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Flashmob: Brides Boycott Ahava and SodaStream at Bed Bath and Beyond (Video)
The following is a video of a flash mob mobilizing for the boycott of AHAVA and SodaStream at a Bed Bath and Beyond store in Marin County, California. Music by Jane Jewell and Sue Blackwell. Lyrics: Ode to Boycott Israel, end your occupation, There's no peace on stolen land; We'll sing out for liberation, 'Till you hear and understand. Ethnic cleansing and apartheid Should belong to history, Human rights should not be silenced, Palestine will soon be free! All this Dead Sea mud is stolen From the Palestinian's land, Beauty products by Ahava, All of them should now be banned. Soda Stream is made in factories, That should never have been ...
Keep Reading »Holding Libya Together: Security Challenges After Qadhafi
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[The following is the latest from International Crisis Group on Libya]. Holding Libya Together: Security Challenges After Qadhafi EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS As the recent upsurge of violence dramatically illustrates, the militias that were decisive in ousting Qadhafi’s regime are becoming a significant problem now that it is gone. Their number is a mystery: 100 according to some; three times that others say. Over 125,000 Libyans are said to be armed. The groups do not see themselves as serving a central authority; they have separate procedures to register members and weapons, arrest and detain suspects; they repeatedly have clashed. Rebuilding Libya ...
Keep Reading »Half an Hour with Khaled: A Piece Smuggled Out of Jail by Alaa Abd El Fattah.
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[The following was written by Alaa Abd El Fattah, after the peice was smuggled out of the Tora Prison on 9 December 2011. It was published in Arabic on Al Shorouk and in English on the website of No Military Trials for Civilians Movement, both on 19 December 2011.] Half an Hour With Khaled: A piece smuggled out of jail by Alaa Abd El Fattah Fate chose that my imprisonment should be connected to the civil judiciary: I was imprisoned in 2006 with fifty comrades from Kefaya movement and untold hundreds of the Muslim Brotherhood because of our solidarity with the intifada of the judiciary against Mubarak and his regime. We protested for the ...
Keep Reading »Statement by the Revolutionary Socialists: The "Cabinet Offices" Massacre: A New Crime by the Sons of Mubarak in Power
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[The following statement was issued on 17 December by the Revolutionary Socialists in Egypt.] The "Cabinet Office" Massacre: A New Crime by the Sons of Mubarak in Power 9 martyrs … 500 injured … this is the result of confrontations between the Egyptian Occupying Forces and the revolutionaries in a fresh attempt to bring the revolution to its knees and to bring back the Mubarak regime. And why not? After all, the leaders of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces are the sons of Mubarak, and they are loyal to their economic self-interests. The generals of SCAF control around 20 percent of the economy and are completely opposed to the interests ...
Keep Reading »Palestinian Bloggers and Activists' Statement in Solidarity with Razan Ghazzawi
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[The following statement was issued on 14 December 2011 by various Palestinian bloggers and activists in support of Razan Ghazzawi, a Syrian activist that was recently detained by the Syrian security forces and sentenced to fifteen years.] We, a group of Palestinian bloggers and activists raise our voices loud and clear in solidarity with all the prisoners of the Great Syrian Revolution. We stand with all the prisoners, activists, artists, bloggers and others, all who are shouting in the streets or on various platforms demanding freedom and justice, while decrying the huge amount on injustice and oppression practiced by the Syrian regime for more than four decades. We ...
Keep Reading »Saudi Arabia: Repression in the Name of Security
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[The following is the latest from Amnesty International on Saudi Arabia.] Saudi Arabia: Repression in the Name of Security “I am here to say we need democracy. We need freedom. We need to speak freely. We need no one to stop us from expressing our opinions.” -Khaled al-Johani speaking to reporters at a protest where no one but he turned up on 11 March 2011 and was arrested shortly after. Since March 2011 the Saudi Arabian authorities have launched a new wave of repression in the name of security. They have cracked down on demonstrators protesting over human rights violations in the context of calls for reform at home and the uprisings and mass protests in the ...
Keep Reading »Jadaliyya Articles by Co-Editors Anthony Alessandrini and Maya Mikdashi Nominated for Award - Vote Now!
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We are very excited that both Jadaliyya Co-Editors Anthony Alessandrini's article, "Palestine in Scare Quotes: From the NYT Grammar Book," and Maya Mikdashi's article, "The Marriage of Sexism and Islamophobia: Remaking the News on Egypt," have been nominated for the Three Quarks Daily Prize in Politics and Social Science. Show your support of Anthony Alessandrini and Maya Mikdashi's pieces as well as Jadaliyya by participating in the public voting for "Best Blog or E-zine Writing on Politics and Social Science." Public voting will narrow the list of nominees down to the top-twenty, from which the editors of Three Quarks Daily ...
Keep Reading »Carter Center Preliminary Statement on the First Round of Voting in Egypt’s People’s Assembly Elections
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[The following press release was issued by The Carter Center on 2 December 2011 in regards to the first round of Egypt's 2011 parliamentary elections.] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 2, 2011 CONTACTS: Atlanta, Deborah Hakes +1 4044205124 Cairo, Sanne van den Bergh +20 1013511710 Carter Center Preliminary Statement on the First Round of Voting in Egypt’s People’s Assembly Elections The Carter Center deployed witnesses to observe two days of polling on Nov. 28-29 in the first of three rounds of Egypt’s parliamentary elections, as well as the preceding election preparation period. Carter Center witnesses visited more than 300 polling stations in all ...
Keep Reading »Some Panels from the Upcoming Meeting of the Middle East Studies Association
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The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) will be holding its 43rd Annual Meeting in Washington DC this weekend, 1-4 December. Over a span of four days, scholars and researchers from across North America, the Middle East, and beyond will present their work via an impressive and diverse array of thematic panels (see complete program here). In order to highlight some of the panels, below is a list of MESA 2011 Annual Meeting panels in which one or more Jadaliyya Co-Editor is involved in as an organizer, presenter, and/or discussant. However, to appreciate the full spectrum of topics, themes, and disciplines represented, we encourage you to browse the entire program. ...
Keep Reading »Open Letter to National Press Club and Their Subsequent Decision to Rescind Suspension of Sam Husseini
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The Ethics Committee of the National Press Club has asked me to present my journalistic credentials following the controversy of my suspension from the Club because of my questioning of the former head of Saudi intelligence Amb. Turki bin Faisal al-Saud. (Click here for video of the questioning). The proof that I am a journalist is the very fact that I asked the question that I did: There's been a lot of talk about the legitimacy of the Syrian regime, I want to know what legitimacy your regime has, sir. You come before us, representative of one of the most autocratic, misogynistic regimes on the face of the earth. Human Rights Watch and other reports ...
Keep Reading »Kalimat Magazine Launches the Winter 2012 Egyptian Design Issue
NEW YORK, December 21, 2011 – Arab thought and culture quarterly magazine Kalimat has launched their fourth issue for Winter 2012. Kalimat is an intermedia company that features bold and engaging political analysis, design, film, fashion, music, cultural affairs and new media content. The Winter issue covers Kalimat's four dossiers: Current Affairs, Culture, Art and Design and New Media. The 152-page (cover-to-cover) issue is Kalimat’s Egyptian Design Issue. Readers can look forward to refreshing ...
Keep Reading »Yes ... We Do Want the Downfall of the State of Tyranny, Poverty and Dependency
[The following statement was issued on 21 December 2011 by the Revolutionary Socialists in Egypt.] Yes … we do want the downfall of the state of tyranny, poverty and dependency Accusations are being levelled at the Revolutionary Socialists by certain quarters, at the head of them the Ministry of the Interior’s website, and a number of satellite channels showed a clip from a video of a meeting which the Centre for Socialist Studies organised recently in the wake of the massacre ...
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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 ...
Keep Reading »Arab Studies Institute (ASI) Announces Internship Opportunities
The Arab Studies Institute (ASI), Jadaliyya's parent organization, is now offering four new internship opportunities that involve training and production at various levels in one of ASI’s four organizations: Arab Studies Journal, Jadaliyya, Forum on Arab and Muslim Affairs, and Quilting Point. The internships offered are in the following areas: Research Associate Editors (Text and/or Video) Designers/Graphic Artists Media and Social Media Management [Knowledge of, or proficiency ...
Keep Reading »Time for an Independent Conversation
[The following editorial was published by the editors of Egypt Independent, an affiliated publication of Al-Masry Al-Youm, in response to the latter's censorship of and interference in the content-related decision-making of Egypt Independent.] On 24 November, we issued the first edition of our new project, Egypt Independent, a weekly, twenty-four-page newspaper that attempts to unpack Egypt’s complex and dynamic political and cultural landscape. It was not long before we were interrupted. Our second ...
Keep Reading »ACLU to Congress: Stop Targeting American Muslims and Protect Muslim Service Members
[The following statement was recently issued by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on 7 December, 2011.] Congress: Stop Targeting American Muslims and Protect Muslim Service Members Today the Senate and House Homeland Security Committees will hold a hearing on “Homegrown Terrorism: The Threat to Military Communities Inside the United States.” In their announcement of the hearing, Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) and Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) once again singled out Islam and American Muslim ...
Keep Reading »Bahrain's Assault on Medical Professionals
Bahrain's doctors, nurses and emergency workers treated scores of injured and saw the dead after security forces launched a brutal crackdown on protestors. Many are now paying a steep price for speaking out about what they witnessed. After traveling to Bahrain as part of an Amnesty International fact-finding mission earlier this year, Dr. Hani Mowafi, co-director of the Boston Medical Center Department of Public and Global Health, observed the country's deteriorating human rights situation with great ...
Keep Reading »Press Release: Bisan Center for Research and Development Issues the Study "Foreign Aid and the Molding of the Palestinian Space"
[The following press release was issued by the Bisan Center for Research and Development. It was recently published on en.bisan.org] Issued by Bisan Center for Research and Development: The study "Foreign Aid and the Molding of the Palestinian Space" Bisan Center for Research and Development releases it’s new study "Foreign Aid and the Molding of the Palestinian Space” as part of a series on development in the occupied Palestinian territories. The studies included in this series aim at ...
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SURİYE’DEKI AYAKLANMANIN DİNAMİKLERİ Suriye’deki olaylarla ilgilenen çoğu insan, ülkenin aşırı istikrarlı olduğuna inanmaktaydı. Rejim destekli medyanın, Suriye’nin dünyadaki en güvenli ve istikrarlı olduğu savını düzenli olarak tekrarlaması, bu düşünceyi besleyen bir faktördü. Hal bu ki; bu istikrar yalnızca bir yaldızdan ibaretti. Gerçekte, böyle görünen çatlaklar Suriye toplumuna zarar verdi, birbirine bağlılığını sarstı ve nüfusun geniş bölümünde dayanılmaz oranlarda büyüyen düş ...
Keep Reading »Des elections au milieu d'une revolution
La réapparition de manifestations massives en Égypte, sur la place Tahrir mais aussi ailleurs dans le pays, a soulevé, pour les observateurs et observatrices extérieur-e-s, beaucoup de questions au sujet de ce qui a été souvent décrit comme « la transition démocratique de l’Égypte« . Beaucoup se demandent comment l’Égypte pourra progresser dans son « voyage vers la démocratie » quand la persistance de manifestations et d’occupations longues paraît « empêcher » les ...
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