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A family of migrants flee the Moria camp after a fire broke out, on the island of Lesbos on September 9, 2020. Angelos Tzortzini/AFP

New book on one of Europe's largest refugee camps recounts a shocking tale of injustice

Greek writer Lauren Markham's book 'A Map of Future Ruins' reveals the toxicity of borders, the myth of racial superiority, and exclusionary practices

Osama Esber 07 September 2024
A painting by Hamsah Shalhoub, who has held her first solo exhibition in Damascus

Faces laden with memory in Hamsah Shalhoub’s solo exhibition

In past group exhibitions, this Syrian artist proved her talent. Now, she has exhibited her work for the first time in a solo exhibition in Damascus, drawing on the symbolism of migration

Nawwar Jabbour 27 August 2024
Syrian children, on a hill above a refugee camp in Bekaa Governorate, Lebanon. AP

Better planning and funding can help Lebanon cope with its Syrian refugee problem

Beirut feels that there is a way to manage the country's 1.5 million new Syrian guests, but that this will require support, as the World Bank says it will cost $1.5bn just to meet their basic needs

Salwa Baalbaki 11 July 2024
Refugees from Sudan line up to enter Egypt at the Ergin crossing. AFP

Egypt has been a shelter from war for many… but at what cost?

The refugee crisis in Africa's third biggest population is causing both economic and social problems, with rent prices up and job opportunities down. Resentment is growing, as are calls for controls.

Marcelle Nasr 21 June 2024
In the 70s, Britain accepted a degree of responsibility for the Ugandan Asians' plight, and Western states accepted their role in the suffering of the Indochinese. Today things are much different. AlMajalla

Why the West is increasingly abandoning its responsibility toward refugees

The Syria and Ukraine crises show that if refugees are from the 'right' place and the 'right' conflict, then the welcome mats are rolled out.

Christopher Phillips 16 October 2023
Angela Merkel’s open border policy of 2015 changed the lives of Syrian refugees who made it to Germany. This is the story of what happened and why it matters. Majalla/Agencies

How has Merkel's warm welcome of Syrian refugees panned out?

Eight years ago Syrian refugees were welcome. Today Germany is tightening its borders after it saw first-time asylum requests rise by 78% in the first seven months of 2023.

Mohamed abi Samra 28 September 2023
Humanity sank and drowned once again on 14 June, when a vessel with reportedly more than 700 people on board, trying to reach Europe, sank in the east Mediterranean, off the southern coast of Greece. Ewan White

Europe's symphony of sympathy does little to stop migrant drownings

Humanity sank and drowned once again on 14 June, when a vessel with reportedly more than 700 people on board, trying to reach Europe, sank in the east Mediterranean, off the southern coast of Greece

Omer Onhon 25 June 2023
The Singel is a canal in Amsterdam. Getty images

Amsterdam’s welcome embrace of immigrants

The author spends ten days in Amsterdam, visiting its immigrant communities

Mohamed abi Samra 12 March 2023
A general view shot shows a neighborhood in the Syrian capital Damascus. (AFP PHOTO / LOUAI BESHARA)

Stagnation in Syria’s Real Estate Market

The efforts of countries located in Syria’s vicinity and working to return Syrian refugees to their country forced the refugees to head to the real estate market, which is witnessing a major…

Jiwan Soz 26 August 2022
Photo shows (from R to L) Yara Al-Ghandour, Naila Hamdy, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies at AUC’s School of GAPP, Amr Bayoumi and Ibrahim Awad in a panel discussion after screening “The Last Resort” documentary at the AAUC’s Tahrir Culture Center on Tuesday night. (Credit: Salwa Samir)

When European Refugees Found “The Last Resort” in Egypt

A documentary about the untold story of the thousands of Europeans who were welcomed by Egypt as refugees during World War II was made by first-time Egyptian director Yara Al-Ghandour. The 30…

Salwa Samir 28 May 2022
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Ambulances wait in line at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Palestinian Gaza Strip, in northeastern Egypt on the first day of the evacuation of some 50 Palestinian, at the Rafah crossing on 2 February 2026. AFP
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The return of Al-Jazira and the question of Syria’s economic renewal

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As Raqqa, Deir ez-Zor, and Al-Hasakah return to state authority, this resource-rich region re-emerges as a cornerstone of economic recovery

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03 February 2026

Annemarie Jacir crafts a human drama that strikes unerringly at its political themes, showing how today's events are directly linked to the events of 90 years ago

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