Estella Carpi is a Research Associate in the Migration Research Unit, Department of Geography, at University College London. She is presently a Visiting Researcher in the Department of Sociology at Koç Üniversitesi (Istanbul). Her work mostly revolves around humanitarianism, identity politics, and forced displacement.
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionEducating the host: It's not just refugees who need ‘integration’ programmesTeaching local hosts the experience of war and forced displacement would help to publicly challenge hate speech and...
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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...