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Emma Murphy

Emma Murphy is a scholar affiliated with the Center for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies in Durham, England.

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Sudanese and Somali Refugees in Jordan

In late 2015, hundreds of Sudanese staged a sit-in outside the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Amman, Jordan. Their hope was to obtain recognition of their rights as refugees and asylum seekers, and to receive better treatment from the agency. A previous protest in 2014 ha

Emma Murphy, Will Todman, Abbie Taylor, ROCHELLE DAVIS • 25 min read

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The Palestinian Economy: Between Imposed Integration and Voluntary Separation

Arie Arnon, Israel Luski, Avia Spivak and Jimmy Weinblatt, The Palestinian Economy: Between Imposed Integration and Voluntary Separation (Leiden: Brill, 1997).

Emma Murphy • 5 min read

Stacking the Deck

For many Palestinians, the political success or failure of the Palestinian Authority (PA) hinges on its ability to bring rapid economic improvement to the West Bank and Gaza Strip, where peoples’ livelihoods have been seriously eroded by the Israeli occupation, the intifada and the repercussions of

Emma Murphy • 9 min read