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Using a wealth of case studies from a variety of locations in the Southwest Asian/North African (S.W.A.N.A.) region, this dossier examines how fandom and politics intersect and the issues that arise from such intersections. It contributes to a growing critical scholarship examining racial and cu..

On 3 May 2020, cricketer-turned-politician and the then Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan addressed a public gathering where he spoke about the importance of watching Turkish shows instead of ‘typical Bollywood’. This speech came a year after Pakistan had banned the import or broadcast of I..

[This article is part of a special dossier on fandom and politics in the Southwest Asian/ North African (S.W.A.N.A.) region. Read all of the pieces, as well as the introduction, here.]

I encountered the field ..

The thing with Fairouz is that you can never really pinpoint the exact moment in time when you became a fan of her work. She seems to have always been there, lurking in the shadows of your morning coffee, or on the radio as you commute through the streets of Beirut, or blaring from the old trans..

On 25 February, nineteen days after two major earthquakes devastated Turkey and Syria, fans of the Turkish football team Fenerbahçe protested the Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (AKP), or Justice and Development Party, government with chants calling for them to resign. The government's belated and in..

Lebanese/American filmmaker Jude Chehab describes her experiences of the August 4th explosion in Beirut, recent protests in the city, and how these events lead her and others to organize grassroots rebuilding and transparent relief efforts in the Lebanese capital.

Art by Ibtisam Barakat.

by Yehia Moldan

This is a monthly roundup of news articles and other materials related to artistically inclined topics challenging cultural hegemony in the region, and beyond. It does not reflect the views of the Vox Populi Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send recommendations for inclusion in the Vox Popu..

Shifaa Alsairafi began writing the following graphic novel as a children’s book dedicated to telling the story of Yazidi refugees, as she felt there was a dearth of information on the group. Little is known about the Yazidi population and the international community has largely ceased to mention..

This is a monthly roundup of news articles and other materials related to artistically inclined topics challenging cultural hegemony in the region, and beyond. It does not reflect the views of the Vox Populi Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send recommendations for inclusion in the Vox Popu..

It happened only weeks after the Highway of Death, where the U.S.-led coalition attack claimed the lives of tens of thousands of retreating Iraqi soldiers in the aftermath of the 1991 Gulf War. As the few famished survivors reached Basra, an angry soldier raised his machine gun and began to shoo..

This is a monthly roundup of news articles and other materials related to artistically inclined topics challenging cultural hegemony in the region, and beyond. It does not reflect the views of the Vox Populi Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send recommendations for inclusion..

On 28 April 2018, Janet Biehl self-published a minicomic commemorating the Global Action Day for Hasankeyf and Sûr, inspired by the testimonies she heard at the Permanent Peoples' Tribunal on Turkey and Kurds in Paris on 15-16 March 2018. We are publishing it on Jada..

For Vox Populi’s March/April issue, our team decided to focus on the topic of intersectional feminism within the MENA region. Recently, the streets of the Arab world have been alive with manifestations of feminist activism, particularly surrounding International Women..

A feminist artist and activist hailing from Saudi Arabia, Ms. Saffaa has consistently utilized her artistic platform to advocate for the rights of women both in her home country and abroad. After moving to Australia to pursue university education, Saffaa encountered

This is a monthly roundup of news articles and other materials related to artistically inclined topics challenging cultural hegemony in the region, and beyond. It does not reflect the views of the Vox Populi Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send recommendations for inclusion..

It rained profusely on the front of the car windows. It was 6:03 AM, and Beyoncé was blasting through the speakers, as we drove along the empty 403 Highway from Toronto to Chicago. “Feminist”, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie declared on the soundtrack, “a person who believes in the social, political, a..