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Port Said in Revolt
Tears in the eyes, bullets on the ground, and blood on the pavements - as injustice prevails. That is Port Said. The city has witnessed unrest again in March in response to an Egyptian court ruling that sentenced twenty-one Port Said residents to death for alleged involvement in killings that happened during a 1 ... Read More »
The Dramaturgy of A Street Corner
Much like the ongoing revolutionary struggle in Egypt, this short piece is part of an in-progress work to chronicle the evolution of revolutionary art on Mohamed Mahmoud Street, also known as the “street of the eyes of freedom”—nicknamed as such since many protesters lost their eyes on that same street after being ... Read More »
Alexandria Re-Imagined: The Revolution through Art
On 24 January 2011 – a day before the arc of Egyptian history would be altered – the film Microphone was screened. Microphone documents Alexandria’s pre-revolution underground scene of artists and musicians fighting a passive oppression that suffocates their ability to nurture their creativity. Khaled ... Read More »
New Texts Out Now: Nadje Al-Ali and Deborah Al-Najjar, We Are Iraqis: Aesthetics and Politics in a Time of War
Nadje Al-Ali and Deborah Al-Najjar, editors, We Are Iraqis: Aesthetics and Politics in a Time of War. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2012. Jadaliyya (J): What made you write this book? Nadje Al-Ali and Deborah Al-Najjar (NA and DA): The idea for this book first emerged in 2006, when Iraqis were generally ... Read More »
The Swallows of Syria
[Note: The views and testimonies herein are the refugees’ own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the author or of Jadaliyya.] Somaya left Homs, Syria after finding the corpse of her tortured son in a sewage ditch. Zaynab escaped with her family when she discovered that Syrian soldiers kidnapped, raped, and ... Read More »
Imagining Tahrir
I. Egyptians saw themselves for the first time through their own eyes in Cairo’s Tahrir Square in January and February 2011, and reveled in that encounter. Participating in and recording that experience was to become part of the consciousness of a community that was ready to move heaven and earth to restructure ... Read More »
Living Under Threat of Expulsion: Palestinian Women Photograph Life in Susiya Village
These photographs were taken by women residents of Susiya village from the Nawaja family, ranging from teenagers to the elderly. Here are their names: Wadcha, Basma, Iman, Iam, Hitam, Ula, Rabicha, Samicha, Sane, Samma, Hadija, Sanaa, and Khitam. In 2011, the women of Susiya documented their lives as a part of a ... Read More »
City, Space, Power: Lahore’s Architecture of In/Security
Casualties of War Lahore today looks like a city at war. One of the greatest unacknowledged casualties of the United States’ “war on terror” has been the cities—and citizenry—of Pakistan. The US invaded Afghanistan in 2001 to oust the Taliban from power in response to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade ... Read More »
The Syrian Refugee Crisis Intensifies
Over three hundred thousand refugees have fled across Syria’s borders to Turkey, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon, according to the latest UNHCR statistics. This number accounts for only those who have registered with the UN or are waiting to register. The UN also estimates that one to one and a half million people are ... Read More »
Demolishing Palestine
Since the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip began in 1967, Israel has demolished about 27,000 Palestinian homes and other structures crucial for a family’s livelihood, according to Israeli government statistics (Compiled by the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions). Almost half of these were ... Read More »
Families of Kidnapped Lebanese in Syria Cut Off Access to the Airport in Beirut
In an irony of history, the old Lebanon, feared in the decade of the 1970s for its hijackers, is now the victim of kidnappings. The confusion is greater when Lebanese are kidnapped in Syria and Syrians are kidnapped in Lebanon as a deliberate proxy war between pro-Syrian regime groups in Lebanon, and detractor groups ... Read More »
Syrian Refugee Photo Essay
As the crisis in Syria continues to escalate, refugees are fleeing to the surrounding countries in huge numbers. According to the UNHCR, as of August 8 there are over one hundred thirty-eight thousand refugees registered for assistance – roughly fifty thousand in Turkey, thirty-nine thousand in Jordan, thirty-five ... Read More »
Recalling the Past: The Battle over History, Collective Memory and Memorialization in Egypt
History is inescapable in Egypt. Foreign tourists drawn to the abundant physical remains of Coptic, Pharaonic, Hellenic, and Islamic cultures are reminded of the contemporary past as they head downtown from the Cairo airport past the triumphant October War Panorama, a war museum commemorating the 1973 war with fighter ... Read More »
The Revolution's Barometer
The Mohammed Mahmud wall remains alive and kicking through its graffiti, which is getting altered by the hour. The walls continue to be whitened thanks to the efforts of Egyptian authorities. Yet drawings keep on appearing layers after layers to cover the older ones and the white paint. Not only have the walls of ... Read More »
Tahrir Protests Continue (Photos and Video)
Hundreds of thousands took part Tuesday in protests across Egypt, calling for a "political isolation" law to be implemented against General Ahmad Shafiq and remnants of the old regime. Protesters in Tahrir Square and elsewhere demanded the retrial of Hosni Mubarak, his sons, and the police leaders in front ... Read More »
Anti-Shafiq Protest in Tahrir
Hundreds of protesters marched on Tahrir today, calling for the execution of presidential candidate General Ahmad Shafiq, Mubarak's former prime minister and head of the air force. The demonstrators accused the ruling Supreme Council of Armed Forces of rigging the vote in the first round of elections. [Abu ... Read More »
"We Are the Eight Percent": Inside Egypt's Underground Shaabi Music Scene
In the heated den of the Greek Club on Emad el-Din Street in downtown Cairo, sweating bodies heave and move to the infectious reggaeton fused with a tabla beat, as Amr Haha, DJ Figo, and Sadat swing their mics back and forth, bantering, ad-libbing, and cheering. One takes a swig out of his Stella, another dips ... Read More »
The Buraqs of "Tahrir"
The aesthetic and political significance of the murals and the graffiti of Mohammed Mahmud Street continue to draw much attention due to their mesmerizing beauty and their crucial significance for the visual and artistic narration of the revolution. It is not only the murals’ aesthetic appeal that has captured the ... Read More »
Egyptian Parliamentary Protests in Pictures
Thousands marched on the Egyptian parliament Monday, denouncing the army's crackdown on revolutionaries in front of the Ministry of Defense in Abbassiya. A week long sit-in conducted largely by Salafis and leftists was subject to repeated attacks by armed thugs, and was finally suspended by force on Friday, with ... Read More »
Outside Looking In
City of Mirages: Baghdad 1952-1982. The Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY, 22 February – 5 May 2012. City of Mirages: Baghdad 1952-1982 is an exhibit of design work produced by world-famous architects and firms for the booming Iraqi capital during the mid-twentieth century. Beginning from the ... Read More »
Visualizing Revolution: The Politics of Paint in Tahrir
On 2 April, the Center for Translation Studies and the Department of Rhetoric and Composition at the American University in Cairo hosted “Visualizing Revolution: The Epic Murals of Tahrir.” Three artists, Alaa Awad, Ammar Abo Bakr, and Hanaa El Degham, spoke about their work along with journalist and collaborator ... Read More »
The Seven Wonders of the Revolution
Around the corner from Tahrir Square, the heart of Egypt’s eighteen-day uprising, Mohamed Mahmud Street bears the scars of a turbulent political year in Egypt. The once-bustling street off of Tahrir Square has seen its share of violent battlefields--beginning with 28 January 2011 and ending with the February 2012 ... Read More »
An Emerging Memorial Space? In Praise of Mohammed Mahmud Street
Mohammed Mahmud Street, also known as sharei’ uyuun al-hurriyyah (the street of the eyes of freedom), is becoming an iconic space. The street has been recently discovered by numerous photographers and passersby, not only for its mesmerizing graffiti but also for the curiosity it has raised; for the ... Read More »
Bedoon Rights: An Online Reference on Statelessness in Kuwait
Bedoon Rights is a network founded by stateless Kuwaiti advocate Mona Kareem putting together contributions by a number of stateless volunteers mostly based in Kuwait. The network is the only online reference in English devoted for the case of statelessness in Kuwai. It provides relevant official ... Read More »
Pictures from a Camera
Here in this region, amid the initial, proven, lasting fervor that sends our bodies into perpetual (welcome) disturbance; from these variously perplexing, disappointing, exhilarating, terrible, or inspired moments—from these moments on, we see ourselves on display, and we shed our museums of ... Read More »
Anniversary of a Revolution in Mansoura
January 25th in Mansoura, though replete with its own unique set of revolutionary characters, had all the trappings of protests against the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) in Egypt, and in some ways, was a decent portrayal of the year in activism: the requisite frustration with military rule, surprisingly ... Read More »
A Postcard from Tunis: One Year Later
Tunis - Saturday, 14 January 2012. This morning I woke up at 8:00 in the Majestic Hotel on Avenue de Paris just off Avenue Bourguiba in the center of Tunis. It was quiet from the time I awoke until the time I left the hotel after breakfast at 10:30. I thought how unusual it was, given that today is the first ... Read More »
"No Room for Palestinian Artist": An Interview with Larissa Sansour
The following three photos are part of The Nation Estate project by Larissa Sansour. The Project "is a sci-fi photo series conceived in the wake of the Palestinian bid for nationhood at the UN. Three preliminary sketches have been developed especially for the Lacoste Elysée Prize 2011" (Sansour). Her ... Read More »
Far Outside Cairo: A Graffiti Campaign to Denounce the SCAF
This week a group of students from Mansoura, a city two hours north of Cairo in the Daqahliyya governorate, decided they wanted to respond to recent military brutality against demonstrators in the capital. Over the past week, and independent of any political movement or organization, the group launched ... Read More »
An Interview With Paul Sedra: Another Victim of the Egyptian Junta - I'Institut d'Egypte
One Egyptian news paper wrote “Many Egyptians pass this building every day on their way to work and they take great pride in it. And on Saturday, December 17th that very special building, The Institut d'Égypte became the latest causality of the ongoing military attack on the revolutionary protesters. Malihe ... 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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