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Global Health and Health Policy
The Prospects for Developing an Effective Vaccine for COVID-19: When and How?
May 21, 2020
On May 21, 2020, Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) held a virtual discussion with Ali I. Fattom to explore the prospects of developing a coronavirus vaccine and …
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Global Health and Health Policy
Coronavirus Contemplations
May 16, 2020Azmi Bishara
Having realised in our housebound isolation that this year there will be no spring for us – telling ourselves that this is at least better than losing whatever…
Event Video
Global Health and Health Policy
International Law, WHO, and COVID-19: The Politics of Global Pandemic Response
May 14, 2020Jonathan Kuttab
On May 13, Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) hosted a virtual briefing titled “International Law, WHO, and COVID-19: The Politics of Global Pandemic Response.” H…
Event Video
Energy and Economics
Arab Economies Post COVID-19: Prospects, Recovery Efforts, and Recommended Measures
May 13, 2020Khalil E. Jahshan
On May 6, 2020, Arab Center Washington DC Executive Director Khalil E. Jahshan conducted an interview with Dr. Jihad Azour, Director of the International Monet…
Policy Analysis
EgyptDemocracy and Governance
Politics of COVID-19 in Egypt: Between Repression and Opportunism
May 12, 2020Khalil Al-Anani
The Egyptian regime's medical assistance to the United States and other countries during the coronavirus pandemic is meant to mollify international criticism o…
Policy Analysis
Global Health and Health Policy
Health Care in the Arab World: Outcomes of a Broken Social Contract
May 12, 2020Yara M. Asi
Yara 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…
Panel Discussions
International Law
International Law, WHO, and COVID-19: The Politics of Global Pandemic Response
May 13, 2020
On May 13, Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) hosted a virtual briefing titled “International Law, WHO, and COVID-19: The Politics of Global Pandemic Response.”
External Readings
The plague: Searching for meaning
May 5, 2020Marwan Bishara
It may be premature to take stock of the coronavirus pandemic or make sense of it while it is still going on. But how we confront this calamity and what we lea…
Policy Analysis
Energy and Economics
The Impact of Low Oil Prices and COVID-19 on Arab Economies
May 4, 2020Bessma Momani
Bessma Momani analyzes the global oil price collapse and the COVID-19 public health crisis as a dual blow to the social and economic well-being of both oil-ric…
Event Video
Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
COVID-19 under Apartheid
Apr 30, 2020Yousef Munayyer
On April 30, 2020, Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) hosted a webinar on “COVID-19 under Apartheid.” The speakers were Diana Buttu, a Palestinian-Canadian lawyer…
Keynote Conversations
LevantEnergy and Economics
Arab Economies Post COVID-19: Prospects, Recovery Efforts, and Recommended Measures
May 6, 2020
On May 6, 2020, Arab Center Washington DC Executive Director Khalil E. Jahshan conducted an interview with Dr. Jihad Azour, Director of the International Monet…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Playing Politics with Aid: Israel’s Response to COVID-19 in Gaza
Apr 29, 2020Yousef Munayyer
Yousef 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…