Frontiers in Public Health This article studies Augusta Victoria Hospital’s (AVH)’s COVID-19-related preparedness measures in the context of the prolonged conflict in Palestine. Journal Article
Read MoreJournal of International Women’s Studies This article explores how foreign aid and COVID-19 assistance, including medical supplies and COVID-19 vaccines’ supply, have created a new source of soft power for the UAE. It presents an overview of UAE’s history of humanitarianism, conceptual and theoretical framework, methodology, factors enabling UAE’s COVID diplomacy, and the UAE’s contribution…
Read MoreOpen Journal of Social Sciences This article examines the impact of COVID-19 on multiple UAE governmental and non-governmental sectors such as the aviation sector, real estate market, tourism, and education. Journal Article
Read MoreZoonotic Diseases This article investigates the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic in Northwest Syria, a conflict-affected region, for nine months. The novelty of the study is provided by simulating the progress of the COVID-19 outbreak in conflict settings, as it is the first study to predict the dynamics of COVID-19 disease in Northwest Syria by…
Read MoreMiddle 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
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