Film/Doc/Video

When my grandmother Nazmiya al-Kilani was 22, the Nakba divided her life into two: one before the 1948 Nakba and one in the everpresent Nakba. For the majority of my life, her story was kept from me, tucked away in the drawer of difficult conversations. My family would share shards of her tumult..

On 5 May, Ibrahim Fraihat and Jadaliyya co-editor Mouin Rabbani had a conversation about the recent Saudi-Iranian normalization agreement. This episode of Connections will examine the context and consequences of the agreement, and its implications for the region’s shifting geopolitics...

About Baghdad is the first film made about Iraq after the fall of the Ba’ath regime in July 2003. It won the “Best Documentary” prize at the Big Apple Film Festival Award in New York in 2004. It is perhaps the first effort to privilege the voices of the Iraqi people, from all walks of l..

About Baghdad is the first film made about Iraq after the fall of the Ba’ath regime in July 2003. It won the “Best Documentary” prize at the Big Apple Film Festival Award in New York in 2004. It is perhaps the first effort to privilege the voices of the Iraqi people, from all walks of l..

In this conversation, Hossam Hamalawy will address the role of the military, businessmen, and workers during the early days of the Egyptian uprising. Hossam was interviewed on these same three topics twelve years ago as the uprising erupted. His account then remains c..

How can we imagine healing from wounds that are ongoing, derived from historical injustices that continuously generate new losses, piercing the present with violences at once familiar and shocking? Put another way, what does one serve at a tea party with ghosts who manifest from the melancholic ..

Join us on Wednesday, 25 May for a discussion about the war in Ukraine between Jadaliyya Co-Editor Mouin Rabbani and war correspondent Nabih Bulos. This episode of Connections will examine the various dimensions of the conflict and its global impact.