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The UN at ASIL: R2P and the Arab Uprisings Noura Erakat argues that “the well-being of Syria, its people, the Arab region, and humanity writ large is dependent on the care we take to address a crisis we failed to prevent in the first place, and have the potential to make much worse.”
Syrian Hands Raised: User Generated Creativity Between Citizenship and Dissent Donatella Della Ratta says “the most important “job” done by the user generated creativity sprouting from the Syrian uprising is revealing a new concept of active citizenship.”
Studying Social Streams: Cultural Analytics in Arabic VJ Um Amel writes about “a set of research methodologies that emerge at the intersection of both cultural and technical analytics in the fields of digital humanities and new media studies.
As Syria Free-Falls . . . A Return to the Basics: Some Structural Causes (Part 2) Bassam Haddad discusses some of the structural causes of the uprising.
Four Arab Artists and Intellectuals Receive 2012 Prince Claus Fund Award
The Syrian Refugee Crisis Intensifies Rochelle Davis and Michelle Woodward’s photo essay on the challenges faced by Syrians refugees in neighboring Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq, and Jordan.
Syria Media Roundup (October 25)Weekly collection of pertinent articles published on Syria in various outlets.
What is a Car Bomb? Maya Mikdashi writes: “A car bomb is not a car bomb. It is a spectacle.”
An Introduction to Helen Zughaib`s "Stories My Father Told Me"
Culture in Defiance: Continuing Traditions of Satire, Art, and the Struggle for Freedom in Syria Prince Claus Fund Gallery releases this report on the role of art in the revolution.
Syria Media Roundup (October 18)Weekly collection of pertinent articles published on Syria in various outlets.
HRW Calls on Turkey and Iraq to Open Borders to Syrian Refugees
NYC Event: Three Jadaliyya Co-Editors on The Uprising in Syria at The Brecht Forum (22 October 2012)
Tentative Jihad: Syria`s Fundamentalist Opposition International Crisis Group’s report on the Salafi strand among rebels “prematurely and exaggeratedly highlighted by the regime and belatedly and reluctantly acknowledged by the opposition.”
Syria Media Roundup (October 11)Weekly collection of pertinent articles published on Syria in various outlets.
New Texts Out Now: Myriam Ababsa, Baudouin Dupret, and Eric Denis, Popular Housing and Urban Land Tenure in the Middle East
The Violence of the Revolution Between Legitimacy and Deviance: Syria and the Need for Corrective Action Hoda Zein reframes the debate about armed vs. non-violent resistance in the context of the Syrian uprisings, and reasserts the need for correction and critical thinking among the opposition. (English translation)
عنف الثورة بين الشرعية والانحراف: سوريا وضرورة التصحيح Hoda Zein reframes the debate about armed vs. non-violent resistance in the context of the Syrian uprisings, and reasserts the need for correction and critical thinking among the opposition. (Arabic)
Syria Media Roundup (October 4)Weekly collection of pertinent articles published on Syria in various outlets.