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features
visual art • 22 min read
Distressed and homeless in Athens, settled but compromised in Kassel: On documenta 14
Dan Jakubowski | Dan Jakubowski navigates institutional ethics and painfully human art
19 July 2017
migration • 19 min read
Is Egypt the new gateway to Europe?
Muhammad al-Kashef and Tom Rollins | There has been a notable change in the demographic using the Central Mediterranean route to Italy: while
11 August 2016
refugees • 8 min read
The desperation of Oromo refugees in Cairo
Pesha Magid | Ademo says many Oromo still in Cairo feel hopeless, and “some have publicly suggested they have nothing
1 August 2016
Egypt-Syria relations • 13 min read
The socio-economics of diaspora
Tom Rollins | The majority of Syrian refugees registered with UNHCR in Egypt are now classed as “severely vulnerable,”
22 November 2015
human trafficking • 20 min read
The difficult transition
Tom Rollins | Egypt, historically an important transit country in Mediterranean migration, demonstrates how the routes
21 September 2015
poems • 1 min read
Poem: Arab Spring, Arab Sink.
Jehan Bseiso | Arab Spring, Arab Sink. (1) My friend called me from Sanaa, from Gaza, from Sinai, from Homs.She said: 
21 July 2015
archives • 13 min read
Empty archives: What do we do with what we do not know
Laura Cugusi | In the era of hypervisibility the invisible is acquiring a new relevance in the dynamics of power that
22 May 2015
deportations • 11 min read
Unwelcome guests: Egypt’s failed experiment in refugee detention
Tom Rollins | One night in September, a boat carrying over 200 refugees was brought in to Alexandria by the Egyptian
17 November 2014
cinema • 13 min read
Border-crossing on the bride’s side
Laura Cugusi | On a film about a celebratory act of civil disobedience.
20 June 2014
 
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Opinion
Parastou Hassouri
Trapped on island ‘hotspots:’ Life for refugees in Greece after the EU-Turkey deal
As the possibilities of relocating slim further, remaining in Greece is hard to accept
19 February 2018
Tom Rollins
Refuge and the myth of the liberal welcome
It is a welcome with caveats: asylum comes with a time limit, rights with conditions
13 July 2017
Khaled Mansour
World leaders hold humanitarian summit, but is there hope?
From May 23 to 24 the World Humanitarian Summit was held in Istanbul. Thousands of government officials,
25 May 2016
 
News
Egypt-Israel border • 4 min read
At least five Sudanese migrants shot dead by security forces near Israeli border
23 November 2015
human trafficking • 4 min read
Justice Ministry to establish special courts for human traffickers and smugglers
25 October 2015
Egyptian migrants • 3 min read
11 dead as boat carrying undocumented migrants capsizes in Balteem
11 October 2015
human trafficking • 5 min read
Smugglers could face life sentence under new migration bill
17 September 2015
Greece • 5 min read
Sawiris in negotiations over Greek islands to host refugees
15 September 2015
Egyptian rights groups statements • 3 min read
Rights groups condemn Egypt’s ongoing detention of refugees
17 March 2015
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Cartoons
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Cartoon: Can you make some room?!
Sabry Eltawil | "Can you make some room!?""No."
14 August 2015
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