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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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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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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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LevantEnergy and EconomicsFood 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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LevantGlobal Health and Health PolicySystematic Discrimination and Fragmentation as Key Barriers to Palestinian Health and Healthcare
Dec 1, 2021Medical Aid for PaestineWe would like to encourage you to read the latest paper by Medical Aid for Palestine (MAP). Their new position paper describes how systematic discrimination an…
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Palestine/IsraelGlobal Health and Health PolicyThe US media is touting Israel’s Covid recovery. But occupied Palestinians are left out
Apr 13, 2021Yara M. AsiThe US media has widely lauded Israel’s vaccine success - as a country in a “post-pandemic future” of concerts and indoor dining; as a country that could teach…
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Palestine/IsraelGlobal Health and Health PolicyIn 2 Minutes: Contradictions in Israel’s Coronavirus Policies
Mar 4, 2021Jonathan KuttabHuman Rights Lawyer Jonathan Kuttab explains why it is Israel's responsibility to provide the COVID-19 vaccines to millions of Palestinians under its occupatio…
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Israel’s vaccine efforts are incomplete until they include Palestinians
Jan 15, 2021Yara M. AsiPalestinians depend on Israel for lifesaving medical care not because of poverty but because of politics.
