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Maghreb Media Roundup (July 5)

[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 Sunday ...  Read More »

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#Algeria50th

Après 50 ans d’indépendance en Algérie, l’heure est au bilan. Celui-ci se révèle lourd et amer sur plusieurs plans : politiquement, la dictature est à peine dissimulée par une timide ouverture du système, économiquement, l’exploitation tous azimuts des hydrocarbures a empêché le développement effectif des autres ...  Read More »

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Pouvoir and Agency

Reuters published an article on 20 June (‘Algeria’s elite at loggerheads over next president‘), describing fissures within Algeria’s elite and how these are believed to be influencing the (non-) selection of a successor to elderly and ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The article is quite ...  Read More »

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Libya, Impunity, and the International Criminal Court

Last week, four staffers of the International Criminal Court (the ICC) who were part of Seif Gaddafi’s legal defense team were taken into custody in Libya on allegations that they were functioning as a conduit for conspiracy between Gaddafi and his political allies. The ICC is now plunged into a messy battle seeking ...  Read More »

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Maghreb Media Roundup (June 28)

[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 Sunday night of ...  Read More »

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ثورتنا ليست إشاعة !

مازلنا نريد إسقاط النظام ومازال شعارنا : شغل حرّية وكرامة وطنية لا نهضة لا دساترة، لا حداثويين لا سلفيين … سنصنع البديل الذي يستجيب لمطالب الثورة ! لمّا اندلعت شرارة الثورة التونسية في 17 ديسمبر 2010، بعدما شبع شعبنا حَرقةً وحُرقةً واحتراقاً وبعد أن سلبه الذين لا يشبعون قوته وحقوقه، كانت ...  Read More »

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Maghreb Media Roundup (June 21)

[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 Sunday night of ...  Read More »

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Ahl al-Kahf: Graffiti (In both Arabic and English)

   هذا الشريط ضمن سلسة من الأفلام تنشرها ”جدلية“ بالإتفاق مع موقع ”العربي الحر“ ومن انتاجه. توثق هذه الأفلام الوثائقية القصيرة التي تتراوح مدتها بين دقيقتين إلى ثلاث دقائق لجوانب في الحياة اليومية لهؤلاء الذين تتحدث عنهم، وتبعات الثورات العربية سلباً وايجاباً على حياتهم. تتبع الكاميرات حيوات أفراد من أجيال ...  Read More »

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Final Draft of Preamble to 2012 Tunisian Constitution--English Translation by Tunisia Live

This finalized draft of the preamble to the 2012 Tunisian Constitution was translated by Tunisia Live staff and is based on the official Arabic version, which was released by Constituent Assembly members on 4 June 2012: We, the deputies of the Tunisian People, members of the National Constituent Assembly, elected ...  Read More »

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Maghreb Media Roundup (June 14)

[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 Sunday night of ...  Read More »

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Majidi Business : Cas d'école

C’est le quotidien L’Economiste qui le dit : « la période comprise entre 2009 et 2011 a été la plus difficile de toute l’histoire de la Royal Air Maroc » (1). Fin 2010, la RAM a en effet enregistré un déficit abyssal de… 930 millions de dirhams ! Pour sauver la compagnie publique de la ...  Read More »

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قضاة تونس: تعددية للهياكل ووحدة في البرامج

قضاة تونس تعددية للهياكل ووحدة في البرامج:المعايير الدولية لاستقلال القضاء كبوابة لبناء دولة القانون. قرر المجلس الوطني التأسيسي التونسي تخصيص لجنة تتكون من عدد من أعضائه تتكفل بإعداد مشروع الفصول الدستورية التي تتعلق بالقضاء، وتتولى بلورة تصورات لصيغ اصلاح القضاء من خلال آليات تشريعية. وقد انطلقت اللجنة التي سميت ...  Read More »

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Salafi Trouble in Tunisia's Transition

One of the prominent developments in the aftermath of the fallen dictatorship in Tunisia was the resurgence in the public sphere of groups with Salafi backgrounds. Their sudden incursion into the political arena and the polemics that they generated in different political matters resulted in their increased use of ...  Read More »

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When Protector Turned Killer

Back in January, Faiz Fathi Jfara of Bani Walid asked a simple question, “I just need an answer from NATO: why did you destroy my home and kill my family?” NATO refuses to answer him. NATO went to war in Libya to protect civilians through a UN mandate (Resolution 1973). The UN Human Rights Council and the ...  Read More »

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Maghreb Media Roundup (June 7)

[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 Sunday ...  Read More »

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Convulsions in Libya

Fifteen days from now, the Libyan people will go to the polls. It will be the first election of its kind in Libya, but not the first election in the country. Qaddafi’s Jamahiriya held elections, but these turned out to be very large rubber stamps for a regime that conducted the spectacular trick of ...  Read More »

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Democracy Promotion after the 'Jasmine Revolution': A Dispatch from Tunis

Outside observers frequently refer to Tunisia as democracy’s “best hope” in the Middle East—the likeliest case where the initial promises of the Arab Spring will be borne out. Of course, there are many challenges, including getting the economy running, drafting the new constitution, coping with some recent violence, ...  Read More »

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Maghreb Media Roundup (May 31)

[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 Sunday ...  Read More »

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العبودية وجدل إحراق كتب الفقه المالكي في موريتانيا

  لقد تابع الكثيرون باهتمام كبير إقدام السيد بيرام ولد اعبيدي— لاحظوا حتى الاسم يحمل رواسب زمن العبودية التي يناضل ضدها بيرام—على إحراق مختارات من كتب الفقه المالكي المسؤولة، حسب زعمه، عن استمرار الرق في بلده لما تمده به من غطاء شرعي. لقد نفذ رفقة كوكبة من أعضاء جمعية "مبادرة من أجل الانعتاق من ...  Read More »

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حوار شامل مع المفكر المغربي عبد الله العروي

في هذا الحوار الذي أجراه الأساتذة مصطفى بوعزيز، المعطي منجب، وسليمان بنشيخ، لمجلة «زمان»، يتحدث المفكر والمؤرخ عبد الله العروي عن قضايا راهنةٍ: عن الملكية والإسلام السياسي وحركة 20 فبراير والمغرب الكبير. كتابك «L’Histoire du Maghreb»، هل كان رد فعلٍ على تسمية شمال إفريقيا، التي أطلقها المؤرخ الفرنسي شارل أندري ...  Read More »

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Maghreb Media Roundup (May 24)

[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 Sunday night of ...  Read More »

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The Melancholia of a Generation

Mohammed Achaari, al-Qaws wa-al-farashah. al-Dar al-Bayda’: al-Markaz al-Thaqafi al-ʻArabi, 2010. Mohammed Achaari is not new to Morocco’s literary scene; though The Arch and the Butterfly (al-Qaws wa-al-farashah) is only his second novel, he is the author of nine collections of poetry, a collection of short stories, ...  Read More »

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Maghreb Media Roundup (May 17)

[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 Sunday ...  Read More »

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Artistic Depictions of Arab Women: An Interview with Artist Lalla Essaydi

The intersection of gender, perception, identity, and space have, for centuries, collided to illustrate a skewed depiction of Arab women. The art of Orientalism brought about imagined scenes of women in harems, hidden in seclusion behind veils and walls. As these images continue to shape Western perception of Arab ...  Read More »

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Algeria's 10 May 2012 Elections: Preliminary Analysis

The results of the 10 May 2012 Algerian legislative elections ran against conventional wisdom, and at least two points will certainly provoke much commentary. First, despite widespread disgruntlement, Algerian voter turnout proved to be significantly higher than predicted by most observers. 42.91 percent of registered ...  Read More »

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Should Tunisia Pay Ben Ali's Debts?

The journalist, uneasy, risked his question: “Do you have any fears that there is perhaps a far left movement coming through these revolutions that perhaps want more closed economies? I mean, there have been a lot of pictures of Guevara.” At a press conference on the Arab Uprisings held in April last year at ...  Read More »

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ثورة الجسد

لم يضرم الشاب التونسي، محمد البوعزيزي، النار في نفسه بل أضرمها في جسده. فعندما قام يوم الجمعة ١٧  ديسمبر/كانون الأول عام ٢٠١٠  بسكب الوقود على جسده وإشعاله احتجاجاً على بطش السلطات كان يرسل رسالة واضحة مفادها أن باستطاعة جسده أن يعبر عما تجيش به نفسه بشكل أبلغ من أي شكوى يكتبها وبطريقة أبلغ من أي هتاف يردده. ...  Read More »

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Algerian Elections - 10 May

While Algeria may not have seen protests on the scale of its regional neighbors, many Algerians are expressing their political dissent through abstention. On Twitter, the hashtag #10MaiToz was used to post various updates pertaining to police crackdowns on minor protests and voter fraud, with reports of ...  Read More »

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Maghreb Media Roundup (May 3)

[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 Sunday ...  Read More »

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Internet Censorship, Human Rights, and Democracy in Tunisia: Julian Assange Interviews Moncef Marzouki

In the third episode of The World Tomorrow, broadcasted on Russia Today, Julian Assange interviews Tunisian president, Moncef Marzouki. Marzouki speaks about his experience in prison and exile under the deposed Ben Ali regime. Assange asks Marzouki about matters pertaining to his role in post-Ben Ali Tunisia, the ...  Read More »

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Jadaliyya’s Maghreb Page will deliver exclusive coverage on Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, and the Western Sahara. As the role of the Greater Maghreb has been pivotal in the regional movements, it is imperative that coverage remains consistent and relevant. Jadaliyya will offer incisive analysis--in Arabic, French, and English--through an academic and critical perspective.

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Algeria:

Population 34,994,937
GDP $251.1 billion
Unemployment
10%; Youth Unemployment (ages 15-24): 24.3%
Military Expenditures
3.3% of GDP (World Rank: 37)
Health Expenditures
5.8% of GDP (World Rank 114)

Libya:

Population 6,597,960
GDP 
$90.57 billion
Unemployment 
30%; Youth Unemployment (ages 15-24): n/a
Military Expenditures
3.9% of GDP (World Rank: 26)
Health Expenditures
6.6% of GDP (World Rank: 89)

Mauritania:

Population 3,359,185
GDP 
$7.242 billion
Unemployment 
30% (2008); Youth Unemployment (ages 15-24): 67%
Military Expenditures
5.5% of GDP (World Rank: 12)
Health Expenditures
5.7% of GDP (World Rank: 121) 

Morocco:

Population 32,309,239
GDP 
$163 billion
Unemployment 
9.2%; Youth Unemployment (ages 15-24): 21.9%
Military Expenditures
5% of GDP (World Rank: 16)
Health Expenditures
5.5% of GDP (World Rank: 128)

Tunisia:

Population 10,629,186
GDP 
$100 billion
Unemployment 
13%; Youth Unemployment (ages 15-24): 30.7%
Military Expenditures
1.4% of GDP (World Rank: 109)
Health Expenditures
6.2% of GDP (World Rank: 100) 

Western Sahara:

Population 522,928
GDP 
$906.5 million
Unemployment 
n/a; Youth Unemployment (ages 15-24): n/a
Military Expenditures
n/a
Health Expenditures
n/a

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