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Aside from a historical archive, we view Palestine Open Maps as a critical component of a larger project of reimagining the space and politics of the region through a geographic lens. The genocide in Gaza has reminded us of the urgency of building a political future for Palestine, beyond genocid..

The swift collapse of the Syrian regime took everyone by surprise, after 54 years of rule and a prolonged

During the 2023 American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting, Jadaliyya Syria Page Co-Editor Basileus Zeno received the Best 2022 APSA Paper award from the MENA Politics Section. The award recognizes the best paper presented at the previous meeting. Zeno was selected for his pape..

In this episode of Search Files, Ahmad Barclay discusses the role of open source data and mapping on Palestine studies, and the project's contribution to cartographic research and analysis more generally. Girish Daswani speaks about his research on what it means to decolonize anthropology ..

The book is actually the third volume of a book series called the “History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps,” which is based on a podcast of the same name that I have been running since 2010. The books are basically a revised version of the scripts I wrote for th..

While there has been much more interest in Islamic maps over the past decade, they are still commonly deployed as decoration, adorning book covers and illustrating general surveys of Islamic history. I felt there was a need for an accessible introduction that w..

An account of the meeting at of the Foundations of Political Theory section of American Political Science Association (APSA) and its discussion of a resolution to endorse the academic boycott of Israel.

Photos by Avani Rai
Text by Parshati Dutta & Avani Rai

Nothing is ordinary for people who live in the most heavily militarized place on Earth. We have seen life in Kashmir for more than four years, and have seen how loss is embedded in everyday life: children denied education be..

My enduring love and fascination of Islamic maps propels me to research and write about them. They present intriguing windows into the perceptions of a world of cartographers, artists, travelers, thinkers, and conquerors a millennium and more ago.

Visualizing Palestine is excited to share 

This book started with a discovery. In September 2000, a specialist in Islamic manuscripts at Christie’s auction house in London called Emilie—who specializes in the history of Islamic science—and asked her if she could come into London from Oxford and look at ..

[The following report was published by ACAPS and the Mixed Migration Platform on 9 September 2017.]

ACAPS and the Mixed Migration Platform h..

[In this two-part essay we present a selection of captivating photographs from roughly the first half of the 20th century in Egypt, collected by Yasser Alwan and held by the photography center Akkasah at NYUAD. The essa..

2017 INAUGURAL AGAPS BOOK AWARD

This map (Fig.1) shows a section of modern Cairo in 1946, developed from the 1860s onwards to the west of the historic city (founded 969 C.E.). The map focuses on the downtown area or roughly what came to be called Wist al-Balad—the middle-of-the-city (country?)—c..

Gilbert Achcar, Morbid Symptoms: Relapse in the Arab Uprising (Stanford: Stanford University Press and London: Saqi, 2016).

Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book?

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In Berlin one can find traces of almost any culture in the world. Unprepared for the magnitude of diversity this one city had to offer, my time in Berlin forced me to question everything around me. Part of myself just couldn`t find a way to belong. I was cons..

This week’s Media on Media Roundup includes a special section dedicated to a discussion about the controversy surrounding Google Maps’ apparent omission of the Palestinian ter..

I run to the fields, walk amidst mountains, and breathe in the smell of leaves to escape the chaos, pollution, and claustrophobia of Ramallah. The lack of open space and adequate urban parks in the city leaves me constantly hungry for green fields and crisp f..

I feel compelled to snap a picture of every angle, corner, and inch of whatever I lay my eyes on, especially within the urban environment. Much has changed in Amman over the years with the construction of new buildings and the introduction of new styles, structures, and patterns. I capture..

Text by Elle Kurancid, photos by Bryony Dunne.

Olive tree felling is a longtime strategy of Israel’s occupation regime in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Since 1967, an estimated 800,000 Palestinian oliv..

As a Palestinian photojournalist living in the West Bank my daily work is very far from the quiet and fabulous nature that is seen in these pictures. Every week I spend hours covering protests, clashes, and the military operations of the Israeli occupying forces. In between I give myself some re..

I felt a strong connection with Dubai beginning with my first visit in 2004. I was captivated by the unique mix of the bustling energy of a young city turned towards its future, eager to compete with international hubs such as New York City and London, combined with a Middle Eastern douceur d..