Studies
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Securing Essential Rights in Times of Pandemic: Healthcare Access in Morocco during the Covid-19 Crisis
Abstract The Covid-19 pandemic has put the Moroccan healthcare system to the test. Although the government of Morocco has successfully…
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The Implications of the Covid-19 Pandemic for Human Rights in Syria
Abstract This research is unusual in that it looks at the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic for human rights in…
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Socio-Political Struggles in Sudan and Algeria at Stake amid Covid-19 Crisis
Abstract The Covid-19 pandemic has hit Sudan and Algeria during one of the most delicate phases of their respective political…
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The Rise of Digital Authoritarianism in the time of Covid-19: The Case of North Africa
Abstract At the forefront of measures adopted by North African states in response to the Covid-19 pandemic was the deployment…
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The Predicament of Freedoms under Public Pandemic Protocol: Defects in the Political Compact in Morocco and Algeria
Abstract This paper aims to shed light on the state of the political compact in Morocco and Algeria under the…
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Impact of Covid-19 on Freedom of Expression in Morocco and Tunisia
Abstract With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, many countries declared a state of emergency to cope with the crisis,…
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Egypt’s Private Press and Inciting for Violence Against Journalists During the 2013 Military Coup
Abstract This article aims at critically analysing the hegemony of Egypt’s business elite and the private press they own during…
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Born of ISIS Genocide: Risk of Statelessness and Stigmatised Nationality Acquisition for Children of Yezidi Survivors
Abstract Children born to Yezidi survivors of genocidal rape during Islamic State (ISIS) captivity are likely to face a future…
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Religion, Identity and Ethnicity: The Quest of Tunisian Religious Minorities for Full Citizenship
Abstract Although Tunisia is usually presented as ethno-religiously homogenous when compared to other countries in the region, its minorities have…
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Moving Beyond the Nation-State: Addressing Religious Freedoms in Lebanon
Abstract This paper builds on six months of fieldwork conducted in Lebanon between May 2018 and December 2018 with eighty-eight…
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