The MESA Global Academy is an interdisciplinary initiative that sustains essential research collaborations and knowledge production among MENA-focused scholars from the Middle East and North Africa and their counterparts outside the region. By awarding competitive scholarships to displaced scholars from MENA currently in North America to attend meetings, workshops, and conferences, the project harnesses the strengths of MESA’s institutional and individual members to support the careers of individual researchers who study the Middle East and North Africa, but whose academic trajectory has been adversely affected by developments in their home countries.

NEW: Remittances at Risk–War, Sanctions and Financial Insecurity in Yemen
Employees count banknotes at a currency exchange office in Yemen's third city of Taez, 2021. Ahmad al-Basha/AFP via Getty Images
Yemen

NEW: Remittances at Risk–War, Sanctions and Financial Insecurity in Yemen

James Ryan, Oshin Pandey, Narayani Sritharan • 1 min read
Remittances at Risk—Sanctions, War and Informal Finance in Yemen
Employees count banknotes at a currency exchange office in Yemen's third city of Taez, 2021. Ahmad al-Basha/AFP via Getty Images
Yemen

Remittances at Risk—Sanctions, War and Informal Finance in Yemen

Oshin Pandey, Narayani Sritharan • 10 min read
MER 319: Art at Work–People, Power and Cultural Production
48 Cacti, 2024. Manal Mahamid. Silkscreen print, 120 x 120 cm. Featured in the exhibit "Women at Work: Intersection of Fine Art and Craft," at Dalloul Art Foundation, reviewed in this issue.
Art

MER 319: Art at Work–People, Power and Cultural Production

James Ryan • 3 min read