Keeping Egypt above the breadline: How has the government strategized to supply wheat during a global shortage?
2022-06-09
A review of the impact of the war in Ukraine on food security and policy in Egypt.Continue Reading
Thank you for your order. Your strike is on its way: On Talabat drivers’ unprecedented April labor action
2022-05-19
Read full article in: English | Arabic Author: Mohamed Tarek A look at the causes and impact of the three-day strike action in which 3,000 Talabat food delivery drivers took part in April 2022, among them Omar. Talabat drivers have become an important conduit for the transport of food andContinue Reading
Q&A: Rethinking social spending as crisis response
2021-08-26
An informative Q&A with anthropology professor Hania Sholkamy about the social protection policies put in place for the informal labor sector in Egypt during the pandemic and the need to imagine a new social protection program that is based on inclusion and that could be a locomotive for growth.Continue Reading
Social protection in Tunisia: An example of the decline of the welfare state
2021-04-12
In this paper, the author considers various factors that have contributed to the decline Tunisia’s social protection system, one of the longer-established ones in the Arab region. Continue Reading
On social protection in COVID-19 times
2021-04-11
In this opinion piece, Nehme notes that rather than introducing new problems, the pandemic simply “laid bare the structural deformities in the civilizational pattern governing our societies and our models of economic and social development.”Continue Reading
30 March 2021: Webinar: Access to vaccines in the Arab region – what do we know?
2021-02-28
In this 80 minute webinar, the speakers will discuss politics and vaccine procurement in the Arab region.Continue Reading