Middle East Law and Governance Journal This introductory article summarizes the content of the special issue, “MENA and COVID-19: State and Societal Responses,” which addresses how various political actors appropriated pandemic responses to reassert their power. Journal Article
Read MoreMiddle East Law and Governance Journal This article compares the policies implemented by various Middle Eastern countries to contain the spread of COVID-19. Journal Article
Read MoreFrance 24 Amnesty International’s yearly report has shown that the COVID-19 pandemic measures have increased human rights violations worldwide, especially in the Middle East and North Africa where leaders have guised human rights abuses within the shield of the pandemic. Article
Read MorePLOS Global Public Health This article evaluates the process of policy and operational decision-making in relation to the COVID-19 response in Somalia, a chronically fragile country, focusing particularly on the use of information and the role of transparency. Journal Article
Read MoreHuman Rights Pulse This article aims to identify the dominant causes of learning loss in Lebanon during the COVID-19 pandemic and to analyze the result of the Lebanese authority’s disregard vis-à-vis the Syrian students. Article
Read MoreWorldVision This report studies children’s rights and well-being in Somalia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Report
Read MoreMedicine, Conflict and Survival This article studies the impact of the humanitarian crisis in Syria as well as the pandemic on healthcare workers’ mental health. With the rise of violence and attacks against HCWs and healthcare facilities in Syria, around 70% of the health workforce has left the country. The estimated number of citizens with…
Read MoreThe Egyptian Journal of Community Medicine This study examines Egyptian citizens’ behavioral changes in response to COVID-19 and evaluates their perceptions of the government’s handling of the pandemic. Journal Article
Read MorePLOS One This article sheds light on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on displaced populations and refugees in Jordan. Journal Article
Read MoreHealth and Human Rights Journal This article reviews Israeli policies toward Palestinian detainees amid the COVID-19 pandemic. It argues that Israel has done little to protect the approximately 4,500 Palestinian detainees and prisoners held in Israeli facilities, including 700 detainees with pre-existing medical conditions. Article
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