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Palestine: A Nation of Translators

January 27, 2015 Mona Baker Articles, Culture, Palestine, Translation

Monday, 26 January 2015 by Mahmoud Al-Hirthani One field in which Palestinian intellectuals and writers have invested heavily, particularly since the Nakba in 1948, is translation. Interestingly, translating from Russian preceded translation from English due to the early exposure of Palestinian intellectuals to Russian literature, disseminated in Palestine via Russian schools and missionaries during the 19th century. Translation from English started to

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history of translation, Mahmoud Al-Hirthani, Palestine

The news website that’s keeping press freedom alive in Egypt

January 27, 2015 Mona Baker Activist Initiatives, Citizen Journalism, Citizen Media, Egypt

Mada Masr was formed just before military coup of 2013. Amid growing censorship, its staff have risked their lives to continue reporting. Can they stay true to their mission? Leslie T Chang Tuesday 27 January 2015 On the afternoon of 17 June 2013, a group of friends gathered in a fourth-floor apartment in downtown Cairo. They sat on the floor

Then and now: The singer, the graffiti artists and the writer

January 27, 2015 Mona Baker Citizen Media, Culture, Egypt, Street Art

Cultural producers who gained fame after the revolution Sunday, January 25, 2015 – 09:53 By: Rowan El Shimi; Laura Gribbon; Amany Ali Shawky We take a look at the trajectories of four cultural producers who gained fame during or after the January 25 revolution and find out what they’re doing now. Youssra El Hawary (by Rowan El Shimi) The first time I saw Youssra El Hawary

Visualising Information for Advocacy

January 26, 2015 Mona Baker Citizen Media, Publications

Elements of Visual Advocacy The first edition of Visualising Information for Advocacy was published in October 2013 and to mark the one year anniversary we have released the second edition for free. Of course, you can still order a physical copy of our book through either our Big Cartel Store or Amazon and if you write a blog post about the book, we’ll send you

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advocacy, Visualisation

Revolution and Despair

January 25, 2015 Mona Baker Articles, Egypt, Egypt Solidarity

Asef Bayat Sunday, January 25, 2015 Things in the Middle East usually appear far worse than they really are when looked at from the outside. But on my recent visit to Egypt — as I talked and listened to people, watched local television, read daily papers and made observations — it became clear that revolutionaries were going through painful

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Alain Badiou, Asef Bayat, Eric Garner, Hegel, revolution, Rosa Luxemburg

Unauthorized memory

January 25, 2015 Mona Baker Activist reflections, Egypt, Human Rights, Police Brutality

Sunday, January 25, 2015 Yasmin El-Rifae Yesterday they shot and killed a woman on Talaat Harb Street. She was walking, along with other members of the Socialist Alliance Party, through downtown to commemorate those killed since all of this started four years ago. Many of them were carrying flowers, wreaths to lay in Tahrir. Photos of Shaimaa Sabbagh in

Historic Debate with Foucault and Chomsky: In English, with Arabic Subtitles

January 25, 2015 Mona Baker Translation, Videos

Debate in English, with Arabic subtitles Human Nature, Justice, Against Authority Published on Jan 11, 2015 الترجمة العربية الكاملة لمناظرة ميشيل فوكو ونعوم تشومسكي حول [الطبيعة البشرية: العدالة ضد السلطة]. عُرِضَت هذه المناظرة في التلفزيون الهولندي عام 1971 ويدير النقاش أستاذ الفلسفة الهولندي فونز إلدرز. كلاً من فوكو وتشومسكي لديه أفكاراً تركت أثراً كبيراً في حقول الدراسات العلمية

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Arabic, Michel Foucault, Noam Chomsky, subtitles

Edward Said, 1986, Exile

January 25, 2015 Mona Baker Translation, Videos

Published on Apr 5, 2013 EDWARD SAID (1935-2003). Palestinian-born intellectual and world-famous literary critic. Author of ‘Orientalism’ and ‘The Question of Palestine’. Professor of English Literature at Columbia University, NYC until his death. From the BBC series ‘Exiles’.

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Edward Said, exile

Educational Toll of Gaza War: At Least 3 Universities, 148 Schools

January 21, 2015 Mona Baker Education, Palestine

Rasha Faek, Yousef Al-Helou and Thaer Thabet / 03 Aug 2014 GAZA—At least three universities, seven United Nations schools and an estimated 141 locally-run schools have suffered severe damage in the month-long war between Israel and Hamas. Israeli missiles hit the Islamic University of Gaza early on Saturday, destroying a major building on the campus but apparently not killing anyone. In a July

Is Egypt on the Verge of Another Uprising?

January 21, 2015 Mona Baker Articles, Egypt

THANASSIS CAMBANIS, JAN 16 2015 CAIRO—Four years after the revolution he helped lead, Basem Kamel has noticeably scaled back his ambitions. The regime he and his friends thought they overthrew after storming Tahrir Square has returned. In the face of relentless pressure and violence from the authorities, most of the revolutionary movements have been sidelined or snuffed out. Egypt’s new

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