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Duality between the position of oppressed and that of oppressor is not rare in history. It is encountered in particular in the case of national movements embodying the quest of an oppressed nation for liberation from colonialism while this same nation oppresses in its own count..

In this week’s Jadaliyya “Media on Media” roundup: The United States has elected Donald Trump. As the dust settles from last Tuesday’s elections, global media outlets have reacted differently to Trump’s victory, including

This week, Jadaliyya`s "Media on Media" roundup offers a variety of news and opinions on the way the media have been operating in the region.

Why is the tr..

This week, Jadaliyya`s "Media on Media" roundup takes a closer look at the media industry in the Middle East.  In the shadow of Syria’s inconsistent media coverage, an entrepreneurial journali..

Kazeboon revisits Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi`s Egypt two years after the 3 July military coup. The video below serves as a collage of footage highlighting what sort of state Egypt has become under Sisi. Archival footage traces Sisi`..

[This interview is the result of a month-long email conversation between the activists of Gulf Ultra Luxury Faction (G.U.L.F.) and Jadaliyya`s Arabian Peninsula page editorial team.]

Nate Christensen and John Warner (NC and JW): Can you give us a brief introducti..

[The following report was published by the Bahrain Press Association on 3 May 2014]

Introduction

The Bahrain Press Association 2013 annual report, “Less Freedom, Broader Impunity,” is int..

[The following report was published by the Gulf Center for Human Rights on 1 March 2014]

Rising Human Rights Challenges in the Gulf Region and Beyond: Annual Report of the Gulf Center for Human Rights 2014

[The following petition was issued on 11 February 2014 by the below signatories. The petition was organized in response to the Saudi authorities`  arrest and detention of Ashraf Fayadh in 2013 for a collection of poems he published in 2008.]

As Arab authors, writers, art..

[The following post was written by Fahad Desmukh for Bahrain Watch on 23 April 2013.]

For the second consecutive time, the Bahraini government has told the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture to delay his planned visit to Bahrain. A

[The following letter from Nabeel Rajab was originally published on Freedom in Bahrain. Click



[This is a monthly archive of pieces written by Jadaliyya contributors and editors on the Arabian Peninsula. It also includes material published on other platforms that editors deemed pertinent to post as they provide diverse depictions of Arabian Peninsula-related topics. These pieces reflect..

The “Saudi Arabia Between Conservatism, Accommodation, and Reform” report—edited by Roel Meijer & Paul Aarts—falls within the “Riyadh programme,” which is part of the larger Islamic Research Project (IRP) initiated by the Dutch Foreign Office. The report covers three topics: intellectual deb..

What baffles me most about Mona Eltahawy’s Foreign Policy article is that it does not accomplish the task it sets out for itself; it does not, in fact, answer its foundational question: Why do they hate us?

Instead of focusing on the why, identifying the structural reasons be..

[The following is the latest from Amnesty International on Saudi Arabia.]

Saudi Arabia: Repression in the Name of Security

“I am here to say we need democracy. We need freedom. We need to speak freely. We need no one to stop us from expressing our opinions.”..

I was honored to be a freedom rider and it was a team effort at its best (those who rode and the many who worked behind the scenes). Two other Palestinians were also arrested with us. They were there as a reporters/observers, not participants. All eight of us were e..

[The following is the latest from the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI).]

Israeli International Festivals: Occasions for Whitewashing Oppression or Resisting it?

Whi..

The state of Iranian cyberspace is yet another example of the repressive relationship between the Islamic Republic`s government and the people of Iran. A report by Freedom House this April ranked Iran last in regards to Internet..