Regional Focus: MENA - Pt. 1

Opportunity:

CFP: Special issue in Migration Studies journal or similar [info] 

- Contributions sought for a special issue on "Rethinking (Arab) Diasporas and Critical Mobilities after 2011." Submit abstracts by 12 November 2025.

Short pieces:

"Challenges remain for aid distribution in Gaza City despite ceasefire with Israel," The Guardian, 15 Oct. 2025 [text]

- See also related UN News story.

Communalized Human Rights Amid Growing Internal Displacement in the Arab World (RID Blog, Oct. 2025) [text]

Humanitarians cautiously welcome ceasefire announcement, demand end to two years of forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza (Oct. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Navigating Ethical Dilemmas in Creative Participatory Research in Forced Displacement: Lessons from Ruptured Atlas (Refugee History Blog, June-July 2025) [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4]

- Focuses on the Yazidis of northern Iraq.

Sudanese Displacement in Egypt: Rewriting Agency, Refugeeness and Visibility (Borders and Limitations: The IMS Blog, Sept. 2025) [text]

UNHCR, Hamad Bin Khalifa University renew their partnership on refugee advocacy (UNHCR, Oct. 2025) [text]

"US judge dismisses lawsuit accusing UN agency of aiding Hamas attack on Israel," Reuters, 3 Oct. 2025 [text]

Reports:

From Displacement to Resilience: Aid, Economic Recovery, and Social Cohesion in Post-War Iraq (International Organization for Migration, Oct. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Integration of Migrants in Egypt: Lessons from Research, Stakeholders and International Experiences (International Organization for Migration & Cairo Univ., Sept. 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

The Journey Home: Karam Foundation’s Insights on the Hopes and Challenges of Refugees Returning to Syria (Karam Foundation, 2025) [text via ReliefWeb]

Mass Displacement since October 7, 2023: Flight from War, Genocide, and Expulsion in Gaza, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, and the West Bank (Brown Univ., Oct. 2025) [text]

What Egypt’s New Asylum Law Means for Refugees (Baker Institute, Sept. 2025) [text]

Related post:

- Regional Focus: MENA (6 Oct. 2025)