refugee representationMiddle Eastern refugeesIraq in Fragmentsorientalism in filmethics and documentary filmThis article problematizes cinematic representations of refugees in documentary film, with a particular focus on documentary depictions of Middle Eastern refugees and the ethical aspects of such ...
According to a June report from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), global refugee numbers have consistently risen to unprecedented levels, with tens of millions displaced. Middle Eastern countries are the major source of the newly displaced people. While escalating wars and co...
According to a June report from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), global refugee numbers have consistently risen to unprecedented levels, with tens of millions displaced. Middle Eastern countries are the major source of the newly displaced people. While escalating wars and co...
Only two Middle Eastern countries are considered democratic and five others as partial democracies, while the rest are categorized as authoritarian regimes. All states in the region face serious human rights challenges.Learning Objectives Compare democratic and authoritarian countries in the Middle East...
CAIRO, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Countries in the Middle East condemned on Thursday an Israeli airstrike on a school operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Gaza's al-Nuseirat refugee camp, which occurred on Wednesday and result...
Cairo airport was busy at 8pm on Saturday, October 15th. I left Boston the day before at almost midnight Eastern Standard Time. The overnight flight arrived in Istanbul at four in the afternoon leaving time for a coffee and croissant in the Istanbul airport before boarding the Cairo flight. ...
The call between the leaders comes with Undersecretary of state for Political Affairs John Bass and Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf in the region now holding consultations with key partners. They are in Amman, Jordan, on Monday and ...
Turmoil in the Middle East and Syria has created a refugee crisis -- as hundreds of thousands of people flee the war-torn area. Tens of thousands are...
The response of the Serbian state to the refugee crisis was from the beginning both pragmatic and flexible. Refugees who registered and claimed an ‘intention to seek asylum’ have been allowed to stay in the reception centres for an unlimited period of time, despite the stipulations of the law...
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Lebanon's eastern city of Baalbek on October 30. Nidal Solh/AFP/Getty Images Israeli strikes near the city of Baalbek have killed 19 people, according to the Lebanese health ministry. Eleven people were killed and three wounde...