Tag Archives: jaffa

This Place They Dried From The Sea: An Interview with Kamal Aljafari

11 Mar Filed under Critical Speculation. No comments.

By Nasrin Himada This interview originally appeared on Montreal Serai. It is re-published on arenaofspeculation.org with kind permission. For those based in the UK, the film Port of Memory will be screened in London later this month — including a Q&A with director Kamal Aljafari […]

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Tent 1948: Challenging Conceptions of ‘Social Justice’ in Israel

7 Aug Filed under Advocacy, Physical Intervention. No comments.

by Abir Kopty The following article was originally published on Mondoweiss. It is re-published on arenaofspeculation.org with kind permission from the author. Abir Kopty is a media analyst and consultant and political activist, she is a former city council member in Nazareth & former spokeswoman […]

Jaffa Graffiti

The ‘Housing Intifada’ and Its Aftermath

22 Jun Filed under Advocacy, Physical Intervention. No comments.

By Daniel Monterescu This article was originally published under the title “The ‘Housing Intifada’ and Its Aftermath: Ethno-Gentrification and the Politics of Communal Existence in Jaffa” in Anthropology News, December 2008, pg. 21. (Republished on arenaofspeculation.org with permission from the author.) Jaffa, an ethnically “mixed town” located minutes away […]

Advancing the Struggle: Tel Aviv-Jaffa

Advancing the Struggle: Challenging Ethnocracy in Tel Aviv-Jaffa

29 Jan Filed under Advocacy, Spatial Analysis. No comments.

A new online publication exploring the planning-citizenship relationship in the context of urban space and a particular form of government, the ethnocracy. The case of Tel Aviv-Jaffa is used to illustrate these dynamics and highlight the potential of urban social movements to advance their struggle […]