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Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Established in 2016, the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS) is an independent research center that generates scholarship and engages in policy and practice on conflict mediation, humanitarian action, and post-conflict recovery in the Arab world and beyond.​

Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Established in 2016, the Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies (CHS) is an independent research center that generates scholarship and engages in policy and practice on conflict mediation, humanitarian action, and post-conflict recovery in the Arab world and beyond.​

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Books

23 Jun 2022

Political Economy of Palestine; Critical, Interdisciplinary, and Decolonial Perspectives

​This book explores the political economy of Palestine through critical, interdisciplinary, and decolonial perspectives, underscoring that an approach to economics that does not consider the political—a de-politicized economics....

Alaa Tartir, Tariq Dana, Timothy Seidel

Journal Articles

1 Jun 2022

Localisation of Humanitarian Action in War-torn Countries: The Experience of Local NGOs in Yemen

​Localisation has recently emerged as one of the most prevalent global norms shaping humanitarian reform towards more locally-led response as a corrective to power imbalances in the humanitarian system

Ghassan Elkahlout, Sansom Milton, Taha Yaseeen, Elham Raweh

Journal Articles

22 Apr 2022

The Palestinian Economic Disengagement Plan from Israel: An Opportunity for Progress or an Illusion

​The Palestinian Authority (PA), frustrated by the one-sided and zero-sum plan to end the Israeli–Palestinian conflict presented by former US President Donald Trump, has escalated efforts to diminish its reliance on Israel....

Ibrahim Fraihat

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22 Mar 2022

Local Integration of Refugees into Host Societies: A Case Study of Sahrawi Refugees In Algeria

This study comes to answer a main question centered on the extent of local integration of Sahrawi refugees in Algeria. As their host country for more than 45 years, by analyzing a set of legal, economic, and social indicators....

Djamal Yahi, Ghassan Elkahlout

Journal Articles

1 Mar 2022

Applications of Informal Justice for Local Conflict Resolution: The case of the Tribal Islah system (Al-Islah Al-'asha'iri)

This paper seeks to study the Tribal Islah system (Al-Islah Al-'asha'iri) as an application of informal justice in settling local disputes. It discusses the extent to which the Islah system can be an alternative to the official judicial system to resolve local conflicts within Palestinian society in the Gaza Strip....

Ghassan Elkahlout, Sultan Barakat, Wadee Al-Arabeed
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Girls education in Afghanistan 14 Dec 2021
In Afghanistan, Education must Take Precedence Over Politics

Disagreements between the international community and the Taliban threaten the education of millions of Afghan children.

Sultan Barakat
Syrian Refugees camp 5 Dec 2021
From Syria.. The Application of International Standards

There are more than 6 million people whose humanity has been violated in tents over the past years inside Syria, while there are about two million in the camps of neighboring countries.....

Sultan Barakat
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