Creativity and Resilience in the Syrian Revolution (2016)
R/evolutions: Global Trends & Regional Issues In Syria, a country cowed into silence and compliance for forty years, a revolution broke out in march 2011. In digital and plastic arts, in videos, still images and films, in novels and short stories, organic intellectuals inside and outside their country crafted works that emerged out of the […]
Jewish Arabs in the Israeli Asylum: A Literary Reflection (2015)
In the 1950s two of Mustafa Badawi’s Jewish students left Iraq for Israel. Life in Baghdad had become untenable for Sasson Somekh and David Semah, and they made the perilous trip to the young Zionist state. There they learned Hebrew and become integrated into the predominantly Ashkenazi culture. read more Download article: Jewish Arabs in […]
Near Middle East/North Africa Studies: Culture (2015)
Culture in postindependence Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is the ensemble of literary and artistic production that reflects the norms and values of daily life. Fiction, drama, filmmaking, and art play a significant role in the public sphere where intellectuals are often viewed as spokespersons for the people to the regime. They have a […]