Dawn Chatty is emeritus professor of anthropology and forced migration in the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, and former director of the centre, 2011-2014. She is the author of an online resource for the study of nomadic life in Oman, Nomads in Oman. Among her books are Displacement and Dispossession in the Modern Midde East, Dispossession and Displacement: Forced Migration in the Middle East and North Africa (edited with Bill Finlayson), and Deterritorialized Youth: Sahrawi and Afghan Refugees at the Margins of the Middle East (as editor).
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Published in: 50.50The aid crisis for Syrian refugeesAs the war is prolonged, families are exhausting their savings. Without a massive re-thinking of how aid is...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFor young refugees from Syria, education equals hopeYoung Syrian refugees have shown extradordinary resilience, but hope for their short and long-term futures hinges on...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?High time for Europe to offer temporary protection to refugees from Syria?The 2001 Temporary Protection Directive - created in the wake of the Yugoslav Wars - has never been activated, but...
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Published in: HomeSyria’s dismemberment: fulfilling the French Mandate’s vision?Could the neglected strength of the mainstream Muslim community – a vestige of the Ottoman self-governing...
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Published in: HomeIraqi refugees: problems and prospects
Iraqi refugees in neighbouring Arab states are unwilling to return to their country and unable to emigrate further...