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LevantDemocracy and GovernanceTurkey’s Presidential Election in the Shadow of Devastating Earthquakes
Feb 22, 2023Mustafa GurbuzThe devastating February 6 earthquakes in Turkey, which caused nearly 45,000 deaths in Turkey and Syria and rendered hundreds of thousands of people homeless, …
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Erdoğan’s Rapprochement with Assad Spells Trouble for Syrian Refugees
Feb 1, 2023Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s interest in a rapprochement with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is the latest chapter in his delicate domestic and r…
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The Flaws and Failures of International Humanitarian Aid to Yemen
Oct 20, 2022In a July 2022 report on the UN’s humanitarian response to the crisis in Yemen, the UN Inter-Agency Humanitarian Evaluation Steering Group concluded that “the …
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International Aid to the Palestinians: Between Politicization and Development
Aug 4, 2022Following the signing of the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1993, an international conference was held in Washington …
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Syrian Refugees in Turkey Face an Uncertain Future
Jul 12, 2022In the early hours of July 1, 2022, Turkish sources reported on a story of undocumented immigrants fleeing the Osmaniye Refugee Camp in southern Turkey. That s…
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Racism and the Blocked Refuge of the Displaced of the Middle East
Apr 28, 2022The world today is facing an unprecedented crisis of human displacement. About one of every 95 persons is displaced from his or her home due to persecution, wa…
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The Nakba in Israeli Public Discourse and School History Curriculum
Nov 17, 2021The ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their villages by Israel’s armed forces during the 1948 war and the creation of the ongoing refugee problem is rarely…
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“Shoulder to Shoulder with Sorrow”: Afghan Refugees, Past and Present
Sep 9, 2021For weeks, images and stories of Afghans leaving their homeland have flooded all forms of media. Recent events only emphasized just how difficult life is for t…
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The “Unhealable Rift” of Exile: The Plight of Arab Refugees
Jan 26, 2021Yara M. Asi studies the current conditions of refugees in the Arab world--focusing on those from Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Libya, and Palestine--who have fled their …
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Loss of a Generation: The Education of Syria’s Refugee Children
Aug 25, 2020Yara M. Asi reports that almost ten years of homelessness, poverty, and trauma have deprived millions of Syria’s children and youth—displaced inside the countr…
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The Nakba 72 Years On: The Current Status of the Question of Palestine
May 15, 2020Arab Center Washington DC research fellows and associates share their opinions and perspectives on the question of Palestine as Palestinians and the world mark…
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The Palestinians Are on Their Own
Feb 13, 2020Palestinians should not rely on support from Arab accommodationists or rejectionists of Trump’s peace plan but must devise a new strategy for national renewal …
