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Analysis Feature 

Saied Grab of Power Between Popular Sovereignty and Constitutional Legitimacy: A Déjà-vu Tunisian Legitimization Dilemma

September 5, 2021September 20, 2021 Tunisia

In the judicial construction of contracts, ambiguities are construed against the drafter based on the canon of “Ambiguitas contra stipulatorem

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Feature 

Syrians need more than a compassionate plea to renew cross-border humanitarian aid

July 6, 2021July 6, 2021

Over the past weeks and months, numerous think tanks and individuals have published reports and briefs on the looming humanitarian

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Editor’s Note for the 2021 Volume

April 26, 2021April 26, 2021 Syria

On the 2021 issue: “Beyond Borders: Middle East In Empire, Diaspora, And Global Transitions”.

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Interviews 

“The pain of refugees is a part of me . . .”

April 25, 2021April 26, 2021

Interview with Jay (Jihad) Abdo. Photo credits to Fadia Afashe. On 24 October 2020 Syrian-American Hollywood actor Jay (Jihad) Abdo

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Informal Control of the Turkish State: Lived Experiences from Kurdish Borderlands

April 13, 2021April 14, 2021

Dilan Okcuoglu’s “Informal Control of the Turkish State: Lived Experiences from Kurdish Borderlands” is part of JMEPP’s upcoming Spring 2021

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Feature 

Civil Unrest and Popular Discontent: What to know about the recent rift among the Jordanian Hashemites

April 9, 2021April 10, 2021

The morning of Saturday, April 3rd, reports of an alleged national security threat targeted at the reigning Jordanian monarch, King

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What We Ignore, We Empower: Five Decades of Despair Under the Assad Regime

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021

JMEPP’s 21st edition, Middle East Beyond Borders: Empire, Diaspora, and Global Transitions for spring 2021 offers its first preview of the edition with an

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