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Essential Readings: Reading Lebanon
My dissertation studies intersections and impasses between law and citizenship in Lebanon. I do so through examining two phenomena, activism for a secular personal status and/or civil marriage law, and conversion between sects and/or religions in order to make use of different personal status laws—a practice I call ... Read More »
Essential Readings: Iran
In recent years, there has been a deluge of popular English-language writings by Iranians in exile, as well as hand-wringing public policy books by U.S.-based think tank pundits, all insisting on the same basic message: Iran represents a geo-political problem of unparalleled importance. While the stated goal of these ... Read More »
Jadaliyya Review Roundtable on "The Goldstone Report: The Legacy of the Landmark Investigation of the Gaza Conflict"
“Reports come and go. This is one of the tragic truths of the literature of human rights violations. Hard-working researchers scour the rubble of war zones for fragments of evidence — of war crimes, crimes against humanity, other violations of life and freedom — only to watch their findings sink into the oblivion of ... Read More »
Review Roundtable Part I: Goldstone and International Law
The Goldstone Report gained its prominence because of its UN auspices and the high credibility of Richard Goldstone as the Chair of the Fact Finding Mission appointed by the Human Rights Council. Other reputable inquiries (John Dugard’s parallel mission set up by the Arab League, Amnesty International, Human Rights ... Read More »
Review Roundtable Part II: Goldstone and Accountability
On December 27, 2008, Israel began aerial strikes on the Gaza Strip, home to 1.5 million Palestinians, three-quarters of whom are refugees, who could not, because of Gaza’s sealed borders, become refugees of war. Within a week, amidst the rubble of hospitals, mosques, government ministries, factories, and schools, ... Read More »
Review Roundtable Part III: Goldstone in Political Context
The political dymamics surrounding the report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (commonly known as the Goldstone Report) provide a number of interesting insights into the recent evolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It bears recollection that the report was produced during a ... Read More »
Essential Viewing: Five Tunisian Films from a Postrevolutionary Perspective
It is impossible to watch a Tunisian film today from an exclusively prerevolutionary perspective. The present historical juncture will stealthily thrust itself to center stage. Besides, the value of film does not reside solely in its appropriateness to its own historical moment of production, but equally in its ... Read More »
Essential Readings: Reading Pakistan
Here are the stripped down facts: Pakistan is roughly 165 million people. Most of us are young: 69 percent of the population is under age 30. And we’re poor. Almost a quarter of the people here live below the poverty line. As I write, the quarter-finals for the cricket world cup are underway. Pakistan’s ... Read More »
Roundup on the Goldstone Controversy
While the impact of Justice Goldstone’s op-ed on accountability and justice remains to be seen, one thing has already been made clear: his contentious and vague editorial has worked to place Israel’s Winter 2008/09 offensive back on center stage. Like Israel’s fatal attack on the Mavi Marmara in May 2010 that ... Read More »
Essential Readings: Bahrain: Origins of a Crisis
This Essential Readings post is written by Sandy Russell Jones. [Editors' Note: This is the third in a series of "Essential Readings," in which we ask contributors to choose a list of must-read books, articles, and new media sources on a variety of topics. These are not meant to be comprehensive lists, but ... Read More »
Essential Readings: Counterinsurgency
This Essential Readings post is written by Laleh Khalili. [Editors' Note: This is the second in a series of "Essential Readings," in which we ask contributors to choose a list of must-read books, articles, and new media sources on a variety of topics. These are not meant to be comprehensive ... Read More »
Essential Reading: State Building and Regime Security in Jordan
[Editors’ Note: This is the first in a series of “Essential Readings,” in which we ask contributors to choose a list of must-read books, articles, and new media resources on a variety of topics. These are not meant to be comprehensive lists, but rather starting points for readers who want to read more about particular ... Read More »
About the Arabian Peninsula Page
Despite its regional and global significance, the Arabian Peninsula has played a tangential role in the study of the modern Middle East. Jadaliyya’s Arabian Peninsula Page seeks to further the debates on the region and its eighty million inhabitants from a myopic focus on statistics, conjecture, and religious violence to one on people and communities, everyday hardships and popular struggles, culture and politics. It will bring together scholars, writers, artists, bloggers, journalists, activists, and photographers who work on or live in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. The goal is to provide an open and collaborative space for the production of knowledge on a region that has largely escaped critical engagement.
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Arabian Peninsula Map and Stats
BAHRAIN
Population: 1,261,835
GDP ($ US billions 2009): 20.6
GDP Per Capita ($ US billions 2009): 17,609
Health Expenditure per capita ($ US 2009): 1,108
Military Expenditure (% of GDP 2008): 3.0
Adult literacy rate (% age 15+): 86.5
Internet Users (2010): 694,009
KUWAIT
Population: 2,736,732
GDP ($ US billions 2009): 109.5
GDP Per Capita ($ US billions 2009): 41,365
Health Expenditure per capita ($ US 2009): 1,416
Military Expenditure (% of GDP 2008): 3.0
Adult literacy rate (% age 15+): 93.3
Internet Users (2010): 1,100,000
OMAN
Population: 2,782,435
GDP ($ US billions 2009): 46.9
GDP Per Capita ($ US billions 2009): 17,280
Health Expenditure per capita ($ US 2009): 497
Military Expenditure (% of GDP 2008): 7.6
Adult literacy rate (% age 15+): 81.4
Internet Users (2010): 1,741,804
QATAR
Population: 1,758,793
GDP ($ US billions 2009): 98.3
GDP Per Capita ($ US billions 2009): 61,532
Health Expenditure per capita ($ US 2009): 1,715
Military Expenditure (% of GDP 2008): 2.3
Adult literacy rate (% age 15+): 89
Internet Users (2010): 1,213,567
SAUDI ARABIA
Population: 27,448,086
GDP ($ US billions 2009): 372.7
GDP Per Capita ($ US billions 2009): 15,711
Health Expenditure per capita ($ US 2009): 714
Military Expenditure (% of GDP 2008): 8.0
Adult literacy rate (% age 15+): 82.9
Internet Users (2010): 11,253,715
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Population: 7,511,690
GDP ($ US billions 2009): 270.3
GDP Per Capita ($ US billions 2009): 13,901
Health Expenditure per capita ($ US 2009): 1,520
Military Expenditure (% of GDP 2008): 4.3
Adult literacy rate (% age 15+): 88.7
Internet Users (2010): 5,859,118
YEMEN
Population: 24,052,514
GDP ($ US billions 2009): 26.4
GDP Per Capita ($ US billions 2009): 1,130
Health Expenditure per capita ($ US 2009): 64
Military Expenditure (% of GDP 2008): 4.4
Adult literacy rate (% age 15+): 54.1
Internet Users (2010): 2,609,698
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