Regional Focus: MENA

Opportunity:

CFP: Jerusalem Quarterly [info]

- Contributions sought for special issue on "Retracing UNRWA's History: Archives, Social History, and Visual Culture on Palestinian Mobilities and Humanitarianism." Submit abstracts by 28 February 2022.

Blog posts & press:

UNHCR survey reveals positive Jordanian attitude towards refugees (UN Jordan, Jan. 2022) [text]

New open access book: 

Refugees on the Move: Crisis and Response in Turkey and Europe, Berghahn Books, Feb. 2022 [open access]

- "Refugees on the Move highlights and explores the profound complexities of the current refugee issue by focusing specifically on Syrian refugees in Turkey and other European countries and responses from the host countries involved. It examines the causes of the movement of refugee populations, the difficulties they face during their journeys, the daily challenges and obstacles they experience, and host governments’ attempts to manage and overcome the so-called 'refugee crisis'."

Reports & book chapters:

11 Years of Crisis Against All Odds: A Summary of the 2021 Annual Needs Assessment (CARE, Jan. 2022) [text]

- Focuses on Syrians in Jordan.

"Becoming and Being a (Dis)Connected Forced Migrant," Introductory chapter in Mediated Lives: Waiting and Hope among Iraqi Refugees in Jordan (Berghahn Books, Jan. 2022) [free full-text]

MEAL Framework for Localisation of Humanitarian Action in Jordan (Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development, Jordan INGO Forum &  UN Women, May 2021) [access via ReliefWeb]

- Follow link for report in English and Arabic.

Rapid Needs Assessment of Returnees to Tawergha (Norwegian Refugee Council, Dec. 2021) [text via ReliefWeb]

- Note: Tawergha is in Libya.

Rescuing Aid in Syria (CSIS, Feb. 2022) [access]

- Follow link for report and executive summary.

Journal articles:

"Axiological and Ideological Reframing in the Interpreting of Syrian Refugee’s Trauma Discourse: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Interviews as an Example," Journal of Education College - Wasit University, vol. 1, no. 46 (2022) [open access]

- Focuses on Syrians in Jordan and Lebanon.

"Bioeconomy and Migrants’ Lives in Libya," Cultural Anthropology, vol. 37, no. 1 (2022) [open access]

"Constructing the ‘National Ideal’: The ‘Inclusive’ and ‘Exclusive’ Representations of Syrian Refugees in Turkish Print Media," Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Latest Articles, 12 Feb. 2022 [open access]

Migration Policy Practice, vol. XI, no. 3 (Oct.-Dec. 2021) [open access]

- This special issue "focuses on COVID-19’s socioeconomic impact on migrants and displaced persons in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)." See also video recordings from related webinar series below.

"Narrative analysis of Syrians, South Sudanese and Libyans transiting in Egypt: A MOA approach," Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Latest Articles, 3 Feb. 2020 [preprint]

"Palestinian Refugees of the Oslo Generation: Thinking beyond the Nation?," Journal of Palestine Studies, vol. 50, no. 3 (2021) [open access]

"Representation, trust and ethnicity within refugee communities: the case of Darfurians in Israel," Community Development Journal, Advance Articles, 9 Feb. 2022 [ResearchGate]

Multimedia:

Activism from Exile: How Activists Abroad Influence Politics Back Home, 2 Nov. 2021 [access]

- Focuses on Egyptian and Syrian activists currently in exile. More info here.

Webinar series: COVID-19’s socio-economic impact on migrants and displaced populations [access]

- Included four sessions organized by the Economic Research Forum & the IOM Regional Office for MENA. 

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (8 Feb. 2022)