Public Organization Review This article employs an interpretive policy approach to understand the Jordanian government’s response to the pandemic. Journal Article
Read MoreInternational Commission of Jurists This ICJ report underscores vaccine inequality in Israel and Palestine demonstrating the vast disparity in access to vaccines between Israel’s and Palestine’s populations. Article
Read MorearXiv Labs This paper aims to help distinguish between misleading and sarcastic posts about COVID-19 in Arabic, a distinction that is often overlooked by non-Arabic-friendly data analytical systems and classification models. Journal Article
Read MoreThe following digest summarizes the most important scholarly and policy publications, reports, and articles covering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the politics, economies, and societies of the Arab world. Mofeed Digest is produced by Mofeed Project Coordinator Serage Amatory. [MENA | Algeria | Bahrain |Comoros| Djibouti| Egypt| Iraq| Jordan| Lebanon| Libya| Mauritania| Morocco| Oman| Qatar| Saudi Arabia| Somalia| Sudan| Syria| Tunisia| Yemen] MENA [Back to Top] Socioeconomic Impact of COVID-19 in MENA…
Read MoreWorld Bank This World Bank report discusses factors that exacerbated the pandemic’s burden on MENA governments, namely that governments were “ill-prepared” and overestimated their capacities to overcome the pandemic. Article
Read MoreBJPsych Open Journal This article examines the association between COVID-19 and changes in mental health in Syrian refugees in Turkey. Journal Article
Read MoreInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases This article shows that COVID-19 deaths in Somalia were at least thirty-two times higher than the figures reported by the government during the early months of the pandemic. Journal Article
Read MoreOxford Business Group This Oxford Business Group report looks at COVID-19’s impact on Qatar’s economy, especially its external trade sector. Working Paper
Read MoreDiabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews Based on a study conducted in Iraq, this article evaluates and compares the respective side effects of COVID-19 vaccines. Journal Article
Read MoreInternational Organization for Migration This article examines social protections for migrants during and after the COVID-19 pandemic & entry requirements adopted by several MENA countries. Article
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