On 16 July, 2015, The Arab Studies sponsored the first annual workshop for the Refugees and Migrants Project in Beirut, Lebanon. The conference “Refugees in Lebanon: Setting a Research and Advocacy Agenda," was the first in a series of Country Assessment Roundtables the project aims to accomplish. This project seeks to assess the relationship between states and their residents as well as engendering new discussions about refugees and migrants in the Middle East. “Refugees in Lebanon” focused on refugees, including stateless persons, and internally displaced persons (IDPs), but not on migrants. It aimed to propose a set of critical research questions and/or components of advocacy initiatives for scholars, agencies, organizations, think tanks, and institutions concerned with refugee populations in Lebanon. This report details the proceedings that took place throughout the conference, bringing together a wide array of practitioners and scholars based both within and beyond the region. The cross-cutting theme of the conference was to encourage scholarly production, advocacy efforts, and political awareness concerning transitory populations across the Middle East. It aims to address pertinent questions regarding applicable law, the socio-political status of these communities, as well as the political initiatives necessary to address their pressing needs.
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HighlightsOrganizers
Noura Erakat Omar Dahi Speakers Noura Erakat Overlapping Refugee Legal Regimes Ziad Abdul Samad NGOs and Refugees Rabih Salah Housing and Property Moe Ali Nayel Humanitarianism and Corruption Sari Hanafi National Governance & Self-Governance Fouad Fouad Public and Medical Health Jomanah Merhey Gender-Based Violence Wafa Al Yasir Palestinian Refugees & Refugees from Syria Firas Talhouk Durable Solutions, Protection Gaps, and International Institutions Coline Grunblatt Durable Solutions, Protection Gaps, and International Institutions Perla Issa From Objects to Subjects: Refugees Producing Knowledge on Refugees Mona Fawwaz Urban Planning and Urban Refugees Rabih Shibli Housing and Property Mahmoud Haidar Policy-making and Policy Vacuums in Lebanon Samir Khoury Labor and the Right to Work |