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New Texts Out Now: Steffen Hertog, Princes, Brokers, and Bureaucrats: Oil and the State in Saudi Arabia
Steffen Hertog, Princes, Brokers, and Bureaucrats: Oil and the State in Saudi Arabia. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2011. Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book? Steffen Hertog (SH): The original idea behind the research project was to analyze how liberalizing economic reforms were changing the social and political structures of an oil-rich (or “rentier”) state like Saudi Arabia. That was the plan before I did my fieldwork, but my experience there pretty much turned the whole thing on its head. Instead of change, I found deep historical continuities in the way politics and state-business relations function in Saudi Arabia, and I also found that several of ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (September 11)
[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 Gizawy Attends Saudi Trial with Hands and Feet Shackled An Egypt Independent news report on the trial of the Egyptian lawyer, Ahmed al-Gizawy, in Saudi Arabia. Reports and Opinions Those Annoying Democrats An article on the protests in the Gulf states, in The Economist. ...
Keep Reading »Letter Concerning Interruption of Study of Four Medical Students at King Faisal University in Saudi Arabia
[The following letter was written by the Committee on Academic Freedom of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA).] Dr. Abdullah Mohammed Al-Rubaish President, King Faisal University via email aalrubaish@kfu.edu.sa; president@ud.edu.sa Dr. Waleed Albu-Ali Dean, College of Medicine, King Faisal University via email wbuali@kfu.ed.sa Dr. Majid bin Ali Al-Naimi Minister of Higher Education, Bahrain via facsimile +973 1768 0161 Prince Faisal Bin Abdullah Bin Muhammad Al-Saud Minister of Higher Education, Saudi Arabia via email media@mohe.gov.sa; dmea@mohe.gov.sa Dear Sirs, I write to you on behalf of the Middle East Studies Association and ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (September 4)
[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 Does Arab Monarchy Matter? Marc Lynch reflects on the persistence of the Arab monarchies in the era of the Arab Uprisings, in Foreign Policy. Why do you hate Khalijis? Mona Kareem writes on the negative stereotypes of people from the Gulf states that are dominant in the Arab countries, in ...
Keep Reading »Serious Crackdown on Saudi Detainees and Their Families in Al-Hayer Prison
[The following report was issued by Alkarama on 29 August 2012.] “The total number of detainees is nearly 30,000. Those imprisoned do not know when they will be out, as they are often not given any trials or sentences, and if they are tried and sentenced, then they are not released when the sentence expires. This is the situation of most political prisoners.” These are the words of more than five hundred Saudi women in a petition appealing for support to release their imprisoned relatives. Alkarama, a Swiss Non Governmental Organization (NGO) based in Geneva and whose work centers on the promotion and protection of human rights in the Arab World, received the ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (August 28)
[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 David Cameron Meets Bahrain's King in Low-Key Talks Nicholas Watt reports on the Bahraini King's visit to the United Kingdom in The Guardian. Bahraini Rights Activist Al-Khawaja Banned from Entering Egypt A news report on the Egyptian airport authorities' decision to ban Mariam ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (August 21)
[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 Embracing Crisis in the Gulf Toby Jones analyzes the influence of the Arab uprisings on the Gulf states and the US position towards them, in Middle East Research and Information Project. Saudi Arabia opposes .gay internet domain name A news report on Saudi Arabia's opposition of the internet address ...
Keep Reading »Saudi Arabia Between Conservatism, Accommodation, and Reform
The “Saudi Arabia Between Conservatism, Accommodation, and Reform” report—edited by Roel Meijer & Paul Aarts—falls within the “Riyadh programme,” which is part of the larger Islamic Research Project (IRP) initiated by the Dutch Foreign Office. The report covers three topics: intellectual debates, civil society, and the position of women. During the course of the project, the junior researchers, Joas Wagemakers, Mariwan Kanie, and Annemarie van Geel spent at least three periods in Saudi Arabia doing fieldwork. Roel Meijer, Paul Aarts, and Karin van Nieuwkerk supervised the research. The first major section, by Joas Wagemakers, “Arguing for Change under ...
Keep Reading »Saudi Campaign for Disabled Rights Interview on Sabah Al-Saudia (Video)
A recent Twitter campaign bearing the hashtag #للمعوق_حقوق (in English, "rights for the disabled") seeks to draw attention to the circumstances of people with disabilities in the Arab world. The initial campaign consisted of participants rotating their profile pictures 180 degrees; the upside-down images were intended to signify a reproach of Saudi government officials for ignoring the issue of disabled persons' rights.
Keep Reading »Concerning the Gulf: The Emirates Crackdown
Rarely reported in the West has been the concerted repression of democracy activists on the Arabian Peninsula. Saudi Arabia, the first among equals in the peninsula, has been ruthlessly against any suggestion of democratic reform. Most recently, the Saudi authorities arrested the Qatif-based cleric Nimr al-Nimr, shooting him in the leg and killing several people during the operation in the village of al-Awwamiyya. Interior Minister Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz said that al-Nimr is “the spreader of sedition” and “a man of dubious scholarship and dubious mental condition, and the issues he raises and speaks about show a deficiency or imbalance of the mind.” In the Kingdom, ...
Keep Reading »رقصات طائفية على أشلاء الشهداء في القطيف
هل يمكن لدولة الحزب الواحد أن تتحول إلى دولة الشعب الواحد بين عشية وضحاها ؟ وهل يمكن لدولة الاستبداد أن تعترف ببقية مكونات شعبها وأن تسمح لكل صوت مغمور فيها أن يرتفع؟ كل الذين عاشوا الاستبداد والقهر يعلمون علم اليقين أن الإجابة لا. لا نفشي سراً حين نقول إن السلطات السعودية تصادر الحريات الدينية والسياسية لأطياف مجتمعها المتباينة. ولقد رفعت وزارة الداخلية في المملكة وتيرة الحرب الإعلامية والمواجهة بالرصاص لشباب الحراك المطلبي في القطيف في ظل أجواء الكراهية والبغضاء التي تجتاح شبه الجزيرة العربية تجاه المجتمع الشيعي الذي يمثل أكثر من ١٠٪ من سكان المملكة. لا يجد المتتبع لمشكلة الاحتقار الطائفي لمعتنقي المذهب الشيعي في المملكة عموماً ولأهالي المنطقة الشرقية بشكل خاص أي ...
Keep Reading »Victimizing the Employer: Gulf Media's Backward Reporting
[The following article was published by Migrant Rights on 26 June 2012.] Imbalanced media reporting is a regular topic featured by Migrant Rights; migrants are too often spoken of, but rarely spoken to, as employers and government officials dominate the narrative surrounding foreign worker issues. The public perception of migrants is consequently distorted –one-sided and so skewed it appears deliberately manipulated. The escalating number of employer-centric, alarmist pieces published by Gulf papers contributes to this propagandist character. We’ve dissected several pieces written by employers claiming victimization from “crazy,” “dangerous,” ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (September 18)
[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.] Repression in Bahrain To Ban or Not to Ban ... Al-Wifaq A blog entry on the Bahraini government's decision on the future of al-Wifaq, on Religion and ...
Keep Reading »من يصنع الثورة في القطيف
عندما تقترب من أحد منافذ محافظة القطيف تشعر بشيء مختلف، ليس لأن ملامح الواحة الخضراء تلوح في الأفق،ولكن لأن نقطة تفتيش من نوع خاص في استقبالك، طابور من سيارات المواطنين تنتظر وسيارات أمن متنوعة الأحجام والأشكال، وسلاح من الوزن المتوسط والخفيف مشهور في وجه القادمين. لن يخطئ إحساسك حين تميز أن حالة المواطنين مستقرة ولا يشعرون بأي قلق، فقد اعتاد أهالي المنطقة الشرقية لاسيما في محافظة القطيف على تلك المشاهد وذلك التعامل وتحديداً بعد خروج عدد من المواطنين في مظاهرات تجوب الشوارع وتطالب بشيء من الحرية والحقوق ...
Keep Reading »Crimes Against Civilization in the Hejaz
In March of this year, a Tuareg armed rebellion in northern Mali and the consequent coup d’état that renegade soldiers staged in the Malian capital Bamaku empowered Salafi fighters, like Ansar al-Din group, to seize the northern part of Mali, including the ancient city of Timbuktu, known as the “City of 333 Saints.” By late June, reports had emerged that Ansar al-Din fighters were destroying various historically important mosques and tombs, many of which are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The ...
Keep Reading »Trial of Saudi Civil Rights Activists Mohammad al-Qahtani and Abdullah al-Hamid
1 September 2012 at 9 a.m. in Riyadh’s Specialized Criminal Court Rows of supporters formed outside the Riyadh courtroom as they waited for the arrival of activists Mohammad al-Qahtani and Abdullah al-Hamid, co-founders of the Saudi Political and Civil Rights Association (ACPRA). Upon their entrance to the courthouse, supporters shook their hands and exchanged encouraging smiles. The presence of around fifty people, all with cell phones in hand, was to mark this event as one of the most public trials of ...
Keep Reading »الأدب في زمن النفط: أيام الماعز
"منذ تلك اللحظة، بالضبط مثل ذبابة مانيان، بدأ خوف مجهول يغلف عقلي. شك غير منطقي بدأ يتملكني، أن هذه الرحلة لم تكن تقودني إلى حياة الخليج التي كنت أحلم بها وأشتهيها. ذاك الخليج الذي عرفت عنه الكثير من العديد من الأشخاص، لا يشبه ما أراه. يلفحني الخطر، ولا شيء واضح أمامي ." (أيام الماعز، بنيامين، دار نشر بنغوين 2012) لقد خلق زمن النفط مستويات غير مسبوقة من التقييد والقسوة البشرية. وفي الوقت نفسه، فالناس اليوم يسافرون أسرع وفي مجموعات أكبر من أي وقت مضى: والهجرة إلى الخليج بعد الانفجار النفطي في ...
Keep Reading »An Invisible Nation: The Gulf’s Stateless Communities
The issue of statelessness in the Gulf is as old as the post-colonial oil states from which they are actively being excluded. Until the 1980s, the status of the Bedoon was not seen as a political issue, with the fledgling governments more concerned with state building functions than with further limiting citizenship rights. The oil bust of the 1980s, however, strained the budgets of the Gulf regimes, who responded by constraining social services and restricting citizenship laws. The brunt of these ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (August 14)
[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 U.S. and Gulf Allies Pursue a Missile Shield Against Iranian Attack Thom Shanker writes on the challenges facing the ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (August 7)
[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 The Popular Front Against Iran Fouad Ajami elaborates on the Egyptian-Saudi axis under the rule of Egypt's new president, ...
Keep Reading »زوبعة "النمر" لم تكن في فنجان
على الرغم من مرور أكثر من ثلاثة أسابيع على اعتقال الشيخ نمر النمر إلا أن الشارع لم يهدأ وأصوات المتظاهرين لازالت تدوي في الارجاء، ولازالت المدرعات وقوات الأمن تلاحق الشباب وتقنص وتترصد في نواحي عدة في قرى وبلدات محافظة القطيف. أرض القطيف اهتزت بهتافات الآلاف من الغاضبين في تشييع الشهداء الأبرياء الذين سقطوا برصاص القناصة من جنود وزارة الداخلية. لقد أضحى تشييع الشهداء موعد الألوف من القطيفيين للصراخ في وجه القاتل وللتعبير عن غضبهم ورفضهم في أن يبقى فوقهم قاهرا. وعلى الرغم من كل مساعي ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (July 31)
[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 ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (July 24)
[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 Arab instability and US strategy Joseph Massad examines the US policies in the region, including the Gulf states, in ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (July 17)
[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 Moscow and Riyadh in deaths spat Michael Peel and Charles Clover report on the tense relations between the two countries ...
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