Middle East and North Africa

Event

29th February 2024

XCEPT Webinar with Chatham House: Niger’s coup and regional ...

On 29 February 2024, XCEPT partner Chatham House will hold a webinar focusing on Niger’s coup and regional security implications.

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Event

21st February 2024

Rethinking Resilience: Social reconstruction in Iraq and Ukr...

Craig Larkin, Inna Rudolf, Olga Kotiuk

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Middle East and North Africa Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Podcast

22nd February 2024

Breaking Cycles of Conflict: Israel and conflict memory in L...

Bronte Phillips, Craig Larkin

Why are current conflict trauma conditions in Lebanon so reminiscent of the past? The current tension between Israel and Hezbollah demonstrates how pr...

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Podcast

2nd February 2024

Breaking Cycles of Conflict: Violent extremism and adverse c...

Caterina Ceccarelli

Tens of thousands of children currently live in dire conditions in Al-Hol camp in Syria – and there are concerns this makes them vulnerable to radical...

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Middle East and North Africa Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Podcast

11th January 2024

Breaking Cycles of Conflict: Growing up in violent extremist...

Dr Cook talks to Dr Fiona McEwen about the different ways a child’s life can be impacted when a family member is involved in violent extremism.

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Middle East and North Africa Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Podcast

4th January 2024

Breaking Cycles of Conflict: Reconciliation and reconstructi...

Craig Larkin, Inna Rudolf, Rajan Basra

In a new episode of the Breaking Cycles of Conflict mini-series, XCEPT researchers Dr Craig Larkin, Dr Inna Rudolf, and Dr Rajan Basra explore issues ...

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Middle East and North Africa Iraq Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Blog

3rd January 2024

Waiting for War: Escalation on Lebanon’s southern border and...

Brontë Philips

As conflict at Lebanon’s border with Israel continues to escalate, this blog explores how Lebanon’s legacy of war memory is shaping fears and response...

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Middle East and North Africa Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Article

2nd January 2024

Iraqi heritage restoration, grassroots interventions, and po...

Craig Larkin, Inna Rudolf

In post-conflict settings like Mosul, Iraq, heritage restoration is a nuanced and ever-evolving process, where shared cultural foundations amidst conf...

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Event

14th December 2023

Webinar: Regionalisation of conflict in the Horn of Africa

On 14 December 2023, XCEPT partner Chatham House will hold a webinar focusing on the increasingly complex web of national, military, and militant inte...

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Blog

17th October 2023

Four years on from Lebanon’s 17 October revolution

Mohamad El Kari

Visiting Lebanon today, it is difficult to escape the feeling that a collective sense of hopelessness has settled across the country, haunting and tor...

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Middle East and North Africa Lebanon Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Blog

13th October 2023

Informal education and conflict trauma: reducing adolescent ...

Fiona McEwen, Alexander Fischer, Shanna Todd

By understanding the impact of conflict and violence in northeast Syria, informal education programmes can strengthen adolescent resilience to radical...

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Middle East and North Africa Violent Extremism Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Research report

5th October 2023

Distinguishing children from ISIS-affiliated families in Ira...

Joana Cook

Labelling Iraqi children as ISIS-affiliated has far-reaching consequences for their future, whether living inside or outside Iraq.

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Middle East and North Africa Iraq Violent Extremism Violent and Peaceful Behaviour

Podcast

1st September 2023

Peripheral Vision: Localising Conflict Responses in Conteste...

Nathan Shea, Tasnia Khandaker, Armenak Tokmajyan, Abdirahman Edle Ali

How does the global push for aid localisation apply to the research sector? In this podcast, The Asia Foundation, the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle ...

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Syria South Asia and Southeast Asia Somalia Middle East and North Africa Horn of Africa and the Sahel Bangladesh Conflict Dynamics Borderlands

Briefing paper

31st August 2023