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The book project emerges out of two affinities. The first was our affection for and admiration of Wasif Jawhariyyeh’s seven volume photographic albums in Beirut and Athens tracing the modernity of Jerusalem and Palestine from the 1870s to 1948.

This project was inspired by my grandmother. In 1971, she, along with my mother who was twelve years old at the time, had to flee East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) due to civil war. A widow and already ultra-poor, she was working at a restaurant to take care of he..

The Middle East Studies Association Global Academy announces a call for applications for scholarships for displaced scholars from the Middle East & North Africa in North America for the 2021-2022 academic year. 

This special issue of the International Journal of Islamic Architecture focuses on the spatial forms and urban consequences of forced migration. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the number of displaced persons has reached 70 million, the highest it has been since t..

This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Arabian Peninsula and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Arabian Peninsula Page Editors or of Jadaliyya.

Michel Agier (ed.), Un monde de camps (A World of Camps), (Paris: La Découverte, 2014).

The refugee camp is a topic of interest for many s..

Write Down, I Am an Arab, directed by Ibtisam Mara’ana-Menuhin. Israel/Palestine, 2014.

Borrowing the opening line of one of Mahmoud Darwish’s most famous poems, “Identity Card,” filmmaker Ibtis..

[Between 12-14 August 2014 at the 14th Venice International Architecture Biennale, architects, filmmakers, and activists from Syria and the Arab World, gathered for a series of events focused on Syria and the production of its landscape from before the First World War until today. Using the ..

[The following press release was issued by the Danish Refugee Council on 12 March 2014]

The violence in Iraq`s western pro..

[The essay is based on collaboration between the two authors. AbdouMaliq Simone conducted and wrote the field research about the drama school; he then invited Jadaliyya Cities Page co-editor, Hiba Bou Akar, to contribute. Simone’s field research is based on his life in Khartoum in 1987-1990,..

The Syrian crisis has displaced two million Syrian refugees to neighboring countries and beyond. These figures do not include the 90,000 Palestinian refugees who have similarly sought refuge from the crisis in Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey, Malaysia, Gaza, and Switzerland. Unlike their Syrian c..

[The following report was issued by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on 6 February 2013.]

Misery Beyond the War Zone: Life for Syrian Refugees and Displaced Po..

A displaced Timbuktian entered a store in Bamako. “As-salamu alaykum,” he said.

The manager stiffened and eyed him suspiciously. “Why do you greet me with ‘As-salamu alaykum?’” he asked.

“Because we are both Muslim,” the Timbuktian said in the heavily-accented Bamba..

[Note: The views and testimonies herein are the refugees’ own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the author or of Jadaliyya.]

Somaya left Homs, Syria after finding the corpse of her tortured son in a sewage ditch. Zaynab escaped with her family when she discovered that Syrian sol..

Meesar Lahan’s personal story represents thousands of Palestinian refugees filtering into the Shatila refugee camp of Lebanon from war-stricken Syria. Their move to Lebanon represents a second displacement (the first being from Palestine), and many of these refugees are giving up hope, some even..

[The following report was issued by Refugees International on 1 November 2012.] 

Gatekeepers and Evictions: Somalia`s Displace..

Rhoda Ann Kanaaneh and Isis Nusair, editors, Displaced at Home: Ethnicity and Gender among Palestinians in Israel. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2010.

Jadaliyya: Wha..

We are very happy to report that two authors whose books were recently featured in New Texts Out Now (NEWTON) were recipients of prestigious awards at the 2011 Middle East Studies Association convention.

Rochelle Davis, Palestinian Village Histories: Geographies of the Displaced. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press, 2011.

[Co-winner of the

There is a nervous tension in the air in Peshawar after the killing of Osama bin Laden. Over the past couple of days, people are holding their breath. Waiting. Waiting to see what will happen next. Rumors are rampant. It almost feels as if death is right now looming above people’s heads. Death, ..