Estella Carpi is a PhD Student at The University of Sydney and PhD Fellow at the American University of Beirut. She is currently conducting research on the local experience of humanitarianism and the role of agency in the southern suburbs of Beirut.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSupporting refugee livelihoods or host stability? The two sides of the coinFor many refugees, the humanitarian programmes focusing on "livelihoods" end up having merely an "accessory" role...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe intimacy of tyranny: Syria's de facto state legitimacyThe state has remained resilient in conflict-ridden Syria. A look into the intricacies of the abusive citizen-state...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSyria: when representational violence is as ruthless as political violenceOur representations of what happens in Syria contribute to the ongoing violence. The rhetoric allows the...
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Published in: openSecurityThe alliance of media and humanitarianism in Lebanon
With the growing Syrian refugee crisis, media entrepreneurs seem to care more about protecting the orthodox morality...
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Published in: openSecurityIslamic 'Resistance' in the southern suburbs of Beirut
Islamic Resistance is normally understood as military activism: armed actors using the same ideology and undertaking...
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Published in: HomeConfessionalization fundamentalism: commodifying religious identities in the Middle East
Middle Eastern revolutionaries and spectators alike, deprived in the media of any representation of their own agency...