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I first traveled to Egypt in 2007 for an Arabic-language program. During that initial trip, I became well-acquainted with a Coptic Orthodox Christian family in Cairo’s Masakin Sheraton neighborhood. I experienced Orthodox liturgy for the first time with them, a..

Several years ago, I learned about a young Syrian man who was bayonetted at a labor strike. At the time, I was a new PhD student and a recent arrival to Boston, thirty miles from Lawrence, Massachusetts, where John Ramey was killed by a state militiaman in 1912..

Several factors motivated me to write this book. I will highlight three that address the larger questions it poses. First, my longstanding interest in Palestinian society since World War I drove me to explore how the Nakba and the forced m..

Jadaliyya co-editor Noura Erakat joined Democracy Now! to discuss the unjust arrest and detainment of Columbia graduate and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, as well as the bipartisan complicity in perpetuating anti-Palestinian rhetoric responsible for the suppression of free speech amo..

The assault on academic freedom is intensifying on University campuses. This series takes note of cases of defamation, intimidation, and suspension that faculty are being subjected to in the United States and beyond. We aim to raise awaren..

In this extended conversation, Bassam Haddad @4bassam hosts Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges @ChrisLynnHedges for a bold discussion on changes and continuities in the political landscape of the United States, its policies in the Middle East, and its role in Israel’s genocide in Gaz..

Join us on Friday, 17 January for a conversation with Hrair Balian about the Carter post- presidency and the Middle East. This episode of Connections will discuss the initiatives and activities of Jimmy Carter and the Carter Center in the Middle East during his decades-long post-presidency.