Tag: Middle East

New Workshop Report and Policy Brief: South-South Collaborations in Diplomatic and Humanitarian Responses to Conflict and Displacement

In a new Workshop Report, our Principal Investigator Prof. Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh critically examines the potential for South–South collaboration in diplomatic and humanitarian responses to ongoing and emerging crises in the Middle East and beyond. The Report presents key insights arising throughout a closed policy workshop co-convened on 26 February 2025 by Professor Fiddian-Qasmiyeh and Dr Ghassan... Continue Reading →

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Syrian refugees and healthcare in Turkey

by Sara Al Helali As part of the Southern Responses to Displacement project, the research team has been examining responses developed by differently-positioned states (including host states) as well as by municipal and local-level actors, and of course refugees themselves. While Syrians registered under a Temporary Protection ID in Turkey can access free healthcare services... Continue Reading →

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Dr. Estella Carpi lecture at the Lebanese American University: The Effect of Displacement on Religious Authorities from Syria

In March 2019 Dr. Estella Carpi, Research Associate of the Southern Responses to Displacement project, gave a lecture entitled 'The Displacement of Religious Authorities from Syria and their Involvement in Aid Provision:  Looking Beyond Humanitarianism' at the Lebanese American University.  There she presented preliminary findings of the Southern Responses to Displacement project and drew on her... Continue Reading →

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The Rise and Fall of Pan-Arabism

Pan-Arabist approaches, along with internationalism and solidarity, refugee-refugee humanitarianism, and faith based responses to forced displacement, can be seen as presenting alternatives to dominant humanitarian discourse and approaches that situate Northern providers as the saviours of Southern victims of displacement.  In this piece, Prof. Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, interviewed by Aditya Kiran Kakati, draws upon his chapter 'The... Continue Reading →

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