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Issue Editors: Deen Sharp, Nisrin Elamin, Najib Hourani and Paul Silverstein. April 15, 2024 marks the one year anniversary of the current war in Sudan. It also marks the passing […]| MERIP
Issue Editors: Deen Sharp, Nisrin Elamin, Najib Hourani and Paul Silverstein. April 15, 2024 marks the one year anniversary of the current war in Sudan. It also marks the passing […]| MERIP
he war in Sudan that began in April 2023 has led to a reckoning among humanitarian aid organizations. As international organizations have struggled to alleviate the diverse, complex crises facing […]| MERIP
Recommended Reading—Atar| MERIP
ami Zubaida, an exceptional scholar of Middle Eastern political sociology, law and culinary culture, passed away in London on April 6, 2025. Born to an Iraqi Jewish family, Sami left […] The post Sami Zubaida appeared first on MERIP.| MERIP
t dawn on December 9, 2024, hundreds of Syrian refugees gathered at Turkey’s Cilvegözü and Öncüpınar border crossings into northern Syria to return home following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s […] The post Deportation as Punishment and the Everyday War on Migrants from Turkey to the United States appeared first on MERIP.| MERIP
ompared to women in the United States and most European countries, Arab women are highly represented in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and related computing fields. In fact, six of […] The post Unpacking the Gender ‘Paradox’ Behind Arab Women in Tech appeared first on MERIP.| MERIP
n 2016, Gol Agha, a ball boy and worker at a private tennis club in Tajrish—an affluent neighborhood in northern Tehran—went to an administrative office in Karaj to receive a […] The post Courts of Exclusion—Working-Class Masculinity and Anti-Afghan Racism in Iran appeared first on MERIP.| MERIP
The past and present of Woman, Life, Freedom. Featuring an update from Iranian civil society on Israel’s expanding war. The post Women and Politics in Post-Jina Iran appeared first on MERIP.| MERIP
Masculinity and the post-Asad political order. The post Syria’s New Men appeared first on MERIP.| MERIP
Women and the gender dynamics behind Sudan's revolution and war. The post Shifting Feminist Narratives in Sudan—A Conversation with Raga Makawi appeared first on MERIP.| MERIP
On reprocide as a tactic of eliminationist violence. The post Israel’s War on Reproduction in Gaza appeared first on MERIP.| MERIP
n March 3, 2025, MERIP and the University of Exeter’s Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies partnered with Georgetown University’s Center for Contemporary Arab Studies to host a roundtable on […] The post Gender, Politics and Scholarship—A Roundtable appeared first on MERIP.| MERIP
Middle East Report, “New Gender Frontlines,” Spring 2025, No. 314, Vol. 54 No. 1 Executive Director James Ryan jamesryan@merip.org Executive Editor Katie Natanel katienatanel@merip.org Managing Editor Marya Hannun […]| MERIP
Breaking the Fourth Wall—Reading Sadallah Wannous in a Time of Genocide| MERIP
IN THIS ISSUE:| MERIP
Michael Tanzer| MERIP
The war has imposed gut-wrenching choices on the Sudanese people. Since the fighting broke out, millions have fled the capital city to different states within Sudan. Over 1.5 million have escaped the country altogether. Their patterns of movement reflect socio-economic disparities in Sudan, as those hailing from less wealthy segments of society remained in Greater Khartoum.| MERIP
On April 15, 2023, a fragile alliance between General Abdelfatih Burhan of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (“Hemedti”), the leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) collapsed, catapulting the country into an unprecedented war.| MERIP
Situating the Red Sea campaign in Yemen’s past and present.| MERIP
