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After the Arab Spring in Palestine: Contesting the Neoliberal Narrative of Palestinian National Liberation
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Over the past year, as Arab peoples in surrounding countries erupted in protest against dictators, security regimes, and failed social and economic policies, the Palestinian people living in their occupied homeland have remained quiescent. Neither have mass protests targeted the Palestinian “regime’s” policies or negotiating performance, nor has resistance to Israeli occupation escalated or taken more effective forms. In contrast to the turbulence and revolutionary potential of the Arab Spring, has neoliberal ideology, through its economic policy content, created a Palestinian constituency for normalcy and risk aversion that could hold back progress in the ...
Keep Reading »Press Release: "We Reject the Economic Program Presented by Ganzouri's Cabinet to the IMF"
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[The following press release was issued by the Popular Campaign to Drop Egypt's Debt on 20 March 2012.] No to reproducing Mubarak’s failed economic policies! MP Saad Al Hossaini, head of the parliamentary Plan and Budget Committee, received in his office a delegation from the Popular Campaign to Drop Egypt’s Debt (PCDED), to discuss the issue of Egypt’s foreign debt in light of the discourse around a new loan the interim government intends to draw from the IMF. In an hour and a half, the meeting addressed how the Parliament could support the Campaign’s demands of monitoring and audit of all debts contracted in the Mubarak era, and discussed the so called economic ...
Keep Reading »So What If Iran Has The Bomb?
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Whether it is simply a product of political jockeying associated with the US presidential election season or a "real" concern of the institutional networks that constitute the US foreign policy establishment, there has been a marked increase in the rhetorical—and even the practical—mobilization around Iran's potential nuclear capabilities. Initially, such mobilizations centered on the question of whether and to what degree Iran would grant weapons inspectors access to its nuclear program. Lately, the discussion has shifted to a debate about which set of coercive measures can prevent Iran from acquiring weapon-grade nuclear technology. Importantly, this shift ...
Keep Reading »The Seven Wonders of the Revolution
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Around the corner from Tahrir Square, the heart of Egypt’s eighteen-day uprising, Mohamed Mahmud Street bears the scars of a turbulent political year in Egypt. The once-bustling street off of Tahrir Square has seen its share of violent battlefields--beginning with 28 January 2011 and ending with the February 2012 clashes following the Port Said massacre. The pavements that once carried students from the American University of Cairo (AUC), Lycee Francais and Deutsche Schule Der Borromaerinnen have witnessed dying protesters dragged to cover, and defenseless men and women shot in the eye or collapsing from tear gas asphyxiation—all at the hands of the Egyptian security ...
Keep Reading »Syria Media Roundup March 21st
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[Please note that this is a roundup of news articles circulating on Syria and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Syria Page Editors or Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to post@jadaliyya.com by Monday night of every week]
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New Texts Out Now: Shahla Talebi, Ghosts of Revolution: Rekindled Memories of Imprisonment in Iran
Shahla Talebi, Ghosts of Revolution: Rekindled Memories of Imprisonment in Iran. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 2011. Winner of the 2011 Outstanding Academic Title Award, sponsored by Choice, and Honorable Mention in the Biography & Autobiography category in the 2011 PROSE Awards Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book? Shahla Talebi (ST): I knew since leaving Iran in late 1993 that I wanted to find a way to make whatever sense possible of my experience of imprisonment, and the way the revolution had swallowed its children. I studied anthropology as a way of understanding others and myself. My experience had taught me that one can never give a ...
Keep Reading »The Myth of Middle East Reporting
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The tragic death of Anthony Shadid and Marie Colvin, two celebrated American reporters in chaotic Syria last month, has generated due tributes from colleagues and readers who admired their Middle East coverage over more than two decades. Shadid, a New York Times reporter, who died of an apparent asthma attack, and Colvin of the Sunday Times, who was killed in shelling in Homs, were also praised for their sense of duty to go on secret assignments, braving Bashar Al-Assad's dictatorship and defying restrictions his regime imposed on covering the Syrian uprising. Few other Western journalists also risked their lives by sneaking into the war-torn nation to get the news ...
Keep Reading »Maghreb Media Roundup (March 20)
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Algeria “Voter registration issues emerge in Algeria” Political parties and election monitors argue the late registration of 30,000 military personnel, along with other inconsistencies, will have an unfair impact on future elections. "Algeria marks 50 years since France cease-fire" Calls are renewed for a law to condemn France's colonial history. "Rim’K: The Algerian Beats of Nostalgia" A profile on prominent Algerian rapper Rim'K highlights a more political side to the Maghrebi rap pioneer. Libya "الفن 'أداة للنضال' في ليبيا” Interview with Libyan Journalist and political activist Muhammad Makhlouf reveals art to ...
Keep Reading »Scandalous Flag Incident at Mannouba University: A Wake-up Call
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The March 7th events at the University of Mannouba in Tunis drew my attention this week: could this be a wake-up call? A salafi who is not a student at the university took down the Tunisian flag from the rooftop of the university and replaced it with the salafi black flag – inscribed in Arabic with la ilaha illa Allah Muhammad rasul Allah (“There is no God but God and Muhammad is His prophet”). We Tunisians say this phrase many times a day; when we are surprised for instance, we say la ilaha illa Allah (there is no God but God) or when we forget something. But in this incident, a salafi took down the Tunisian flag ...
Keep Reading »The Invention of the Savage: Colonial Exhibitions and the Staging of the Arab Spring
Watching a popular uprising in real time was indeed a dramatic experience. As viewers tuned in (or streamed in) to the violence, courage, and uncertainty of events in North Africa this year, many of them had the impression of witnessing the “actual” events, free from the framing tactics and analytical bias often found on the six o’clock news. A host of new media celebrities became household names as they reported live from Tahrir, and news outlets such as Al-Jazeera saw an unprecedented rise in viewership. Spectators were made to believe that a return to the event “itself” was once again possible after decades of being locked into what Jean Baudrillard called the ...
Keep Reading »...and Counting
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Sabah Mustapha Ahmad / Ahmed al-Fahel / Ahmed Subhi al-Fahal/ Ahmad Subhi al-Fahl / Waddah Saadi Saleh al-Obeidi / Brothers of dead man / Daugther of dead couple / Wife of Dead man / Daughter of dead couple…and Counting: Failure and Loss in Wafaa Bilal’s Body Modification Work. In Wafaa Bilal’s recent performance, …and Counting, the artist utilizes tattoo art to document the deaths of thousands of Americans and Iraqis killed since March 2003, which marked the start of the US-led invasion in Iraq. Over a twenty-four-hour period, tattoo artists methodically rendered the names of Iraq’s major cities in Arabic script on Bilal’s back, and embedded 5,000 red ...
Keep Reading »Jadaliyya Culture: March
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This month's bouquet features poetry from Pakistan and prose from Iraq and Syria: * Vijay Prashad translates Faiz Ahmed Faiz's "Beirut: Ornament of Our World." * Ahmad Diab writes about Homs in "Area Code for the Heart." * Suneela Mubayi translates an excerpt from Luay Hamza Abbas' new novel, City of Images. * Fatima Fettar translates Salma Idilbi's "Attention! At Ease." All previous culture posts can be accessed here. Read and forward our Call for Posts. Tell us what you think: culture@jadaliyya.com
Keep Reading »The Problem of Privilege
“To believe in a democratic Jewish state today is to be caught between the jaws of a pincer,” writes Peter Beinart in his widely circulated and hotly debated op-ed. Indeed -- but it was ever thus. Today the pincer is not, as Beinart would have it, the incongruity of the “democratic Israel” inside the Green Line and the “undemocratic Israel” outside it. It is the discrepancy between the notions that Israel -- whether a Greater Israel encompassing West Bank settlements or the pre-1967 Israel for ...
Keep Reading »The Syrian Regime's Business Backbone
Nearly one year into the Syrian uprising, with more than 7,500 Syrians dead, the protracted conflict is not very well understood or reported despite a deluge of writings. Most track fast-moving events without pausing for sober analysis of Syrian politics and society. Early on, the dominant argument was that the regime would quickly collapse; later, it has been that the regime is durable. The long view rarely appears. When it does, alas, it most commonly adduces timeless cultural factors, chiefly ...
Keep Reading »Bahrain's Revolutionaries Speak: An Exclusive Interview with Bahrain's Coalition of February 14th Youth
In spite of claims that Bahrain’s revolution has failed, the reality is that peaceful protests, a campaign of civil disobedience, and anti-Al Khalifa energy is at an all-time high. The regime’s reliance on heavy-handed violence has failed to quell the country’s revolutionary spirit or stamp out the opposition. If anything, the yearlong brutal siege against its own citizens has strengthened the resolve of anti-regime critics and their determination to carry on. Among the most determined to keep the ...
Keep Reading »How Not to Study Gender in the Middle East
One: Gender is not the study of what is evident, it is an analysis of how what is evident came to be. Two: Before resolving to write about gender, sexuality, or any other practice or aspect of subjectivity in the Middle East, one must first define what exactly the object of study is. Be specific. What country, region, and time period forms the background picture of your study? Furthermore, the terms “Middle East,” “the Islamic World” and the “Arab world” do not refer to the same place, peoples, or ...
Keep Reading »انتخابات الرئاسة القادمة: فى معنى التوافق وأزماته
تُعدّ معركة الانتخابات الرئاسية القادمة تجسيداً نادر المثال لأزمة كلٍ من النظام الآخذ فى الاحتضار منذ 25 يناير 2011 والقوى الساعية لوراثته. تتمثل هذه الأزمة فى انهيار الطبقة السياسية التى اعتمدت عليها الطُغمة الأمنية-العسكرية الحاكمة فى إعادة انتاج هيمنتها خلال الستين عاماً الماضية، وعجز الحركة الإسلامية عن ملء هذا الفراغ بشكل كامل. فبعد عام من الثورة تبدو الطُغمة التى أدارت البلد لعقود قادرة على القمع والتحكم فى مفاصل الإدارة اليومية للدولة ولكنها غير قادرة على الحكم بالمعنى السياسى للكلمة فى حين تبدو ...
Keep Reading »Reflections on Ideology After the Arab Uprisings
A key conceptual problem for observers of the Arab uprisings–academics and journalists alike–continues to be how to classify and assess the ideological transformations taking place. “The people want the downfall of the regime,” the central slogan of the uprisings, has been interpreted as anything from a return to pan-Arab sentiments to a new Arab liberalism. For some, it signaled the unification of action around a single idea that resisted the atomization of Arab societies under the ...
Keep Reading »Jadaliyya Launches Maghreb Page
Jadaliyya announces the launch of its new Maghreb Page, found here. Much like the setup of the Syria Page and Egypt Page, the Maghreb Page will feature articles about the Maghreb, including Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, and the Western Sahara—covering all subject matters. We will accept submissions in Arabic, English, and French. If you are interested in contributing to this page, send us your submission to Maghreb@jadaliyya.com. The ...
Keep Reading »الذاكرة الجماعية العربية بين الانتقام والعدالة والمصالحة
يمر العالم العربي بمرحلة مفصلية في تاريخه هذه الأيام. مرحلة اختلط فيها الصالح بالطالح، واختلطت فيها الانتهازية بالثورة، وكثر فيها تغيير الولاءات وصار نوعاً من التقليد أن نرى الجلادين يصيرون ثواراً وينغسلون من كل أدران الماضي الذي شاركوا في تشكيله بكل مساوئه لمجرد أنهم غيروا الولاء بين ليلة وضحاها وأرسلوا بياناً مسجلاً أو نقل عنهم أنهم تابوا وأصلحوا وانحازوا إلى جانب الشعب. هذه السنة الخطيرة تحمل في طياتها الكثير من المخاطر على مستقبل الثورة في العالم العربي لأن الديكتاتور لا يمكن أن يستحيل ديمقراطياً. ...
Keep Reading »Morocco: A 'Democratic Moment'?
During the last years of his reign, King Hassan II initiated a modest and controlled reform process intended to ease the transition of power by attempting to hand the reigns over safely to the crown prince at the time, nowadays King Mohamed VI. To buttress his legitimacy and distance himself from the authoritarian style of his late father, King Mohamed VI ushered in an era of diffident political reforms that—under popular pressure from within and the progression of Arab revolts from without—culminated in ...
Keep Reading »Le printemps arabe : et si l’Algérie avait raison ?
L’Algérie avait-elle raison ? Le régime algérien aime désormais le répéter partout : le printemps arabe est une illusion. Il est mauvais pour la santé des peuples, la stabilité du Sud, la lutte anti-terroriste. Voyez la Tunisie ! Voyez l’Egypte ! Voyez la Libye. Cela ne sert à rien de se révolter contre le Père de la nation pour se soumettre, à la fin, à l’Imam de la nation, susurre la voix douce des dernières dictatures. « Des amis hôteliers m’appellent de la Tunisie pour ...
Keep Reading »A Barbarian in Rome
[The following are excerpts from a longer text in the form of a diary kept during the war] “ I have freed millions from barbarism.” George W. Bush, The Guardian, Sunday, June 15, 2008. i. “Are you going home for the holidays?” asked a colleague of mine some years ago in the elevator. It is a typical and legitimate question, but if you happen to be from Baghdad, as I am, formulating an answer is not a simple task. The immediate one that came to mind was: have you watched the news in the last four ...
Keep Reading »The Church, Maspero, and the Future of the Coptic Community
With the passing of Pope Shenouda III, the journalistic shorthand that has emerged in discussing the current situation of Egypt’s Coptic Christians is that the loss has come at a difficult, precarious time for the community. In the midst of the uncertainty looming over the country as a whole, with the military still ruling Egypt and presidential elections in the offing, the Copts are said to bear a double burden – both that borne by all Egyptians as a consequence of last year’s uprising, and one ...
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