bahrain's "Blogfather" Emerges from Hiding
[Jason Stern wrote the following blog post about Ali Abdel Imam for the Committee to Protect Journalists.] For two years, Bahrainis have been asking "Where is Ali Abdel Imam?" And now finally, they have an answer. The prominent opposition blogger suddenly emerged from hiding last week, announcing he had been granted asylum in the United Kingdom, news sources reported. He had not been heard from since 17 March 2011, when he cryptically tweeted, "I get tired from my phone so I ...
Keep Reading »Maghreb Media Roundup (May 17)
[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 Thursday night of every week.] Algeria D’importants chefs d’Aqmi encerclés : trois militaires tués dans une opération antiterroriste à Bouira Faycal Hamdani reports that the Algerian army ...
Keep Reading »Statement of the Arab and Middle East Journalists Association in Reference to Newseum Scandal
The Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association (AMEJA) condemns in the strongest possible terms, the decision of the Newseum to exclude Palestinian journalists Mahmoud al-Kumi and Hussam Salama from its memorial of journalists killed in the line of duty. Israeli missiles fired at a car clearly marked “TV” during Israel’s attack on Gaza in November, 2012, killing Messieurs Al-Kumi and Salama as they returned from covering a story for TV station Al-Aqsa at Al-Shifaa ...
Keep Reading »Egypt Media Roundup (May 13)
[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.] “Arrests made in Egypt over embassy plot” The Minister of Interior announces the arrest of three individuals connected to Al-Qaeda who were preparing a bomb plot. “Constitutional ...
Keep Reading »DARS Media Roundup (May 14)
[This is a bi-weekly roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Resistance and Subversion in the Arab world and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the DARS Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each bi-weekly roundup to DARS@jadaliyya.com by Sunday night of every second week.] News & Commentary Boycotting Israel, by Al Jazeera The world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has become the latest ...
Keep Reading »Glenn Owns Bill: A Lesson in Challenging Islamophobia and Taking Responsibility (Video)
[The following video is from the 10 May 2013 episode of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher. The clip shows an exchange between Bill Maher and Glenn Greenwald following a discussion about the White House and State Department's immediate response to the 11 September 2012 attack on the US Embassy in Benghazi, Libya. In this clip, Maher claims that theocracy and violence are inherent to Muslims and/or Muslim culture, and that US citizens and policy-makers are void of any responsibility for the status quo of ...
Keep Reading »Syria Media Roundup (May 9)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Syria and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Syria Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to syria@jadaliyya.com by Monday night of every week.] Regional and International Perspectives Saudi Arabia Takes Over From Qatar to Solve Syria’s Crisis Hassan Hassan on a surprising two-day meeting held in Riyadh that ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (May 8)
[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.] Regional and International Relations Saudi minister: US to remain energy dependent A news report on the oil minister’s dismissal of talk of US energy ...
Keep Reading »Jonathan Rashad on Freelance Photojournalism in Egypt
[This post is part of an ongoing Profile of a Contemporary Conduit series on Jadaliyya that seeks to highlight distinct voices primarily in and from the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia.] Jadaliyya (J): Are you a freelancer or do you work with an agency? Why did you choose this path? Jonathan Rashad (JR): I have always been a freelancer. I chose this path as it gives me much more time to focus on issues I am interested in covering, not routine news and stories I would be ...
Keep Reading »The Roundup: News and Analysis in Publishing/Academia from the Arab World
[The following is a roundup of the latest news and analysis from the publishing world that relates to pedagogy and knowledge production. It was originally published on Tadween Publishing's blog. For more updates, follow Tadween Publishing on Facebook and Twitter.] News and stories with a focus on the publishing industry, education, and technology from across the Arab world. Gaza’s Academics Face Censorship in Classroom By Asmaa Al-Ghoul ...
Keep Reading »Liberal Illusions
With the deepening of a political stalemate between the government and the opposition in Egypt and the marked deterioration of economic conditions, critics of the January 25 Revolution continue to highlight what they view as the revolution’s failure to bring about a stable political order that can live up to the many political and economic challenges Egypt confronts today. In his always-illustrious column in Al-Masry Al-Youm, Abdel Moneim Saeed eloquently articulated this consensus over successive ...
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