Why the differences between Lampedusa (the place) and Lampedusa (the play) matter
On April 19 I went to see “Lampedusa”, a play by Anders Lustgarten, and found it both enlightening and misleading. Enlightening because it strives…
Read MoreOn April 19 I went to see “Lampedusa”, a play by Anders Lustgarten, and found it both enlightening and misleading. Enlightening because it strives…
Read MoreOn March 18th, 2014 Putin delivered a speech to the Russian Duma where he reclaimed Crimea for Russia. The Russian President did not declare…
Read MoreThis is all over the newspapers: MPs have found that the United Kingdom detains ‘far too many [migrants] unnecessarily and for far too long’. This…
Read MoreRecently it was brought to our attention that the French government was in need of the kind of help that only Allie can offer….
Read MoreEdward Said once wrote: ‘Our age, with its modern warfare, imperialism and the quasi-theological ambitions of totalitarian rulers – is indeed the age of…
Read MoreThis week saw a week of fascinating posts by anthropologists working in the field of refugees and (forced) migration. To continue their work, we…
Read MoreThe Syrian conflict has caused the forced displacement of many refugees. In November 2014, UNRWA[1] estimated the total number of Palestinian refugees displaced inside…
Read MoreLe conflit de Syrie a depuis 2011 sévèrement affecté les quelques 600’000 réfugiés palestiniens résidant alors dans ce pays, causant la mort de milliers…
Read MoreOver the past five years, Syria is going through an unprecedented internal crisis and a civil war generating extreme violence and insecurity. Since the…
Read More“Early in the morning”, one of my informants, a 39 year-old Iranian political refugee and former lecturer at the University of Teheran told me,…
Read MoreDuring the ‘Arab Spring’, one of the most puzzling enigmas of al-Wihdat – a Palestinian refugee camp set up in 1955 on the outskirts…
Read MoreDuring a long drive in the snow to meet my family for the dubiously-founded yet nonetheless celebratory U.S.-American Thanksgiving, my husband Salvatore and I…
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