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Perspectives on youth, issue 4

Volume 3 of the series focuses on “Healthy Europe”, not just in the narrow sense, but in the broader sense of what it is like to be young in a Europe faced with conflict and austerity, and what it feels...

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Rasha Abdulla

Dr. Rasha A. Abdulla is Professor (tenured) of Journalism and Mass Communication at the American University in Cairo (AUC). She served as Chair of the department in 2010-2011, and currently serves as Graduate Director. Dr. Abdulla has a Ph.D. in...

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Refugee cinema and the representation of the Mediterranean

Films about refugees have been embraced by accented cinema. Indeed, exilic filmmakers continue to test the boundaries of cinema, and specifically its strong bonds with nation and land. But not all exiles are refugees. This article offers that for Arab...

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Ricard Zapata-Barrero

Professor at the Department of Political and Social Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Zapata-Barrero's research deal with contemporary issues of liberal democracy in contexts of diversity. He is director of GRITIM-UPF (Interdisciplinary Research Group on Immigration) and the Master on Migration...

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Rima Marrouch

Communications Officer with WHO. In the past Marrouch worked for BBC Arabic, Reuters Video News, along her work for CBS, and Al Jazeera. She graduated from New York University with an M.A. in Journalism through a Fulbright scholarship and worked...

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Sara Silvestri

Senior Lecturer in international politics at City University London and Affiliated Lecturer at the University of Cambridge, leading the religion and public policy programme at the Von Huegel Institute. Dr. Silverstri’s interdisciplinary research and publications concern Muslim identity politics and...

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Syrian Refugee Children in the Middle East and Europe

Since the start of the conflict in Syria in 2011, Syrian refugee children have withstood violence, uncertainty, fear, trauma and loss. This book follows their journeys by bringing together scholars and practitioners to reflect on how to make their situation...

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Taynja Abdel Baghy

Program Manager at the Directorate General for International Relations and Strategy of the French Ministry of Defense. Abdel Baghy is specialized in peace and development in MENA and Africa, Taynja Abdel Baghy has worked as consultant for the United Nations...