Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Putin Using Salami Tactics to Destroy Republics, Sabirov Says

Paul Goble

Staunton, February 18 – The Kremlin is well aware that there would be mass protests if it sought to abolish the non-Russian republics all at once as LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky proposes; and consequently, Shamil Sabirov says, it has adopted a salami tactic approach one in which many will not see that each move is a step to the same end.

Non-Russians need to recognize how each of these moves fits into this overall plan and take steps to raise the costs to Moscow of taking any one of them, the Tatar analyst says. If they fail to do so, Vladimir Putin may succeed in destroying the republics at relatively low cost to him (idelreal.org/a/29777071.html). Read more →

Circassian

PEOPLE

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THE PEOPLE OF JORDAN

Traditional Jordanian dress.
© Zohrab

 The Bedouins

One of the best known groups from Jordan’s population is the Bedouin. As they are known in Arabic, the Bedu, or “desert dwellers,” endure the desert and have learned to survive its unforgiving climate. It is difficult to count Bedouins, but it is generally known that the majority of Jordan’s population is of Bedouin origin.

Most of Jordan’s Bedouin live in the vast wasteland that extends east from the Desert Highway. All throughout the south and east of the country, their communities are marked by characteristic black goat-hair tents. These are known as beit al-sha’ar, or “house of hair.” Read more →

Displacement, Historical Memory, and
Identity: The Circassians in Jordan
Seteney Shami
Yarmouk University

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Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Moscow Ready to Use 2020 Census to Split Non-Russian Nations But Not Ethnic Russians

Paul Goble

Staunton, February 12 – Moscow appears ready to use the 2020 census to emphasize divisions within non-Russian nations even as it plays up the unity of the ethnic Russian nation and even more the civic Russian nation, if one takes the words of Academician Valery Tishkov as an indication of the intentions of the authorities.

Tishkov, the former director of the Moscow Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology and a former nationalities minister who serves to this day as a close advisor to Vladimir Putin on ethnic and language issues, suggests as much in an interview with Natalya Rybakova of het Tatar-Inform news agency (sntat.ru/obshchestvo/identichnost-cheloveka-toporom-narubit-na-kusochki-neprosto-valeriy-ti/).

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تعليقا على الإحصاء المزمع عقدة في عام 2020

Commenting on the 2020 Census

Комментируя планируемый переписной узел в 2020 году

10 February 2019

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الجمعة 8 فبراير/شباط 2019

الشركس الذين قسّمتهم موسكو منذ وقتٍ طويل يحثون على التأكيد مجدّداً على الوحدة القومية عبر تعداد عام 2020

بول غوبل (Paul Goble)

ترجمة: عادل بشقوي

9 فبراير/شباط 2019

            ستاونتون، 7 فبراير/شباط — من أجل مزيد من إضعاف الأمّة الشركسية التي قامت الإمبراطورية الروسية بقتل وتهجير أسلافها في عمل من أعمال الإبادة الجماعية في عام 1864، وأصر النظام السوفييتي على أن الشركس ليسوا شعبا واحدا بل عدة شعوب، وألحّ بأن لا يحدد الشركس (Circassians) هويّتهم عن الآخرين كشراكسة، بل بأنّهم أديغه (Adygeys) وقباردي (Kabardins) و شركس(Cherkess)، وغير ذلك. Read more →