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All Jihad Is Local: the Micro-Politics of Militant Islamism in 1980s Lebanon and Beyond

Dr Raphaël Lefèvre in conversation with Dr Neil Ketchley about his recent book, 'Jihad in the City: Militant Islamism and Contentious Politics in Tripoli' (Cambridge University Press, 2021).

Almanac – The Oxford Middle East Podcast

2022 New Year’s Episode

The entire Almanac team gets together to discuss what they believe was the most important event in the region over the past year, something they are watching for in the region in 2022, and their favorite book on the Middle East.

Iraq and Lebanon – Revolt Against Sectarianism?

Maha Yahya (PhD, Director, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Centre) Maysoon Pachachi (Film director) give a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre. Chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan (St. Antony's College, Oxford).

History, politics, and Anecdotes with Eugene Rogan

Piotr Schulkes and Eugene Rogan discuss the importance of history in contemporary Middle Eastern politics, how the West discusses the region, and a number of stories from Rogan’s time at Oxford.

Lebanon’s Economic and political crisis

Piotr Schulkes, Felix Walker, and Michael Memari cover the ongoing crises in Lebanon’s political and economic systems.

The Kafala System

Hajar Meddah, Felix Walker and Piotr Schulkes discuss the Middle East’s controversial Kafala system, that allows employers to exploit workers and undermine their rights without breaking the law.

Syrians in displacement (Forced Migration Review 57)

FMR 57 - When is return voluntary? Conditions of asylum in Lebanon

The decision of Syrian refugees in Lebanon to return to Syria must not be based on a deteriorating quality of asylum that creates physical, social and material pressures on decisions to return.

Thinking ahead: displacement, transition, solutions (Forced Migration Review 52)

FMR 52 - Palestinian professionals in Lebanon: an exception

Palestine refugees in Lebanon, being classified as foreigners or migrants, suffer restrictions on their employment.

FMR 52 General - Imprisonment and deportation of Iraqi refugees in Lebanon

A non-signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention, Lebanon does not grant refugee status to Iraqis, many of whom end up spending long periods of time in detention.

Activism and Accountability in Contemporary Lebanon: A Quiet Revolt?

Seminar by Habib Battah (Research fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism) at The Middle East Centre, St Antony's College, 10th February 2016.

The Limits of Refusal: Israel, Lebanon, and the Shadow of 1982

Lecture given by Dr Seth Anziska (Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, UCL) at the Middle East Centre, St Antony's College, 9th February 2016. This event was co-sponsored by the MEC and the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies.

Oxford Transitional Justice Research Seminars

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Fighting Terrorism through the Rule of Law

Guido Acquaviva, Senior Legal Officer (Chambers), gives a talk for the OTJR seminar series on 14th October 2015.

Faith and displacement (Forced Migration Review 48)

FMR 48 - Guided by humanitarian principles

Caritas Luxembourg’s work with refugees, IDPs and migrants in Colombia, Lebanon and Luxembourg offers some examples of the ways in which a faith-based organisation may be advantaged or disadvantaged by its faith basis.

The Syria crisis (Forced Migration Review 47)

FMR 47 Mobility as a solution

Not all those who have gone to Syria's neighbours are registered, nor do all of these people regard themselves as refugees

FMR 47 How the crisis is altering women’s roles in Syria

The significance of women as both distributors and recipients has been pivotal to the implementation of humanitarian assistance but also points to the burgeoning of a new social dynamic that has come about as a result of the upheaval caused by the war.

FMR 47 The inside story: internal displacement in Syria

With IDPs currently constituting two-thirds of those uprooted by the conflict, the ‘inside story’ of displacement in Syria requires much greater attention.

FMR 47 The mental health of Syrian refugee children and adolescents

Mental health services can be key to restoring basic psychological functioning and to supporting resilience and positive coping strategies for children, adolescents and adults.

FMR 47 The vulnerability of Palestinian refugees from Syria

While Syrian nationals may eventually return to their home country, the future for Palestinians from Syria is increasingly uncertain. Meanwhile they are more vulnerable, and treated worse, than most other refugees from the Syrian conflict.

FMR 47 The impact of displacement on disabled, injured and older Syrian refugees

In contexts of displacement it is critical to recognise that some groups in the population may require specific attention. Awareness of these needs has major consequences for the types of services required, and the way they are delivered.

FMR 47 Gender, conscription and protection, and the war in Syria

The struggles endured by men who remain inside Syria and the obstacles faced by others who choose to remove themselves from the fighting by fleeing the country demonstrate a need to redefine classic conceptions of vulnerability.

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