International Affairs This article uses the Israeli–Palestinian conflict during the COVID-19 pandemic as a case study, exploring the impact of the crisis on relations between the rival parties and examining the conditions under which an ongoing pandemic might lead to either conflict or cooperation in a conflict area. Journal Article
Read MoreMiddle East Law and Governance This article demonstrates that the narrative of Tunisia’s democratic exceptionalism following the 2011 revolution is not translated into a liberal legal practice during the COVID-19 pandemic, but is instead upheld by an authoritarian rationale that serves the role of a formal channel that legitimizes power discourse. Journal Article
Read MoreJournal of African Law This article argues that the lockdown imposed in Sudan due to the COVID-19 pandemic has seriously affected the livelihood of vulnerable populations. Journal Article
Read MoreCurrent Psychology This article tests the correlation between fear due to coronavirus (COVID-19) and mental health outcomes (stress, depression, and anxiety) and the mediating role of social support during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Palestine. Journal Article
Read MoreMiddle East Institute The Middle East Institute discusses political and economic reforms necessary for post-pandemic recovery in the countries of the region. Social disparities and low productivity, the panel concludes, will continue to challenge such reforms. Article
Read MoreFrontiers in Public Health This study assesses the socioeconomic inequalities in knowledge regarding COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia. Journal Article
Read MorePsychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy This article examines experiences of resource loss, social exclusion, ethnic discrimination, and social support and their association with depression and anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 outbreak among Arabs in Israel. 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 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
Read MoreJournal of Church & State This assesses religious liberty claims during the COVID-19 pandemic times and draws on interactive social media content collected from Facebook and Twitter during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic in order to examine responses to the public health measures that restricted indoor forms of religious assembly. Journal Article
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