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Palestine/IsraelGlobal Health and Health PolicyPalestinians Are Denied Humanity, Even after Death
Oct 30, 2023Yara M. AsiOn October 25, 2023, US President Joe Biden made the stunning and unprecedented statement that he had “no confidence in the number that the Palestinians are us…
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Palestine/IsraelGlobal Health and Health Policy“An Open-Air Graveyard”: The Unfolding Health Catastrophe in the Gaza Strip
Oct 27, 2023Yara M. AsiIt is impossible to count the number of reports, studies, press releases, and statements that have reported the unbearable conditions of life for Palestinians …
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The Arab WorldGlobal Health and Health PolicyChallenges Facing the Arab World’s Health Care Professionals
Apr 26, 2023Yara M. AsiIn 2022, the Egyptian Medical Syndicate released a shocking report, finding that over 10,000 Egyptian doctors resigned from positions in government hospitals d…
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SomaliaConflicts and Conflict ResolutionSomalia Continues to Face Crises on Several Fronts in 2023
Jan 10, 2023Imad K. HarbFollowing the conclusion in spring 2022 of its parliamentary and presidential constitutional requirements, Somalia began the process of attempting to re-establ…
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Democracy and GovernanceThe Colonial Legacy in the Arab World: Health, Education, and Politics
Nov 9, 2022Yara M. AsiIn recent years, movements toward “decolonization” have taken hold throughout multiple disciplines, including cultural studies, health, economics, and educatio…
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SyriaGlobal Health and Health PolicyThe Captagon Problem in Saudi Arabia and Other Gulf States
Sep 22, 2022Gregory AftandilianOver the past decade, the amphetamine fenethylline, widely known by the brand name Captagon, has increasingly become the drug of choice among the youth in Gulf…
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LebanonEnergy and EconomicsLebanon Struggles to Pick up the Pieces After the Beirut Port Explosion
Sep 9, 2022Yara M. AsiLebanon’s independence in 1943 formally ended a 23-year French mandate backed by the League of Nations, a period that saw the consolidation of the country’s cu…
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Palestine/IsraelGlobal Health and Health PolicyFirst, Do No Harm? The World Health Organization in the MENA Region
Aug 26, 2022Yara M. AsiIn June 2022, Richard Horton, the editor in chief of The Lancet, one of the world’s most well-regarded health and medical journals, published a short piece cal…
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Global Health and Health PolicyAdvancement and Inequity in the Arab World’s Medical and Pharmaceutical Sectors
Jul 25, 2022Yara M. AsiThe disparity between efforts to invest in a growing healthcare sector and the minimal public health services afforded to the Arab world’s populations provides…
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The Horn of AfricaGlobal Health and Health PolicyChild Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation in the MENA Region
Jul 1, 2022Yara M. AsiOn June 20, 2022, Egyptian college student Naira Ashraf was beaten and murdered by a man who had harassed and stalked her for years, despite her repeated rejec…
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Palestine/IsraelThe War in UkraineFood Insecurity in Palestine and the Russia-Ukraine War: The Worst Is Yet to Come
Jun 9, 2022Omar ShabanThe potential impact of a drop in the supply of grain to global markets due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has increased fears about food insecurity around …
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Global Health and Health PolicyIncreasing Awareness of Mental Health Needs in Arab Populations
Mar 18, 2022Yara M. AsiTwo years after the initial lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic, biomedical advancements like vaccinations and pharmaceutical treatments began to allow countrie…
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Global Health and Health PolicyTwo Years of COVID-19 in the Arab World: Social, Economic, and Political Effects
Jan 31, 2022Yara M. AsiIt was just over two years ago—on January 5, 2020—that the World Health Organization (WHO) reported “cases of pneumonia of unknown etiology” based on informati…
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Global Health and Health PolicyThe Overlooked Threat of Cancer in the Arab Region
Nov 18, 2021Yara M. AsiSince its founding in 1985, Breast Cancer Awareness Month has been held in October every year. Originally an American enterprise, the event has become global, …
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Energy and EconomicsStarving and Being Starved: Addressing Food Insecurity in Arab Populations
Apr 5, 2021Yara M. AsiAfter years of civil war and outside intervention, Yemen continues to be widely recognized as having the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. A significant contr…
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Palestine/IsraelGlobal Health and Health PolicyAnother Test of Palestinian Sumud: COVID-19 in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem
Oct 27, 2020Yara M. AsiAs the world has endured the crushing outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic over the past seven months, a common refrain often heard is that “the virus knows no bo…
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North AfricaGlobal Health and Health PolicyNorth African Autocrats Use the Pandemic to Expand Power, Settle Scores
Sep 15, 2020Charles W. DunneMany months have passed since the novel coronavirus epidemic began, with wide-ranging and often devastating health, economic, and social ramifications. The pol…
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The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfJustice, Equality, and Human RightsMigrant Workers’ Health and COVID-19 in GCC Countries
Jul 7, 2020Yara M. AsiYara M. Asi writes that poor health care provisions and crowded living conditions of migrant workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries have made them e…
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Global Health and Health PolicyDo Arab Women Need Saving? The Health of Women in the Arab World
Jun 8, 2020Yara M. AsiYara M. Asi argues that the complexity of Arab women's lives necessitates powerful ways to protect their health and well-being that should be grounded in gende…
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EgyptDemocracy and GovernancePolitics of COVID-19 in Egypt: Between Repression and Opportunism
May 12, 2020Khalil Al-AnaniThe Egyptian regime's medical assistance to the United States and other countries during the coronavirus pandemic is meant to mollify international criticism o…
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Global Health and Health PolicyHealth Care in the Arab World: Outcomes of a Broken Social Contract
May 12, 2020Yara M. AsiYara M. Asi surveys the poor conditions of the Arab world's health care sector and writes that significant changes in efforts and resources should be prioritiz…
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Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict ResolutionPlaying Politics with Aid: Israel’s Response to COVID-19 in Gaza
Apr 29, 2020Yousef MunayyerYousef Munayyer asserts that Israel's facilitation of COVID-19-related aid to Gaza will largely further one overarching priority: to serve Israel's political o…
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US Domestic Politics and ElectionsCOVID-19, Presidential Elections, and US Foreign Policy
Apr 29, 2020Joe MacaronJoe Macaron writes that Donald Trump's presidency and his administration's foreign policy may be defined this election year by the coronavirus pandemic and its…
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SyriaDemocracy and GovernanceSyria’s Authoritarian Regime and COVID-19
Apr 24, 2020Radwan ZiadehSyria's delayed admission of COVID-19 cases was dictated by the regime's political calculations and its hope to use the cover of the pandemic to avoid sanction…
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AlgeriaDemocracy and GovernanceCOVID-19 Promises Algeria Uncertainty, Danger, and—Perhaps—Opportunity
Apr 23, 2020Daniel BrumbergDaniel Brumberg discusses the political and economic circumstances surrounding the Algerian military's handling of the coronavirus epidemic, using the situatio…
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Palestine/IsraelDemocracy and GovernanceThe Coronavirus Crisis May Assure Netanyahu’s Survival
Apr 8, 2020Yousef MunayyerYousef Munayyer examines how Benny Gantz's political defeat and acceptance to form a coalition government with Benjamin Netanyahu have revived the Israeli prim…
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Democracy and GovernanceAuthoritarianism and the Middle East in the Time of COVID-19
Apr 2, 2020Charles W. DunneAuthoritarian governments and leaders in the Middle East have used the cover of the coronavirus pandemic to disperse demonstrations, jail activists, stifle dis…
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IranUS Foreign PolicyThe COVID-19 Pandemic Prompts Debate over Iran Sanctions
Apr 1, 2020Marcus MontgomeryMarcus Montgomery details splits in official Washington about how to deal with Iran at this delicate time of the coronavirus outbreak: some want to offer sanct…
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IranUS Foreign PolicyCOVID-19 and Iranian-American Relations
Apr 1, 2020Daniel BrumbergAs US-Iran relations suffer from continuing political and ideological differences, the coronavirus calamity could provide an opportunity for deescalation and c…
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MoroccoDemocracy and GovernanceMorocco: Despite Some Progress, Many Challenges Remain
Mar 31, 2020Nabeel A. KhouryNabeel Khoury discusses Morocco's political and economic conditions and cautions its elite to use the opportunity of the current social calm engendered by the …
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Palestine/IsraelInternational LawIsrael Has Effective Control over Gaza
Mar 28, 2020Jonathan KuttabDuring the coronavirus pandemic Israel must understand and implement its obligations toward Gaza’s citizens and abide by its responsibilities under the Geneva …
