IFAIR’s Series in Times of Corona: Today from the UAE
I am drafting this piece in response to the recent efforts by the government of the United Arab Emirates to combat COVID-19 within the country. […]
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Green Hydrogen from the Sahara – A bridge between Europe and North Africa?
More than 120 years ago, in his book “The Mysterious Island”, Jules Verne’s novel character Cyrus Smith prophesied that “water will be the coal of […]
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Youth unemployment in North Africa: A short overview
Children and young people (0-24 olds) currently account for nearly half of North Africa’s total population and thus make North Africa the ‘youngest’ region of […]
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Labour Migration to and from Jordan – Blessing or Curse to the Local Economy?
Countries within the MENA region demonstrate a diverse range of economic structures. Jordan proves to be an interesting case study as remittances from labour migrations […]
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Why France’s colonial chapter in Algeria is anything but history
“Here we drown Algerians” sign on Saint-Michel Bridge in Paris in 1961. Dozens of bodies were later pulled from the River Seine. . Election season […]
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“When I was quite mature and had a child, I felt my father’s pain”
“We come from different nationalities, different fields of interest, professions, societies, cultures and genders. We come from similar backgrounds in the sense that we both […]
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Daesh, Jordan, and Foreign Fighters
It is a rare island of serenity amid a storm, known as the “Kingdom of Peace”: the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Compared to its neighbors, […]
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Overcoming the past, without forgetting it
Processes of remembering, reappraising the past and reconciliation benefit from social dialogue. This enables blind spots in the understanding of historic truth and the barriers […]
See More“Common Remembrance, Future Relations”: An Exchange Programme on Remembrance Culture and Coming to Terms with the Past
Historical experiences of suffering, injustice, persecution and tremendous violence significantly shape identities and affect social and political relations. IFAIR’s project “Common Remembrance, Future Relations” is under […]
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Africa’s Last Colony: The Question of Western Sahara
The Kingdom of Morocco has been readmitted into the African Union (AU) after 33 years. Morocco had left the former OAU in 1984 in protest against the admission […]
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