Living Displacement – thematic week on refugees!
Edward Said once wrote: ‘Our age, with its modern warfare, imperialism and the quasi-theological ambitions of totalitarian rulers – is […]
Edward Said once wrote: ‘Our age, with its modern warfare, imperialism and the quasi-theological ambitions of totalitarian rulers – is […]
This week saw a week of fascinating posts by anthropologists working in the field of refugees and (forced) migration. To
The Syrian conflict has caused the forced displacement of many refugees. In November 2014, UNRWA[1] estimated the total number of
Le conflit de Syrie a depuis 2011 sévèrement affecté les quelques 600’000 réfugiés palestiniens résidant alors dans ce pays, causant
Over the past five years, Syria is going through an unprecedented internal crisis and a civil war generating extreme violence
“Early in the morning”, one of my informants, a 39 year-old Iranian political refugee and former lecturer at the University
During the ‘Arab Spring’, one of the most puzzling enigmas of al-Wihdat – a Palestinian refugee camp set up in
During a long drive in the snow to meet my family for the dubiously-founded yet nonetheless celebratory U.S.-American Thanksgiving, my
In the course of the last two decades, the territorial exclusion of unwanted foreigners, constructed as a threat to national
Stories of war, violence, running and survival were a common narrative of many South Sudanese Nuer whom I met first