MER Article Syrian Refugees in the Media It was September 2, 2015 when the Syrian refugee crisis abruptly came to dominate the English-language media. On that day broadcast and print outlets led with the iconic image of Alan Kurdi, 3, lying lifeless on a Turkish beach after his family’s failed attempt to cross the Mediterranean Katty Alhayek • 4 min read
MER Article NGO Governance and Syrian Refugee "Subjects" in Jordan The typical image of the Syrian refugee camp in Jordan is one of suffering. Journalistic account after account introduces spectacular stories of devastation and loss. While perhaps dramatized, these tales are not false. Syrian refugee camps have forced hundreds of thousands of strangers to live toge Madeline Otis Campbell, Sarah Tobin • 18 min read
MER Article From the Editors (Spring 2016) [su_heading align="left"]The international legal regime created after World War II to deal with refugees is no remedy for inequalities of state power, on either the regional or the international level.[/su_heading] The Middle East is once again the world’s biggest producer of refugees, The Editors • 6 min read
MER Article Editor's Picks (Winter 2015) Aarts, Paul and Carolien Roelants. Saudi Arabia: A Kingdom in Peril (London: Hurst, 2015). Beinin, Joel. Workers and Thieves: Labor Movements and Popular Uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2015). Bennis, Phyllis. Understanding ISIS and the New Global War on Te (Author not identified) • 1 min read
MER Article Mary Ann Tétreault Mary Ann Tétreault died peacefully in her sleep at home in Newport, Vermont on November 11, 2015. She was a spectacular human being, a gifted intellectual, and a generous mentor and friend. Mary Ann earned her undergraduate degree at Sarah Lawrence College and her masters and doctorate at Rice Univ Gwenn Okruhlik • 3 min read
