Since independence in 1956, large numbers of Moroccans have been forcibly disappeared,
tortured, and imprisoned. Morocco's uncovering and acknowledging of these past human …

To the extent that this volume is a sequel to my first book on television in the Middle East,
Satellite Realms, I should start by repeating the thanks I expressed there, because the …

In this article, I show how the term lawfare is being deployed as a speech act in order to
encode the field of human rights as a national security threat. The objective, I claim, is to …

This book examines the commemoration of 9/11 in American memorial culture. It argues that
the emergence of counter-memories of September 11 has been compromised by the …

In The Work of Rape Rana M. Jaleel argues that the redefinition of sexual violence within
international law as a war crime, crime against humanity, and genocide owes a disturbing …

The book highlights the interconnections between three framing concepts in the
development of modern western law: religion, race, and rights. The author challenges the …

The second intifada and the US ““global war on terror,”” though quite different, both involve
asymmetrical warfare that pits powerful states against non-state organizations. This article …

The military detention facility at the Guantánamo Bay naval base is the most enduring
manifestation of the US “war on terror.” It is also materially and symbolically central to US …

This book offers a transnational feminist response to the gender politics of torture and terror
from the viewpoint of populations of color who have come to be associated with acts of …

This chapter examines the colonial roots of counterinsurgency practices deployed by the US
after September 11, 2011 in Iraq and Afghanistan. Drawing on a broad range of primary …