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Egypt Media Roundup (September 7)
![[President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi on a visit to the military academy in September 2015. Photo from the Official Facebook Page of the Spokesperson of the Egyptian Armed Forces]](/web/20150908024051im_/http://www.jadaliyya.com/content_images/3/sm_11845220_715542001910118_3250650004190515432_o.jpg "[President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi on a visit to the military academy in September 2015. Photo from the Official Facebook Page of the Spokesperson of the Egyptian Armed Forces]")
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Egypt and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Egypt Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to egypt@jadaliyya.com by Sunday night of every week.] Elections Egypt's electoral marathon to begin Tuesday The parliamentary elections, which were originally set to be held in March and April, will begin in October Over 2700 parliamentary hopefuls submit papers on first day of registration: HEC Candidates wishing to run in the upcoming parliamentary elections, whose first stage is set to ...
Keep Reading »From Fragmentation to Totalization
For nearly ten years, Oussama Diab has worked through various painting styles, often combining different forms and techniques in a single composition. In neo-expressionist paintings that reimagine Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa (1503-06), for example, Diab repaints the sixteenth-century portrait using the appropriation methods of Pop art while allowing tactile brushstrokes to operate on a similar level of signification. The Beirut-based Palestinian artist—who was born in Syria and trained at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Damascus—describes the amalgamated imagery of his work as autobiographical. Evidence of a pervading sense of dislocation is woven among the ...
Keep Reading »Garbage Crisis Exposes Arrogance and Conflict Among the Political Elite of Lebanon
The government just does not seem to get it. Protests that kicked off in Lebanon a few weeks ago are no longer about the garbage crisis. They are fundamentally about the failure of successive Lebanese governments to provide basic services for citizens. They are about corruption associated with managing public resources, and the subsequently high prices that Lebanese are forced to pay for very poor services. Let us take power for instance: many Lebanese pay two bills—one to unreliable EDL (Electricité du Liban), and the other for an overpriced private generator. The same holds true for water. As of last year, we have been forced to pay more money to public water ...
Keep Reading »How Should Rationalists Deal with Dogmatism? The Case of the Birmingham Quran Pages
One of the reasons I do not to write about early Islamic history is that I find it very difficult to manage the constant clash of faith claims and appeals to empirical evidence. When it comes to religion in general, Islam in particular, and the origins of Islam even more specifically, scholars find it difficult to recognize how their non-rational commitments direct their reasoning. Being able to set aside those commitments is even harder. Of course, I am talking about the dogmatic belief found among revisionist historians of early Islam. This school of thought is committed at the level of first principles to the belief that religious traditions pass through a ...
Keep Reading »The Moroccan Non-Exception: A Party, an Army, and a Palace (Part II)
![[A miniature display depicting a joint operation that both the Moroccan and Algerian Liberation Armies carried out against the French on display at the Moroccan Liberation Army Museum in Rabat. Image by author]](/web/20150908024051im_/http://www.jadaliyya.com/content_images/3/sm_ScreenShot2015-09-01at12.10.53AM.png "[A miniature display depicting a joint operation that both the Moroccan and Algerian Liberation Armies carried out against the French on display at the Moroccan Liberation Army Museum in Rabat. Image by author]")
[The following is the final part of "The Moroccan Non-Exception" Jadaliyya roundtable. Read the introduction here. Read the first part of this installment here.] The interaction of memory and forgetting in the state's construction of the history of the 1950s in Morocco takes on a pervasive form at the site of the Moroccan Liberation Army (MLA) museum. The museum is located within the premises of the Haut Commissariat des Anciens Resistants et Membres de l'Armée de Libération, tucked away in Rabat between a number of ministerial branches in the Agdal neighborhood. It is not the museum's location alone that draws interrogation for this contribution's ...
Keep Reading »A Perfect Metaphor? The Trash Crisis in Lebanon: An Interview With Ziad Abu-Rish
![[Overflowing trash in the Hamra neighborhood of Beirut in late July 2015. Image by Ziad Abu-Rish]](/web/20150908024051im_/http://www.jadaliyya.com/content_images/3/sm_ScreenShot2015-08-29at12.48.28AM.jpg "[Overflowing trash in the Hamra neighborhood of Beirut in late July 2015. Image by Ziad Abu-Rish]")
On Tuesday, Lebanese security forces arrested and beat up protesters staging a sit-in at the office of the environmental ministry in Beirut. For the past two weeks, thousands of people have been protesting the government’s inability to provide basic services and demanding an end to the widespread corruption and sectarianism embedded in the country's sectarian political system. Garbage has become a perfect metaphor for the rot of the chronically dysfunctional political system that holds sway in Lebanon today. According to various reports, at one point, an estimated 8000 to 22,000 tonnes of rubbish piled up on the streets. The movement, called “You Stink,” has tapped ...
Keep Reading »Arabian Peninsula Media Roundup (September 2)
![[Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace, a prisoner of conscience and a member of the Bahrain 13. Image from the Gulf Center for Human Rights.]](/web/20150908024051im_/http://www.jadaliyya.com/content_images/3/sm_printimage.jpg "[Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace, a prisoner of conscience and a member of the Bahrain 13. Image from the Gulf Center for Human Rights.]")
[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's roundup to ap@jadaliyya.com by Monday night of every week.] Regional and International Relations Drone strike kills five in al Qaeda stronghold in Yemen: residents A US drone strike kills five people suspected of belonging to al-Qa‘ida in Yemen. Religious eugenics: How Saudi Arabia is sponsoring a frightening new movement in the ME Catherine Shakdam ...
Keep Reading »Maghreb Media Roundup (September 2)
![[Image of the medina in Sfax, Tunisia. Image by Dennis Jarvis/Flickr]](/web/20150908024051im_/http://www.jadaliyya.com/content_images/3/sm_ScreenShot2015-09-02at5.12.06PM.png "[Image of the medina in Sfax, Tunisia. Image by Dennis Jarvis/Flickr]")
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Maghreb and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Maghreb Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to maghreb@jadaliyya.com by Tuesday night of every week] Algeria Politiques d’arabisation : Quand le pouvoir falsifie les noms des lieux Nadir Iddir explores the linguistic implications of Algeria’s Arabization era and places a claim for Amazigh origin words. أين ذهبت أشرطة الكاسيت التي كنا نستمع إليها؟ Muhammad al-Amine Sultani writes on musical technology, cassette tapes, and Algerian ...
Keep Reading »The Moroccan Non-Exception: 'Much Loved' and Realism, Colonialism, and Pornography in Moroccan Cinema
[The following is the second installment in "The Moroccan Non-Exception" Jadaliyya roundtable. Read the introduction here.] A wave of contentious reactions have dominated the Moroccan media landscape following the release of Nabil Ayouch's new film Much Loved, a fictional story about three Moroccan prostitutes in Marrakech. The reactions to the film are based on several extracts and a trailer that emerged online, some of which contained sexually explicit scenes. The excerpts were released just before the film’s screening at the Quinzaine des Realisateurs in Cannes. The reaction culminated with the Moroccan Ministry of Communications' illegal ...
Keep Reading »The Moroccan Non-Exception: A Conversation with Ahmed Marzouki, Former Tazmamart Detainee
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[The following is the first installment in "The Moroccan Non-Exception" Jadaliyya roundtable. Read the introduction here.] Twenty-five years ago, Morocco seemed to embark on a serious effort to confront past human rights violations and uphold the rule of law. King Hassan II made a solemn pledge to turn the page on the “Years of Lead,” as the period of political repression is called in Morocco, and uplift the country to international human rights standards. In the early 1990s, the authorities released political prisoners, closed down the notorious Tazmamart secret detention center, and held public hearings on forty years of flagrant rights abuses. But the ...
Keep Reading »Syria Media Roundup (August 31)
![[Image of Khaled al-Asaad pictured back in 2002 in front of a sarcophagus from Palmyra]](/web/20150908024051im_/http://www.jadaliyya.com/content_images/3/sm_khaled-asaad.jpg "[Image of Khaled al-Asaad pictured back in 2002 in front of a sarcophagus from Palmyra]")
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Syria and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Syria Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to syria@jadaliyya.com by Monday night of every week.] Inside Syria If we do nothing about Syria, then the refugees will keep on coming With Syria’s economy and heritage in ruins, Syria’s historic past and hopeful future are both in jeopardy. In Syria, potential ally’s Islamist ties challenge U.S. In Syria, the government, the Islamic State and an array of insurgents are fighting a complex civil ...
Keep Reading »Egypt Media Roundup (August 31)
![[President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on an official visit to Moscow. Photo from the Official Facebook Page of Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi.]](/web/20150908024051im_/http://www.jadaliyya.com/content_images/3/sm_11892075_1221904821169188_612119877830795249_n.jpg "[President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on an official visit to Moscow. Photo from the Official Facebook Page of Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi.]")
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Egypt and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Egypt Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to egypt@jadaliyya.com by Sunday night of every week.] Elections Egypt parliamentary elections to start 17 October The first phase mid-October and the second in late-November for Egyptians in Egypt. Political parties face internal problems Although the date of the parliamentary elections is expected to be announced soon, many political parties are preoccupied with internal ...
Keep Reading »Ahmed Badry: The Provisionary That Lasts
The Provisionary That Lasts includes two huge valves that one cannot turn simultaneously, a hybrid pair of headphones, a plug and a series of drawings, all inspired by popular designs to solve everyday problems. Egyptian artist Ahmed Badry enlarges these designs and makes impeccable prototypes from cardboard, which he exhibits alongside a series of drawings that he describes as a manual. The Provisionary That Lasts is Badry's first solo show in Egypt since he returned from Switzerland. It was hosted by ...
Keep Reading »Last Week on Jadaliyya (August 31-September 6)
This is a selection of what you might have missed on Jadaliyya last week. It also includes a list of the most read articles and roundups. Progressively, we will be featuring more content on our "Last Week on Jadaliyya" series. Ghosts of Yogas Past and Present The Moroccan Non-Exception: 'Much Loved' and Realism, Colonialism, and Pornography in Moroccan Cinema Turkey’s Three-Front War? How Should Rationalists Deal with Dogmatism? The Case of the Birmingham ...
Keep Reading »Place as Provisional: Site-Specific Art Commissions in Sharjah
Two metaphors, both equally decrepit, are alternately deployed in discussions of “place” in the Gulf Arab states: on the one hand, the notion of a tabula rasa, and, on the other hand, an attachment to a codified narrative of historical and cultural sitedness. Rem Koolhaas exemplified the former stance in his pronouncement in 2007 that the topography along the Persian Gulf provides “the final tabula rasa on which new identities can be inscribed: palms, world maps, cultural capital, and financial ...
Keep Reading »Photography Media Roundup (September 4)
[This is a roundup of articles on photography in the Middle East and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Photography Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in roundups to photos@jadaliyya.com.] Announcements: Call for Exhibition Proposals 2016, Center for Culture and Development Images’ program, Denmark. Focusing on East and West Africa and the Middle East. Deadline 1 November. Return of the Soul at the Prince Claus ...
Keep Reading »DARS Media Roundup (July-August 2015)
[This is a monthly roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Resistance and Subversion in the Arab world and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the DARS Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each monthly roundup to DARS@jadaliyya.com.] News & Commentary Lebanon Activists Occupy Ministry as Campaign Escalates, by AFP Lebanese police moved to eject protesters who occupied part of the environment ...
Keep Reading »The Moroccan Non-Exception: A Party, an Army, and a Palace (Part I)
[The following is the first part in the final installment of "The Moroccan Non-Exception" Jadaliyya roundtable. Read the introduction here.] The year is 1958. Morocco has entered its second year of independence from France. Sultan Mohammed V is aging and Crown Prince Hassan II, Commander of the Royal Armed Forces, is beginning to assert himself politically and militarily. The northern and southern extremities of Morocco, both strongholds of the Moroccan Liberation Army, are beyond the palace’s ...
Keep Reading »Quick Thoughts on Tragedy and Treachery in Yemen: A STATUS/الوضع Conversation with Sheila Carapico
In this Quick Thoughts conversation for Status/الوضع, Sheila Carapico discusses the recent turmoil in Yemen, and describes the growing entrenchment of factionalism and sectarianism in Yemen as a result of growing local fissures and proxy interests. She argues that the complexity of Yemeni political terrain and the increasing levels of violence on all sides leave one with little sympathy for all of the warring groups in the country. Carapico also raises concerns about the consequences of limited ...
Keep Reading »New Texts Out Now: Amira Jarmakani, An Imperialist Love Story: Desert Romances and the War on Terror
Amira Jarmakani, An Imperialist Love Story: Desert Romances and the War on Terror. New York: New York University Press, 2015. J: What made you write this book? Amira Jarmakani (AJ): The impetus for this book came when a dear friend and colleague, Evelyn Alsultany, sent me a link to a website called “Sheikhs and Desert Love.” The website, which now appears to be defunct, was operated by desert romance fan Erika Wittlieb from 2001-2007 and then seems to have been operated by Amazon for a few ...
Keep Reading »Turkey Media Roundup (September 1)
[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on Turkey and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Turkey Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week's roundup to turkey@jadaliyya.com by Sunday night of every week.] English Kurdish Politics and Peace Process They Once Said Mothers Should not Shed Tears (1) - (2) Cafer Solgun examines examines how the AKP turned against the Kurds when the Kurds ...
Keep Reading »The Moroccan Non-Exception: Roundtable Introduction
Since protests shook the region in December 2010, pundits have rushed to make sense of what is happening in Morocco. In the process, a normative framework has emerged under the guise of "Moroccan exceptionalism," effectively compounding the complexities of the events and processes taking shape. "Impressive though often overlooked, this rare success story from the Arab Spring," describes one report on Morocco, "is occasionally invoked as a possible source of emulation by other ...
Keep Reading »Trade Unions and Dictatorship in Egypt
Between 6 and 14 July 2015 Brecht De Smet and Seppe Malfait organized an intensive summer school in the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC), which took “Bread, Freedom and Social Justice” as its central theme. Some twenty-five Egyptian and foreign students from different disciplines and walks of life attended. Three of the summer school speakers agreed to a brief interview for Jadaliyya on the current state of the labor struggle and trade unionism in Egypt. Heba Khalil is a director and ...
Keep Reading »Turkey’s Three-Front War?
On 20 July, ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) attacked a press conference organized by the Socialist Youth Association Federation and killed thirty-three socialist activists in Suruç. On 22 July, a clash broke out between ISIS militants and Turkish soldiers near Kilis. The following day, Turkish authorities confirmed Turkey’s participation in the US-led international coalition against ISIS and bombed ISIS targets in Syria. That same day, Turkish authorities also initiated multi-faceted ...
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