FES MENA Blog

From Beirut to Khartoum and from Rabat to Teheran, our FES colleagues, partners as well as guest contributors share their insights from the ground and offer food for thought on current developments in the MENA region.

The views expressed in this blog series are not necessarily those of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.


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22.05.2020 | Blog

Violence against women in times of confinement in Algeria

Living in confinement is often a traumatic experience. Living in confinement in times of pandemic, uncertainty, protean crisis is very difficult and...


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An internally displaced Syrian girl wears a face mask as members of the Syrian Civil defence sanitize the Bab Al-Nour internally displaced persons camp, to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Azaz, Syria March 26, 2020. © REUTERS/Khal
15.05.2020 | Blog

Covid-19 in Syria: A Crisis Within a Crisis

What started in Syria as calls for bread, freedom, and justice in 2011 turned into a full-fledged civil war. Nine years later, multiple local,...


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12.05.2020 | Blog

Sudan: COVID-19 under the US Sanctions

Three weeks ago, as a member of the steering committee of the Sudanese Civil Society Confederation, we started a discussion on our Whatsapp group on...


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Masked riot police are confronted by one of many protesters who broke lockdown to protest deteriorating living conditions in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 28, 2020 -Copyright AP Photo/Hussein Malla
12.05.2020 | Blog

Social Distancing as a Class Privilege: The Case of Lebanon

The lockdown measures instituted by governments in many countries impacted by the coronavirus spread have resulted in the emergence of a parallel, if...


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07.05.2020 | Blog

The Last Daycare Standing

Jordan’s caregivers at breaking point.


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28.04.2020 | Blog

The Future of Work is here: A regional feminist perspective on the effects of COVID-19

In recent years, world leaders, economists, business owners, and tech giants have been discussing how the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution1 will...


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27.04.2020 | Blog

Work in the Time of Coronavirus

In a time of global pandemic, the Palestinian economy has been put on lockdown. Without financial safety net, workers seem to be in for a fight for...


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The revolution will not be cancelled

For the time being, corona has snuffed out mass demonstrations in North Africa and the Middle East. Yet, it might stoke the region’s revolutionary...


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23.04.2020 | Blog

Will Climate Change trigger a new Pandemic?

Possibly one of the most dangerous consequences of climate change is the potential for emergence or re-emergence of novel pathogenic bacteria,...


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23.04.2020 | Blog

What Comes Next? A Socioeconomic Snapshot of Lebanon under Corona Lockdown

The corona crisis could not have come at a worse time for Lebanon: an economy on the brink of collapse, debt default, a rapidly devaluating currency...


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