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Published in: Podcasts: FeatureI Am Not Your Refugee: Ana SurieA conversation about the ‘Ana Surie’ (‘I Am Syrian’) photography exhibition organised in the Zaatari refugee camp
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: InterviewCan art change the world? An interview with Hanan ToukanIn her new book, Toukan investigates the relationship between Western funding and contemporary art in Beirut, Amman...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionWhat's wrong with Jordanian media?Lack of home coverage of the royal family’s biggest public rift in decades reveals the dire state of access to...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFor young Syrian refugees, education and employment cannot remain apoliticalWhy is it that despite the huge efforts invested by donors and UN agencies, do young refugees continue to struggle...
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Published in: Migrant FuturesFor migrant workers in the MENA, flattening the curve of inequality is urgentThe global COVID-19 pandemic is not the root cause of migrant exploitation, discrimination and vulnerability but it...
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Published in: 50.50Detained in Jordan for disobeying men, girls use art to tell their storiesLong before COVID-19, these girls were detained under a controversial ‘male guardianship’ system. Here are some of...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia“Sometimes it’s worth the fight”Actress and photographer Raneem Al Daoud on unpicking prejudice and chasing her ambition from Amman to Los Angeles...
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Published in: HomeThe New York Declaration on refugees: one year onThe New York Declaration called for states to ease pressure on less-developed countries like Lebanon, Jordan, and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMacho men only: no space for femininity in Jordan’s LGBT+ community‘Just manly men’. ‘Guys that hit the gym’. ‘Straight-acting only’. ‘No fems’. The message for gay and bi men...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaRace and exploitation in the GulfIt is time for the issue of race to become central to any discussion on the continued exploitation of workers in the Gulf.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaElections do not mean democracyElections are not a bad thing. But for the sake of our own commitment to honesty, let us not deceive ourselves into...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe football kicking the players, on the fiftieth anniversary of the 1967 warWhat was truly ironic about the Arab legal case was that Arab representatives at the 1967 UNSC laid out the legal...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA new chapter for feminism in JordanMore and more Jordanian women are refusing to accept the sexist status quo and choosing to change it.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaProtesters say Jordanian law dealing with ‘honour’ crimes is a “license to kill"Gathering outside the national parliament last month, a group of young protesters confronted one of Jordan’s most...
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Published in: HomeThe Kiron familyWe revisit the social start-up that gives refugees access to higher education, meeting a 24 yr.old Syrian...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaNationalism in Jordan: king, tribe, or country? Part twoPart two of this two-part series reveals the fragmented nature of nationhood in Jordan with the East/West Bank...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaNationalism in Jordan: king, tribe, or country? Part oneThe first article in this two-part series traces the formation of nationalism in Jordan as both a pan-Arab identity...
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Published in: HomeMaking global citizenship education possible for refugeesOur students, learning about global values, become frustrated that they are unable to experience this world....
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia10 years on: Jordan’s anti-terrorism law and the crackdown on dissentIt is now time that the authorities stop labelling all those who dare speak their minds as “terrorists”.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaCivil society 2.0In Jordan, a younger generation of educated activists are reinventing their approach in order to build new...
