Agriculture & Food Security This article studies the impact of COVID-19 on food security and identifies the more affected dimensions, including availability, access, utilization, and stability during the pandemic in MENA countries. Journal Article
Read MoreInternational Rescue Committee This report lays out seven stories of how the IRC and partners have risen to the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic in Yemen and other countries. Report
Read MoreSocArXiv This working paper reports the findings of a study investigating how the national lockdown affected the operation of family courts and children’s access to justice in Morocco. Working Paper
Read MoreJournal of Infection and Public Health This article examines the discrimination and inequality in treating COVID-19 patients and the associated beliefs among healthcare workers (HCWs) during the pandemic. Journal Article
Read MoreConflict and Health This article explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Beirut Port explosion, and the ongoing refugee crisis on the rates and incidence of gender-based violence in Lebanon. Journal Article
Read MoreBMC Public Health This article shows that Jordanian, Palestinian, Lebanese, and Saudi Arabian respondents reported the highest rates of food insecurity in the Arab region during the COVID-19 pandemic, whereas Oman and Bahrain reported the lowest rates. Journal Article
Read MoreJournal of Palestine Studies This article argues that differences in mortality and vaccination rates between Israelis and Palestinians are a direct result of Israel’s COVID-19 response policies toward the Palestinians throughout the pandemic, as well as its ongoing siege of Gaza and its military occupation of the West Bank including East Jerusalem. Journal Article
Read MoreMigration Letters This article examines the dynamics of Jordan’s response to COVID-19 through the lens of Blau’s theory of exchange & power in social life and explores the exchange process amongst the government, migrants, and Jordanians. Journal Article
Read MoreCogent Arts & Humanities This article shows that communication with either hearing impaired or hearing people in Jordan during the COVID-19 pandemic was made difficult due to the mask mandate. Journal Article
Read MoreRice University’s Baker Institute This article studies the impact of COVID-19 on the religious lives, mental health, and government views of Muslims and finds that religion took on new and outsized importance for Muslims across Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. Article
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