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On 8 August 2020, as tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Beirut, the 19th In My House Live Session hosted a “Conversation on Lebanon” between Ziad Abu-Rish (Bard College), Nadim al-Kak (Lebanese Center for Policy Studies), and Aya Majzoub (Human Rights Watch)—all of whom are b..

This conversation will address the background and consequences of Tuesday's horrific explosion in Beirut, with three distinguished engaged guests who reside in the city. 

This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Arabian Peninsula and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Arabian Peninsula Page Editors or of Jadaliyya.

Professor Shoba Wadhia summarizes and unpacks the various and meandering iterations of the Muslim Bans, from January 2017 to February 2018, and provides the audience a sense of what is to come.

The Academy in Exile, a joint initiative of the Institute of Turkish Studies at the University of Duisburg-Essen, the Berlin-based Forum Transregionale Studien and the Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI) invite submissions for a two-day international conference.

This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Arabian Peninsula and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Arabian Peninsula Page Editors or of Jadaliyya.

Two of Morocco's most prominent intellectual figures, Abdelhay Moudden and Driss Ksikes, discuss the unique political, economic and social dynamics of the country.

In July 2014, Israel began a military assault on the Gaza Strip, including an indiscriminate bombing campaign and a brutal ground invasion. In total, the assault killed 1,545 Palestinian civilians, including 556 children, and made 11,166 families homeless.

Three years on, no..

[The following press released was issued on 31 October 2014 by the University of Toronto Graduate Students` Union.]

On Monday, October 27t..

A one-day sympoisum hosted by the Issam Faris Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs

Sunday 28 September 2014
IFI Building Auditorium
AUB Campus
Beirut, Lebanon

On 26 August 2014, Israel and Palestinian resistance groups  entered into a long-term ceasefire agreement. The agreement looks almost exactly like the November 2012 ceasefire, including a lack of implementation mechanisms. The vague terms leave to question whether the Gaza Strip and its bes..

[The following report was published by the Alkarama Foundation on 26 March 2014]

Impunity is Not an Option: Ensure Accountability for Mass Killings in Egypt

Int..

[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Arabian Peninsula and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Arabian Peninsula Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week..

On 2 December 2013, Legal Agenda launched its English online edition. In its early launching stage, the English edition will feature, on a weekly basis, selected translations of studies and articles published in its sister Arabic edition. Our aim is to make original and informative research work..

[Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) issued a report written by Andrea Gittleman, JD and Alex Lee on 25 April ..

The Turkel Report, which includes important evidence and recommendations, may become a dead letter if the international community does not act to ensure that it contributes the pursuance of accountability vis-a-vis Israeli violations of international law and to justice for victims...

Lisa Hajjar, Torture: A Sociology of Violence and Human Rights. New York: Routledge, 2012 [“Framing Twenty-First Century Social Issues” series].

Jadaliyya (J): What inspired you to write thi..

[This article was written as a response to a recently published article by Maya Mikdashi and Jasbir Puar on the intersections and impasses between US centered pinkwashing and pinkwatch..

This is a video and transcript from a lecture I delivered on 18 July 2012 at the Palestine Center. It is the third and final installment of the Center`s Summer Intern Lecture Series. In this ..

Regrettably, states’ power to protect themselves and to ensure impunity has continued to grow in recent years. This paper discusses two recent examples of this political trend: the far-reaching reaction to Judge Baltasar Garzon’s legal decision not to apply the 1977 Spanish Amnesty Law to crimes..

[This is the second part of a six-part series associated with a Jadaliyya roundtable discussing targeted killings . Participants include Richard Falk, Nathan Freed Wess..

On 14 February 2012, Jadaliyya Co-Editor Noura Erakat participated in an American University Law School`s 2012 Founders` Celebration entitled "The Impact of the Arab ..

In 2007, in response to a request by the 2005 Lebanese government, the United Nations (UN) Security Council established the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). Based in the Netherlands, the STL seeks to prosecute those responsible for the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Har..