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Roundtable on Post-Mubarak Egypt: Authoritarianism without Autocrats? (Part III: Shehata)
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[This is the third of seven posts associated with a Jadaliyya electronic roundtable on the future of Egypt. Click here to access the full roundtable. Participants include: Issandr Al-Amrani, Zeinab Abul-Magd, Nathan J. Brown, Jason Brownlee, Daniel Brumberg, Mohamed El-Menshawy, and Samer Shehata. A description of the roundtable can be found here. For the previous post click here.] Citizens and State in Post-Mubarak Egypt Jason Brownlee is correct to argue that the most daunting challenge facing efforts to advance democratic change in Egypt is not whether constitution writing should precede elections or choosing between different electoral systems, but security ...
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السيناريو (إلى بشار وفصيلته) في البداية، تقلّد التماثيل الطاغية، فتقف في كل مكان. تنظر إلى الناس. تراقبهم. وتتوهّم بأنها ستظل إلى أبد الآبدين. تتناسل الصور وتنتشر كالبثور على وجه البلاد. يطول الكابوس عقوداً، ثم يجيء اليوم. يقف الشعب ويجبر التماثيل على أن تطأطي رؤوسها، واحداً بعد الآخر وتركع، احتراماً له. تنصاع التماثيل. تُمَزَّقُ الصور. وتظل أنت وحيداً مع مهرّجيك وسفّاحيك. فاسفك ما شئت من دم لتؤجّل النهاية، لكنها لن تتغيّر أبداً. إليك المشهد الأخير: ستقلد تماثيلك وستطأطيء رأسك. وتسقط شمس جديدة إلى أحرار سوريا كل دمعة نائمة ستستيقظ وتبحث عن أخواتها ليصبحن نهراً كل صوت سيقوم من قبره ويبحث عن حنجرة يبني بها عشاً لهتاف ما كل ...
Keep Reading »Tragic Day for Norway; Shameful Day for Journalism
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A friend’s status update on Facebook alerted me that something horrible had happened in Oslo. Horrible things tend not to happen in Oslo, so I immediately turned to the news to learn what was going on. I read a story in the New York Times that squarely pointed to jihadi groups angered at the war in Afghanistan. The expert the Times cited was Will McCants. I checked in on his twitter feed throughout the day, as he allegedly translated an alleged website by the alleged terrorists responsible for the attacks in Norway. Throughout the day, he translated Arabic phrases from a forum about the type of explosives used, car chases through Oslo and arrests, etc. Even as he pointed ...
Keep Reading »DIA-LOGUE
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What’s in a word? Different people have divergent interpretations for the seemingly innocuous word “dialogue.” In Damascus, it might mean one thing, in Sanaa another, and in Tripoli yet another. Let us consult the classic, illustrious Baath Party’s Arabic-Arabic Dictionary and see what it might say...
Keep Reading »برهان غليون: الشعب السوري هو من يقرر مصير سوريا وليس القوى الاجنبية
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يرى المعارض السوري البارز برهان غليون، الذي يشغل منصب مدير مركز دراسات الشرق المعاصر وأستاذ علم الاجتماع السياسي في جامعة السوربون في باريس، في الحوار التالي مع ابتسام عازم أن الثورة السورية كسرت شوكة النظام الحاكم في سوريا وشدد على أن المعارضة السورية لن تشارك في حوار شكلي معه لا يؤدي إلى انتقال سلمي إلى ديمقراطية حقيقية، كما أنها ترفض التدخل العسكري والفتنة الطائفية وإستخدام السلاح بأي شكل كان. » كيف تقرؤون المرحلة التي تعيشها سوريا بعد مرور شهور على انطلاق أكبر حركة احتجاجية ضد النظام الحاكم؟ برهان غليون: لا يوجد شك أن سوريا تمر بمرحلة تغير. لقد وصلنا إلى وضع لا يمكن العودة فيه إلى الوراء وذلك بعد شهور من المظاهرات والمسيرات السلمية وعلينا التطلع إلى ...
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«هذا أوان الحرائق، لا ينبغي أن يُرى غير النُّور» (هوسي مارتي) وصف الفيلسوف الماركسي سلافوي جيجك الانتفاضات الشعبية التي تشهدها المنطقة العربية بالمعجزة. الوصف دقيق ما دامت الحالة التي يتحدّث عنها ينطبق عليها التعريف المألوف للمعجزة، بما هي حدث خارق لم يتنبّأ بحدوثه أحد. قد يقال ردّاً على هذه المفرقعة التي أطلقها جيجك، إنّ الثورات تأتي دوماً على غفلة. وهو بذلك أدرى. ومع أنّ هذه ليست بقاعدة عامّة، فإنّها لا تعفي من ضرورة التساؤل والتأمّل في المغافلات الكبرى التي نعيشها منذ أشهر. فليس غريباً مثلاً أن تعترف وكالات الاستخبارات الإسرائيلية والأميركية بأنّها تضرب أخماساً بأسداس، لتفسير عجزها عن توقّع الانفجارات التي زعزعت «الأمن والاستقرار» في المنطقة، وشبّهها رئيس الوزراء ...
Keep Reading »Statement of Syrian Christians in Support of the Revolution
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[The following statement was issued in English, French, and Arabic by a group of Syrian Christians on July 10, 2011.] Statement of Syrian Christians in Support of the Revolution I. Christianity being a religion of truth, justice, equality and love, Syrian Christians can not but be with their fellow citizens in their peaceful movement toward freedom, justice, and equality. II. We, as Syrian nationals and an active part of Syrian society, declare our early participation in this blessed revolution which aims to build a civic nation for all its citizens. We have not stopped protesting since, and have taken the mosques and neighborhoods of Damascus and other cities as a ...
Keep Reading »Jadaliyya's iPhone/iPad/iPod/iNama Kuntum App is Now Available—We Tried to Resist . . .
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We tried to resist for a almost a year, but we were constantly asked "When will you have an app for Jadaliyya?" So we developed an App for the iPhone and iPad! شو بدنا نعمل؟ This would be the Beta version as we are trying to get your feedback as to what you'd like to see on there. You can download it here for free. At this point, we have the basics on the App. You will be able to surf our recent posts, watch our Vimeo and Youtube interviews and videos, and read our tweets. And if you'd like to go to the site itself, forward any of the items you read or watch, or tweet/fb a post\video, it's all one click away. Our intention is to make reading Jadaliyya ...
Keep Reading »Culture XIV
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Although counterrevolutions are in full swing, our weekly section brings some hope, nominally and otherwise. Amal Hanano continues her meditations about Aleppo. Gaelle Raphael translates Amal Dunqul's powerful poem, "A Special Interview with Noah's Son." Suneela Mubayi translates Sargon Boulus's poem about Imru' al-Qays. To Die For by Amal Hanano Amal Dunqul "A Special Interview with Noah's Son" translated by Gaelle Raphael Sargon Boulus "To Imru' al-Qays on His Way to the Inferno" translated by Suneela Mubayi All previous culture posts can be found here. Tell us whhat you think! We would love to hear from you. Please ...
Keep Reading »Amal Dunqul "A Special Interview with Noah's Son"
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Noah’s flood is coming nearer! The city is sinking little…by little Birds flee And water rises On the steps of houses Shops The post office Banks Statues (of our immortal ancestors) Temples Wheat sacks Maternity hospitals The prison gate The State House The corridors of fortified barracks. Birds are leaving Slowly… Slowly… Geese on the water float Furniture floats… And a child’s toy… And a gasp of a sad mother Young women on the roofs waver! Noah’s flood is coming nearer Here are “the wise men” fleeing to the ship The singers, the prince’s horseman, the usurers, the judge of judges (And his ...
Keep Reading »Urgent: Pair of Sandals for Gilboa Prison!
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[Translated from the Arabic by Sherene Seikaly. The original text can be found here.] — Did they give you a copy of the photo I faxed? — No! — What about the photo I attached to the letter? Didn’t it arrive? — No, I haven’t received a thing. We continue talking. Question marks wander through our minds, as we look to the hands of the clock. They fall upon us and steal our time. Without any warning they announce the end of our forty-five minutes. We say goodbye to one another. Then the telephone cuts off, and stops carrying his voice through the glass. I force myself to leave the room to relieve some of the difficulty in the fact we must part. We promise to meet ...
Keep Reading »هدية المستشارة الألمانية للثورات العربية والقارة السوداء: دبابات وأسلحة
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يبدو أن المستشارة الألماينة أنجيلا ميركل تبحث عن أسواق جديدة وإضافية للأسلحة بعدما خفضت ألمانيا عديد جيشها فلم يعد يحتاج إلى الكثير من الأسلحة كما كان الوضع عليه حتى الآن. فقد طلت علينا صفحات الجرائد الألمانية بأخبار عن صفقات أسلحة سرية مع السعودية. وطلت علينا المستشارة الألمانية من شاشات التلفزة لتعلن، بعدما وطأت قدمها الناعمة أرض إفريقيا وتحديداً بعد لقائها مع الرئيس الأنغولي دوس سانتوس، أن بلادها ترغب بمساعدة أنغولا على التسلح وستبيع ما بين ست إلى ثمان سفن دورية عسكرية إلى أنغولا لحماية سواحلها. تحاول أنجيلا ميركل أن تدعم مصالح بلدها الإقتصادية حيث تطوف كل من أنغولا وكينيا ونيجيريا، هذه الدول الغنية بالموارد الطبيعية ومن بينها الماس والنفط. ولا ضرر من أن تحاول ...
Keep Reading »Roundtable on Post-Mubarak Egypt: Authoritarianism without Autocrats? (Part II: Al-Amrani)
[This is the second of seven posts associated with a Jadaliyya electronic roundtable on the future of Egypt. Click here to access the full roundtable. Participants include: Issandr Al-Amrani, Zeinab Abul-Magd, Nathan J. Brown, Jason Brownlee, Daniel Brumberg, Mohamed El-Menshawy, and Samer Shehata. A description of the roundtable can be found here.] An Optimistic Rejoinder to Jason Brownlee It is hard to find fault in the narrative described by my friend Jason Brownlee’s article on “Egypt's Incomplete ...
Keep Reading »Roundtable on Post-Mubarak Egypt: Authoritarianism without Autocrats? (Part I: Sallam)
[This is the first of seven posts associated with a Jadaliyya electronic roundtable on the future of Egypt. Click here to access the full roundtable. Participants include: Issandr Al-Amrani, Zeinab Abul-Magd, Nathan J. Brown, Jason Brownlee, Daniel Brumberg, Mohamed El-Menshawy, and Samer Shehata.] Introduction Almost six months have passed since former Vice President Omar Suleiman appeared on television to announce to the world that 30 years of Hosni Mubarak’s rule have ended. As monumental and ...
Keep Reading »Book Reviews in the Arab Studies Journal's Forthcoming Issue
We are pleased to announce the Book Review section of the upcoming release of the latest issue of Arab Studies Journal, Jadaliyya's sister organization under the umbrella of the Arab Studies Institute, and its peer-reviewed research publication arm. For more information about the Arab Studies Journal, please visit our About page here. This nineteenth year of the Arab Studies Journal review section continues the Journal’s tradition of bringing select new titles ...
Keep Reading »New Arab Studies Journal Issue . . . Around the Corner!
We are pleased to announce the upcoming release of the latest issue of Arab Studies Journal, Jadaliyya's sister organization under the umbrella of the Arab Studies Institute, and its peer-reviewed research publication arm. For more information about the Arab Studies Journal, please visit our About page here. Revolutions, uprisings, demonstrations and protests have unfolded in ways both exultant and heartbreaking across North Africa and the Middle East in the last several months. As ...
Keep Reading »الإنقضاض على العمال المصريين
[ ترجمة يوسف حداد. نشرت هذه المقالة في مجلة "الميدل ايست ريبورت" الصادرة باللغة الانكليزية عدد رقم 239] تتمحور الطروحات السائدة المتعلقة بالثورة المصرية عام 2011، والتي ما زالت قائمة، حول "أزمة الدولة". من بين ركائز هذه الأزمة الفشل الكلي في تحقيق الإصلاح السياسي من رأس الهرم إلى أسفله، كما أظهرته بجلاء الانتخابات التشريعية عام 2010 والتي تم التلاعب بنتائجها بشكل فاضح، وتنامي الفساد والقمع، وبروز فرص للعمل الجماعي التي وفرتها مواقع الانترنت كفايسبوك وتويتر، وتبني ...
Keep Reading »The Arab Uprisings and the Priorities of the Left
For a number of leftist intellectuals, the 2011 Arab Spring belongs to a rare category of historical events: a series of political disturbances, each one igniting the other, across an entire region of the world. There have been only three comparable examples in history: the South American wars of liberation from Spanish colonialism between 1818 and 1825; the European revolutions in the period 1848-1849; and the fall of the regimes in the Soviet bloc in the period 1989-1991. For example, the British ...
Keep Reading »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 ...
Keep Reading »To Die For
[This is the seventh part of Amal Hanano's diary of her trip back to Aleppo. You can read the previous parts here] Like most acquaintances in our wired world, a certain “friend of a friend” had become a “friend.” I had admired her for months from afar, inspired by her bold status updates which openly criticized the regime. She was everything I wanted to be: defiant, outspoken, fearless. I had never met her, but after the Nadi Halab dinner, I felt tainted by association and needed redemption. So ...
Keep Reading »Sargon Boulus "To Imru' al-Qays on his Way to the Inferno"
The Iraqi-Assyrian Sargon Boulos (1944-2007) was born in Habbaniya, Iraq, into an Assyrian Christian family. He moved to Kirkuk with his family in the 1950s and began writing poetry from an early age. He learnt English at a young age due to his father’s association with the British and read English and American poetry avidly as a youth, especially the American Beat poets. After moving to Baghdad in 1964, he befriended Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, who sent his poetry to the avant-garde Shʿir magazine published in ...
Keep Reading »The Case Against the Grand Egyptian Museum
A Modern Museum for an Ancient Nation? With the French Revolution came the first truly public museum in the world, the Louvre, which opened its doors in 1793. Private collections owned by wealthy individuals were made accessible to the middle and upper classes in major European cities roughly since the eighteenth century. Access to such collections by a greater public was seen as one of the engines of European enlightenment. With the emergence of public museums came a new approach to art history that ...
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Just as Zeus put Hercules through a series of humbling labors not so long ago, so too do the Gods of neo-liberalism and colonialism today put Greece’s current fearless leader through many an unsavory janitor’s task. A dirty job, but someone has to do it...
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خلال سنوات تألقه السياسي، وقبل أن تسحبه أزمة اﻻقتصاد اﻻسباني إلى قعر شعبيّته وآماله، راهن ثاباتيرو، رئيس الوزراء اﻻسباني، على إنشاء ودعم ثبات ونمو "اﻻتحاد من أجل المتوسّط"، فاستضاف في برشلونة اجتماعات اﻻتحاد التأسيسيّة وعمل جاهداً على اتخاذ ذات المدينة مقراً للمنظمة الوليدة. كانت السياسة الخارجيّة اﻻسبانيّة بحاجة للانعطاف نحو إطارٍ مغاير لذلك الذي اختاره أثنار، رئيس الوزراء السابق، بعلاقته الذيليّة بإدارة بوش ودعمه لغزو العراق عام 2003، ووجد الحزب اﻻشتراكي الحاكم في مشروع إقامة منظمة تجمع ...
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